Our garden birds

[Rose65]

I love watching them. My favourites are Mr and Mrs Blackbird, they are such a devoted sweet couple. Mr B is the pretty bold one, definitely in charge. Mrs B is a humble plain thing, doing what he says. Watch them search for food, always sticking close to each other. If one is one side of the hedge, you can bet the other is on the other side.

The Robin so sweet and curious, flitting nearby as I garden, sometimes singing for me - why do Robins like people so much?

The pigeons are always around - actually rather frisky of late! One pair meets up on the fence every midday, and things get rather X rated ...

The magpie is a threat to all, he gets mobbed but comes strutting back.

 

[horseless carriage]

We are very fortunate in that we live within the boundaries of The New Forest, despite having lived here for many years I never tire of seeing some of the rare birds that grace our garden. You can see The Native Birds of the New Forest here.

 

[timoc]

I like the little birds best, if a seagull poops and it hits the target, it's like a fried egg on your head.

 

[Capt Lightning]

After a period when we didn't see many small birds, they have returned to my garden again, but different ones. Bird of the week is definitely the swallow. A pair have decided that my potting shed would be a nice nesting place, but unfortunately we have seedlings growing there at present and the birds resent our presence. Other than that, we have disgustingly messy starlings who found a way under the roof of my workshop. I don't like starlings. Regular visitors to my garden are sparrows, great tit and blue tit, robin, wren, goldfinch, chaffinch, blackbirds and song thrush. Occasionally we have woodpeckers and tree creepers.

A couple of years ago a blackbird built a nest in the engine bay of my campervan. I didn't notice this until one day I went to top up the windscreen washers.

 

[hollydolly]

All sorts of birds call my garden their home. from the Robin, to the collared Doves, the wood pigeons, Starlings , sparrows..jays, coal tits, blue tit, Blackbirds, Noisy Magpies... Goldfinch , Chaffinch...

There's pairs nesting twice a year in the trees and my laurel hedges , especially collared doves.. and Robins

 

[jet]

at moment i have a blackbird nested by the balcony,a blue tit in one box,a bluetit in the wall,and a sparrow in another box,,im gonna be busy when they all hatched lol

 

[hollydolly]

 

[CarolfromTX]

I love the wrens. They flit from one sheltered place to another, then a quick stop at the feeder. The goldfinch are so pretty.

 

[Wigglestein]

We sit outside every night after supper and watch the Orioles come and go between the grape jelly, and oranges we have in a few spots. Now we see other birds gobbling up the jelly and pecking at the oranges. Grackles of course, purple finches and house finches, Catbirds and even robins. And now the downy and red bellied woodpeckers have joined in on the oranges. For some reason our hummingbirds have only come a few times. Usually we have several each year. Not this year.