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Morning all and Dormouse, I took your advice and put a few pigeons down my trousers but as it was highly uncomfortable, I didnt do it for long. Have great tits blue tits and blackbirds...and pigeons:-) A neighbour gave me some dinky binoculars for Christmas and I live in hope that something glorious and exotic will arrive in my patio... I have nuts, fatballs, sunflower seeds and mixed stuff. What else can I put out to lure the elusive ones? Happy Twitchers Day to you all:-) BC XX

Morning all,
More snow overnight. Noticed that all the holly berries have now gone from our tree. Putting out lots of peanuts/seeds/birdcake and there are plenty of hungry takers. Yesterday we had 30 or so fieldfares having a stand-off with the resident blackbirds and mistlethrushes over ownership of the apples I'd put out.
Also plenty of small birds flitting around, including goldfinches and siskins. Greenfinch numbers are rising too.

Well had first big snow this morning all gone by 10.30 am Just been watching the news I hope that you are all OK where you are as it looks very bad. Had to go and buy more food for the birdies this afternoon ran out normally can last from sat to sat. and the birds are all puffed up against the cold so its extra portions for a couple of days. Heron was in the field this afternoon.

Morning to a very snowy monmouth:o)

Talking of wagtails......this morning whilst vic was walking the dog he saw a bird fluttering about on some barbed wire,as he got closer it fell of the wire but was hanging upside down, he grabbed it (gently) and untangled its feet from what looked like cotton!! and yes it was a wagtail (pied).He held it up in the air and it flew off and was then joined by another one......he was nearly in tears when he told me, bless him!!! :o))

The blackbirds were out side waiting for their breakfast as usual, about 6 of them and quite a few starlings.

jude :o)

BC,
The type of food you put out will attract different species. Clearly you are known as a pigeon-food restaurant. You can do two things here, (well three but one involves a gun and a pie dish so we won't go there); you can either change the menu or learn to love the cooing ones.
We have a pigeon who visits our bird table every morning at about 7.30. (he's now so tame that if the food isn't out there, he comes to the kitchen window sill and taps on it - the window, not the sill : )

DM x

(Toddles off to find basket to put BC's pigeons in - then remembers that current thinking is you pop 'em down yer trouser leg........... Hopes BC doesn't have too many pigeons..........)

Dormouse......mmm... she does'nt live far from me,so probably not that far from you? l tell her your coming:o))

BC.....l'll have your Pigeons:o))
jude:o)

On your way, Snowy, could you pick up a load of pigeons from my patio please. They are gobbling all the food...*whimpers.......lolol....

Jude,
Tell your sister to give that yellow wagtail directions to Africa! It shouldn't be here! lol

Snow been melting today but more on the way, apparently.

** Muses: If it gets too cold, I could go round to Jude's sister's and pick up that lost yellow wagtail and that would give me a good excuse to go somewhere warm and sunny............. mmm**

The snow has as good as gone now:o(( but MORE due tonight :o))

Sister was here this afternoon and l asked her again about the Wagtails, wellll yesterday she had 3 types of them........The Pied, The Grey and The Yellow. She says the Yellow should have wintered elsewhere but probably got left behind.....she was'nt going to take a photo cause thought it would'nt come out but l have persuaded her to keep camera on window sill !!!!!

Not too many birds in the garden today, mostly blackbirds,jackdaws earlier, couple of c/doves, sparrow and robin:o) oh and l think one chaffinch....stil abit of food left!!

jude:o)

Well I hope that you are all OK and not had to much trouble with this bad weather, We have had to great days not a bit of snow just brilliant sunshine. place is a live with birds now got 8 pairs of Yellowhammers, blue tits have moved into the nest boxes Robins not to sure at the moment as its only been there a day. Woodpecker has not been around for a few days. nor has the heron.

Thanks Jude. I think it's more of a case of "beggars can't be choosers"!

They're still a bit iffy about the table and parasol, but they can see the food on the table from the top of the upturned shed. A couple of wagtails were there earlier.
x

Thanks Dormouse, got confused with another viewpoint. OH now knows where it is, long time since we meandered around the Forest, close as we live we tend not to go that way now but did when we lived in Lydney.

Thanks Dormouse:o)

l did me walk to the shops, on the way l had to call at a house for vic.....whilst out walking the dog earlier he met a girl who'd lost her dog and he wanted me to check if it was found......YESSS she's back,apparently she's always sniffing out the rabbits!!

Quite a few prs of chaffinches now, but don't think theres much left, blackbirds are hogging everything....l'llprobably put more out in a mo...he's busy painting:o))

jude :o)

Hi everyone,
Six inches of snow in South Shropshire and still snowing...........
A neighbour has had 3 waxwings in her garden but all we've got is the resident crowd of house sparrows, blackbirds, dunnocks, collared doves and a brief visit from a male great spotted woodpecker to the peanut feeder at about 7.30 this morning. Also 3 pairs of ravens over the wood behind our house.

Jude, New Fancy is near Parkend.
Directions from website:
From the B4226 Coleford to Cinderford road, turn south onto the minor road at the Speech House. New Fancy is two miles along the road to the west side just before a T junction. OS Grid Reference: SO 628095
DM x

Morning:o))

No more snow here, but we still have the 3" from yesterday:o))

Vic's been out and cleared some area's and fed the birds, changed the water (they now have one of my baking tins!!)

Glenys....what a brilliant idea, usually they take a while to suss things out,bit wary, your lot either know you well or are very hungry!?

Thanks Ann....was hopeing to go there this week but Vic has a ceiling to cover with PVA then 2 coats of paint and family are here on Fri:o)) we'll hopefully take a drive next wk now. We're going to Cwmbran farm at the weekend,weather permitting of course, its great there and the babes will love it (so will l ;~))))

jude :o)
Off out in a mo to get vics paper...l'll have you know l'll be walking too..lol

l deleted cause it posted twice!!

Jude I think it is called New Fancy View or viewpoint and I am almost sure it is near Soudely.

Ann

Jude I think it is called New Fancy View or viewpoint and I am almost sure it is near Soudely.

Ann

Hi, this morning I put out some food for the birds.

Within a few minutes, it was completely covered in snow. Doh.

Then, hubby had an idea: he cleared the plastic patio table outside, brought the parasol out of hibernation, and hey presto! He'd made a little shelter for the birds, making sure the parasol was quite low. He then took part of our small dismantled shed (the door's been taken off), and put that on the ground, thereby making another little shelter for them. Yours truly put out the catering supplies, and hey! They now have two winter diners in our back patio. And, would you believe, they've quickly realised what's there. I tell you, we don't give them enough credit!
Have a white - er, good - day.
x

Hi Ladies, my feeder was pretty quiet today, dispite the bad weather. Had 4 or 5 inches of snow here overnight in Chelmsford & a couple more during the day. The feeder only had some of usual visitor.
Cleared a patch of snow & put out some extra feed for the birds in the morning. Had to clear another couple of inches or so from the same area in the afternoon. Only to find most of the feed I'd put out earlier still there. Only a collared dove & odd sparrow & dunnock visited that when I was watching.

Steve.