Hobbies and Crafts

I have a long tailed tit visiting the window feeder :-D :-D.I am so pleased.It's been so long since I have seen any.I am hoping there is more than just the one.I'm sure there must be.

Had to fill up the crushed peanut feeder again today, the blue and great tits are eating us out of house and home. And feeding the pigeons and blackbirds below them on the lawn.

We seem to be getting more visits from the one small greenfinch. strange because there are usually more than one of them when they visit. This is the first visit for ages by a greenfinch.

Seagulls, pigeons and lots of starlings and just Mr Blackbird here today. All very hungry.

Just seen a very small greenfinch on the black sunflower seeds, plus the usual mob of Goldfinches. There has been a blackap around lately as well.

I think the main visitors to the window feeder today have been the Robins,Woodpecker and Squirrel.The Blackbirds have been busy on the lawn .There must be a lot of good juicy worms :-D

Not too windy here, dry and not too cold either. Rather be where our daughter is though, in Fuerteventura.

Not sure I have ever seen a Goldcrest Ann.I must google it.
Today we have had a Squirrel on the Window Feeder.It must be a newcomer as it is so clumsy .It kept taking a tumble LOL,but kept coming back.
A Red Kite has been flying very low over the garden again today.I bet there are bunnies around.Thomas is out there somewhere too.No doubt trying to grab a rabbit before the bird gets one :-) :-S
It is so windy here today !!!

A lot Seagulls here swooping around eating everything off the ground feeder.
Wet and windy earlier but it's stopped raining and quite pleasant now.

Yesterday we had a Goldcrest on the coconut. One was spotted in a neighbours garden last year but we didn't see it, OH thought he'd seen the 'small bird' last week but I missed it, yesterday he managed to call me in time and I just saw it as it flew off. Very quick little birds, no red crest so probably a female. Our smallest bird apparently.

A big fat pigeon landed on the window feeder earlier and brought it crashing down!!
It has snapped some of the plastic off, so I have used some gaffa tape . It is all filled and back on the window (almost) as good as new........ make do and mend here ha ha

Ann the Blackbirds here are having right scraps especially on the Window feeder :-S
There are a couple of male ones that are ready for a punch up at a drop of a hat.
Even with all the rain today the feeder has been very busy and is now empty again.
It will have to stay empty now until tomorrow.

Yes a good shopping day Kandj. Been to the Range this morning, needed new mats for my golf, (which is still wet on the back floor, taking ages to dry out and we still can't find where the rain is getting in.) Also bought some craft bits.
Not a lot of birds around today, although nothing seems to stop the Goldfinches from eating.
I see they have caught that huge Eagle, what a magnificent bird. Well they didn't actually catch him, he flew home when he was ready. A lot of pet owners will be relieved!

Rain, rain and more rain today.

A good shopping day for you and OH yesterday Ann, managed a few bargains then.

No red kites here Jane, but seagulls again squealing around in the rain.

Possibly not too early for the mating season Jane, we have sparrows collecting nesting material and blackbirds starting to get terratorial. Maybe there are too many in your area so they are starting to holiday over here. :-D

Ann there are so many Red Kites here at the moment.I haven't seen so many in a long time.We have at least one or 2 each day over our gardens here,and they do make quite a racket with their squealing sounds.I wonder if it might be the start of the courting season .Might be a bit early for that .
The lovely Gt Spotted Woodpecker has been feeding at the window again today :-D It looked quite at home for a while until one of the big male Blackbirds decided to fly in and disturb things :-S

apparently somebody has seen a red kite over our estate so we will have to keep our eyes open.
Just home from gloucester and another visit to the docks (and Weatherspoons - steak day today which was excellent). A lovely sunny day but a bit cold, not much wind though so not too bad. OH happy, he got a pair of cord jeans in the M&S outlet reduced right down from £39 to £9.50. I got a long sleeved Per Una top for £15 instead of £25 and a short sleeved top for £4.00 instead of £8. So I am happy too.

Quite a few seagulls swooping around today. We don't often see them so it was a novelty to be honest. No other birds so perhaps they were frightened off.

Thermals and warm clothes sound a good idea Vera. I hope you still enjoyed it.

Lovely pictures of your new gt grandson Ann. Luke looks a big boy beside baby.
Thanks for putting so many on the photo blog and sharing them with us all.

Lovely photos Ann. Adam has a good head of hair and Luke looks pleased with him.

Yet another birdless day - no, I tell a lie, I saw a pigeon and a blackbird. It's bitterly cold but we had a few sunny spells today. In fact at one point we had sunshine and sleety snow at the same time.

I have to go out tonight to a Club I belong to. We start at 8 pm but the centre where we meet isn't unlocked or the heating put on till 7.30 and it takes most of the evening for the place to warm up. Thermal vest tonight I think :-)

Busy busy birds out there today, four blackbirds around and a robin, quite a few bluetits and great tits, a couple of starlings 4/5 Goldfinches, a dove ot two and one wood pigeon. Oh and a few sparrows as well. The chopped peanuts have been scattered from the feeder onto the grass so the ground feeders like that.

I have put some baby photos on the photo blog if anyone is interested. :-)

Baby Adam looks so comfortable Ann. He is beautiful and will bring lots of joy and happy times ahead for your daughter and the family now.

Only starlings braving the bitterly cold weather and the snow we had this afternoon.