Please don’t forget

[fallen-archie]

During the predicted cold weather to put out some water and food for the birds, they are about to start breeding and should be in really good condition! I have my feeders topped up regularly and today had 10 goldfinches on the Niger seed along with chaffinch’s redpolls. Siskins and the usual array of **bleep** on the peanuts, a beautiful pair of partridge eating on the ground along with a lovely **bleep** pheasant, a flock of sparrows, dunnock, Robins, blackbirds, a tree creeper, a couple of wrens, and a host of other birds. So do what you can to help a native wildlife and start a list of visitors. And remember even if you live in a flat you can get a feeder which fits on your window, I get a regular visit around our upstairs window from a goldcrest which is Britain’s smallest bird and it goes behind the soffit boards hunting for spiders and flies 👍

[theelench]

Something seems to have been feeding from the plate already, but I don't know what.  I go to my mothers in the afternoon and when I got home there was only about half of what was there when I left.  Not much scattered around either, so quite a success all round.

Unfortunately its started snowing again and is windier than yesterday, so no birds at all today and although I've put more seed mix on the plate it's getting covered in snow.

Looking out the window the only birds I can see are two sea-gulls hunkered down on the chimney across the road, all the others seem to have taken cover in the hedges.

[astrologica]

The birds have been flocking around my garden as I have put out an old tray with seed,worms, peanuts etc on it. This morning my OH called me because he said there was a Mistle thrush out there. Now I never get those so I was a bit suspicious! Turned out to be a Fieldfare...and indeed there were two of them! I was so thrilled as I have never seen one of those before. They were beautiful..but they did bully the other birds a bit. I am told that they come in from Russia in very cold weather. I love the birds, so I felt like I had had a small win on the Lottery! I took some pictures ...I will try and upload one.🤔

[fallen-archie]

ThTs fabulous Astro, where there are fieldfares often there are Redwings Lego your eye open and if you have any apples cut them in half and put them out they love em👍

[astrologica]

Thanks for that tip Archie..now I will have to remind myself what a Redwing looks like....I have never seen one of those before either! I will keep an apple especially...just in case!