fred90 3,210 Posted April 9 Report Share Posted April 9 not seen one for years, talking to a chap at work, when we were kids it was the most common finch around here. see plenty of goldies, bully's, chaffinch, but no greenies, is it same elsewhere? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gilbey 1,434 Posted April 9 Report Share Posted April 9 Still get greenfinch on the feeders fairly regular, but not many at all. Think that 'fat finch' has hammered them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 6,435 Posted April 9 Report Share Posted April 9 The past couple of years locally I've been seeing more greenies than ever. Siskins too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leegreen 2,153 Posted April 9 Report Share Posted April 9 10 hours ago, fred90 said: not seen one for years, talking to a chap at work, when we were kids it was the most common finch around here. see plenty of goldies, bully's, chaffinch, but no greenies, is it same elsewhere? Greenfinches went some years ago. They warned to not feed in the summer, because of the transfer of some disease? We get plenty of Goldfinches and this year we have a good number of Siskins. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BEARINATOR 2,867 Posted April 9 Report Share Posted April 9 A good few still about angel of the north area, them and goldfinches are my favourite Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tatsblisters 9,540 Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 Very rare i spot a greenie these day's on my regular walks local though goldies seem more common than they have ever been and it was great to see the large charm of linnets i saw on a daily basis feeding on a large field of what looked like set aside though walking through it it seemed their was small plants with seed heads that looked liked some sort of crop that had been left in the ground. It's surprising to me how one type of finch their numbers seem to be rising and the greenie seem to be getting less common than it used to be years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 21,638 Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 I get mobbed by them. The Goldfinches come in first then the Greenfinches and looked few minutes ago and theres a pair of Bullfinches. The last couple of week I've had one Redpole never seen one in the garden before. I feed sunflower hearts and niger seed. Cheers Arry 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 Loads of Greenfinch and Goldfinch here, Not so many Chaffinch as there use to be and even fewer Bullfinch, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 10,415 Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tatsblisters 9,540 Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 On 10/04/2024 at 13:48, paulus said: Loads of Greenfinch and Goldfinch here, Not so many Chaffinch as there use to be and even fewer Bullfinch, I don't hear the piping of bullfinches' as much as i used to about 5 years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oxo 441 Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 Get a couple at the sunflower feeder along with a load of Goldie's and a few chaffinches. Had a bullfinch there for the first time the other day. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,538 Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 get them at my feeder all the time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,473 Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 See the odd one but there no as common as they where Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eastcoast 4,115 Posted April 17 Report Share Posted April 17 I stopped filling feeder in my back garden last year due to amount of ferals coming in, a by product of the solar panels neighbours have on their roofs. Just started putting seed in again and a pair of green finches visit daily. No ferals yet. Someone must have been shooting them with .177 Pro Sport. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ands 544 Posted April 17 Report Share Posted April 17 The busiest feeder i'ver ever seen on the most remote farm i've ever worked on. Not sure how many different birds there though? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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