I've added a couple more birds to the Patch list including a Canada Goose fly over. The Red Kite has been around, flying low over our house.......but typically only when i've been at work, it's early days though so plenty of time to add yet.
It's been a couple of weeks since i've seen a Fox in the evening but the food is still being eaten and my husband has seen them early morning. We hear them plenty though, they make an awful lot of noise nearly every night.
It's been a couple of weeks since i've seen a Fox in the evening but the food is still being eaten and my husband has seen them early morning. We hear them plenty though, they make an awful lot of noise nearly every night.
It's getting daylight not long after 7am now, Blackbirds, Robins and Blue Tits, usually in that order, are the first birds in the garden. The Sparrow roost starts to stir not long after and the birds fly out in small groups after sitting chattering noisily for a good 20 minutes or so. About the same time the Black-headed Gulls that roost nearby start to fly low over the street looking for whatever food has been dropped overnight, I love to see their wings turn orange in the glow from the sun.
We also had another visitor one morning in the form of a Wood Mouse which leapt into the window feeder from the Budleia! I only managed to grab a photo with my phone (and yes I cleaned the window afterwards).
The park on the way to work is now full of birdsong - Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Chaffinch, Song Thrush. On Friday a handful of Redwing were back in the park, they disappeared after the trees were stripped bare a couple of weeks ago. Though walking through today they seem to have gone again.
In the woods we have again heard plenty of birdsong - Mistle and Song Thrush, Robin, Wren, Blackbird and the usual Tits - Blue, Great, Long-tailed. We've heard the GS Woodpecker drumming and seen Nuthatch scurrying around the branches. I'm told by a couple of the regular dog walkers that the Kingfisher is still around but it's eluding me! I also heard tales of Owls too, now that would be something to see, Owls are something that are missing from my patch, maybe that'll change?
In the woods we have again heard plenty of birdsong - Mistle and Song Thrush, Robin, Wren, Blackbird and the usual Tits - Blue, Great, Long-tailed. We've heard the GS Woodpecker drumming and seen Nuthatch scurrying around the branches. I'm told by a couple of the regular dog walkers that the Kingfisher is still around but it's eluding me! I also heard tales of Owls too, now that would be something to see, Owls are something that are missing from my patch, maybe that'll change?
Your description of all the bird song makes me think your spring is not far away. Hope you do get an owl in your patch it would be awesome to see! Our weather is leaning toward misty/foggy as the warm and cold air collide! I lost my little water garden to the cold weather it froze and the pot burst! So I will have to start over again.
ReplyDeleteIt gets louder by the day :) Oh what a shame about the pot, it'll be a nice project to do again though!
DeleteIt’s great to see the hours of daylight extending. That really is the harbinger of spring and the bird species should start to increase incrementally now.
ReplyDeleteI love the longer days otherwise I don't see my garden in daylight during the week!
DeleteLovely photos. We don't see the foxes in our garden but we certainly hear them, we heard one jump over the fence yesterday evening and their food bowl is always empty and turned over in the morning.I love your little mouse visitor to the window feeder:)
ReplyDeleteFunnily enough one came in early evening yesterday, it was good to see one :) you can't mistake the noise from them can you! The mouse was a cutie!
DeleteLovely photos and I so enjoy reading of your wildlife sightings. I haven't seen a fox in the garden for ages but OH did see one this morning in next door's garden so they are still around.
ReplyDeleteThanks :) Good to hear they are still around, I always get a thrill when I see them.
DeleteGreat post Pam and always nice to see what you are spotting on your patch, went to Eccup yesterday and got Yellowhammer, Heron and Lapwing to add to this years bird list. Later in the fields next to the Airport I got Golden plovers.
ReplyDeleteSo loving the extra hour of day light in the evenings, haven't seen a fox for some years now, so lucky to get them in your garden. Hoping the Hedgehogs are back this year, we usually have a mouse too but not seen one so far this year.
Amanda xx
Thanks Amanda :) I haven't seen a Yellowhammer in over a year! Nice to get the Plovers too, beautiful birds. I do love having the foxes around! Fingers crossed for the hedgehogs, we had a couple last year but they were infrequent visitors. xx
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