The contents of this month’s posts are categorised below. I hope this list will guide any searches that are directed here. Alternatively you can type your query into the Blog search box located above my banner heading on the left and click on ‘search blog’ where you have the option to further search through all… Read More CONTENTS – March 2007
Our Camera Nestbox was only up two days when we recorded our first visitors. The following pictures have been taken from captured video and give a good update of activity so far. Even though we do appear to have a pair of Blue Tits interested in our box, they visit together at least twice a… Read More Camera Nestbox – March 2007
For anyone who took take part counting birds in their garden over the weekend of 27-28 January 2007 and would like to know the results, the RSPB have just announced them. There is a brief snapshot of them in my table below. To get the full result go to http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/results/ TOP TEN GARDEN BIRDS 2007… Read More Top 10 UK Garden Birds 2007
Nest building in our Camera Nestbox has yet to begin. I wonder now if it will actually be used. The pair of Blue Tits do visit each day and the male is spending enough time pecking at the entrance and testing out the inside to suggest they must be interested. What was he doing yesterday… Read More The Shuffle
The weather is a little dull now but earlier this morning you could have easily been mistaken for thinking it was a summer’s morning. Just after 9am I set up my camera outside to see what activity I could capture around my small pond. Perhaps the Song Thrush would run around the plants or the… Read More The Chase
Today was very cold. As I returned the feeders back to the feeding station, after washing and refilling, my eye was drawn to some activity at the Robin Nestbox. I quickly set up the video to capture further action. The cheeky Blue Tit perched itself on the front opening of my Robin Nestbox. It had… Read More Unexpected activity
From time to time I spot particularly fat birds with fluffed-up plumage at the feeders. They are generally lethargic and don’t seem to bother when I walk up close to them. After about five days after noticing a bird like this I usually never see it again. Siskin with Trichomoniasis disease video, 0:40 with background… Read More Fat birds – Finch disease
We are in the third week of March and many garden birds will begin nesting soon. These birds will no doubt have done their homework in finding good food sources which will feed themselves and their future hungry chicks. Caterpillars feeding on shrubs and trees will provide a good food source for the new chicks… Read More No birds at the feeders
Today is Mother’s Day in the UK and I just had to publish a small post on a gift I received from my daughter this morning. I believe this would be a very welcome gift to anyone who enjoys watching birds in their garden. What a lot we can miss! Dominic Couzens, with illustrations by… Read More Secret Lives
It is almost a week since I first spotted our newest visitor to the garden. It has been quite difficult to catch on film despite it being large enough to see. It bounces and runs along the ground so quickly appearing out from the cover of plants only for short periods. The Blackbirds have given… Read More Shy new visitor