showman Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Have been keeping the feeding station well topped up,and it's located in a position where I can sit in the kitchen and watch the birds comings and goings. Have noticed the lack visitors to the station, which is usually pretty busy ! Sparrows are the most common, Starlings....none, Blue Tits....literally 1 or 2, Robin....1 (normal), Chaffinch....0, Magpie.....1or2, Wagtails....0. Is it just here, or are others noticing a drop in numbers ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbar Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 2robins in the garden,a couple blue tits,a few blackies,like watching the robins,chasing each other must be 2males. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossgiel Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Have been keeping the feeding station well topped up,and it's located in a position where I can sit in the kitchen and watch the birds comings and goings. Have noticed the lack visitors to the station, which is usually pretty busy ! Sparrows are the most common, Starlings....none, Blue Tits....literally 1 or 2, Robin....1 (normal), Chaffinch....0, Magpie.....1or2, Wagtails....0. Is it just here, or are others noticing a drop in numbers ? Pleased to say quite a few going about this morning - blackbirds,blue tits, chaffinch, robin, gold finch and lots of magpies.Never seem to see song thrushes now ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showman Posted November 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Pleased to say quite a few going about this morning - blackbirds,blue tits, chaffinch, robin, gold finch and lots of magpies.Never seem to see song thrushes now ? No Blackbirds or Goldfinches, and very rare to see a Thrush at any time of the year ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanarkshire lad Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 I've stopped feeding them for the time being it was costing me a fkn fortune I have four feeders two with sunflower hearts and two with niger seed I was getting flocks of at least 70 to 80 goldfinches at at a time plus a few greenfinches chaffys great tits coal tits plus the usual blue tits plus street pigeons by the dozen which were hoovering up the seeds that the wee birds were dropping fkn menace they street pigeons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showman Posted November 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 I've stopped feeding them for the time being it was costing me a fkn fortune I have four feeders two with sunflower hearts and two with niger seed I was getting flocks of at least 70 to 80 goldfinches at at a time plus a few greenfinches chaffys great tits coal tits plus the usual blue tits plus street pigeons by the dozen which were hoovering up the seeds that the wee birds were dropping fkn menace they street pigeons. Wow , that's a great collection of 'Goldies' ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johnhunter Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Wow , that's a great collection of 'Goldies' !if you want goldies and siskins get niger feeders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showman Posted November 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 if you want goldies and siskins get niger feeders Already have them ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyleakin Lofts Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 (edited) Around 4 robins in the garden, wrens, blackbirds, thrushes mistle I think, chaffinches, blue tits, greenfinches? and of course the usual magpies and jackdaws. Occasionally the odd pheasant comes in as well. Edited November 19, 2016 by Kyleakin Lofts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gulkie Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Who was judging today ?ma wee burds are awe deed wae the Hawks . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddymac Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 I have the company of a little robin about the lofts most days. I used to have a lot of black birds visit but they have all gone over the past few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We man Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Always had plenty of wild birds about the back garden even the Woodpeckers feeding at the kitchen window but very few birds about this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliftonlad Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Have loads of crows and other day saw 8 magpies havin a scape in the trees next to my Loft but at least no more BOP hanging around they have sorted that out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDROCKET Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Blue tits great tits street ears black birds crows magpies wrens wood pigeons starlings the odd visit from the wood pecker and the sparrow hawk I've even had the sea gulls steeling my fish from the pond in the past I always have a good selection of food out for them canny beat sitting watching them all taking their turn at the dinner table as well as the feeders and table I scatter some grain and meal worm on the ground for the wrens and robins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDROCKET Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Out of curiosity who knows what the smallest bird in Europe is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy25 Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Used to be accepted that it was the wren troglodytes troglodytes but thats not true its the ..........GOLDCREST all the best sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanarkshire lad Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Out of curiosity who knows what the smallest bird in Europe is.Goldcrest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy25 Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Also for the curious the smallest bird in the world is a BEE HUMMINGBIRDall the best sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDROCKET Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Full of info this place tonight lol I always thought it was the wren until last X as holidays when I was sheltering under the conifers at our yard and this little thing started dancing about the branches only a few feet away from me not a bit scared at all promoting me to look it up and it was the gold crest the yard is surrounded by trees and is a safe ish haven for the birds amongst many we get the gold crest from Europe and the swallow from Africa quite amazing in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showman Posted November 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Blue tits great tits street ears black birds crows magpies wrens wood pigeons starlings the odd visit from the wood pecker and the sparrow hawk I've even had the sea gulls steeling my fish from the pond in the past I always have a good selection of food out for them canny beat sitting watching them all taking their turn at the dinner table as well as the feeders and table I scatter some grain and meal worm on the ground for the wrens and robins A Woodpecker in the garden.....WOW Brilliant !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanarkshire lad Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 A Woodpecker in the garden.....WOW Brilliant !!I've had siskens redpols had a brambling last year and also a great spotted woodpecker and by the way there were nightjars at the Douglas support near shawhead before they put the new road through it I don't know if they are still there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Davie Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Seen a thrush in a hawthorn tree today in the garden, that's the first for umpteen years, got a robin that's always there but otherwise a couple of blackies, stuckies, sparras, craws, jackdaws, magpies, cushies, and seagulls, and of course the sparrow hawk at times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanarkshire lad Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Seen a thrush in a hawthorn tree today in the garden, that's the first for umpteen years, got a robin that's always there but otherwise a couple of blackies, stuckies, sparras, craws, jackdaws, magpies, cushies, and seagulls, and of course the sparrow hawk at timesneed to get yourself a couple of feeders Davie one for sunflower hearts and one for niger seed and you'll get the wee birds in there droves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Reid Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 expletive remove if you want trouble at your loft put feeding out and you would be as well as ringing the dinner bell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyleakin Lofts Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 A Woodpecker in the garden.....WOW Brilliant !! Woodpecker, ring neck doves and wood pigeons in the woods in my neighbours garden. The doves sometimes come into mine. There are of course the sparrowhawks as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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