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I have put out nyjer (depending how you spell it) seed in the past in the appropriate feeder. Only occasionally did Goldfinches come it to feed on them. However since I started feeding sunflower heart chips I am inundated with Goldfinches, getting 20+ frequently, on feeders and on the ground. I trie...

Willpar wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 11, 2021 6:09 pm

That is a good number to have Peregrine. Were they behaving.

Two appear to get on well together, the third is tolerated and the forth is bossy and chases anything it sees, even Sparrows.

Would you Adam 'n' Eve it. Just looked out the front window and there to my amazement were not one, not two, not three, but yes, four Robins. Three tubby ones and a slim one.

This mornings lot.

Five feeding
Two fighting
One out of shot

This is becoming quite regular.

I have a Song Thrush that comes in every day. Cracking snail's shell and devouring them. Tends to feed at the bottom of the hedge. Today I think it was sheltering in the hedge about a foot from the ground (apologies not the best pic).

Have seen LTTs in groups of about thirty but never seen any of the other Tit families in groups.

I have three Robins that come into the garden at the moment. Two quite rotund bird and a slim one. If they all come in together the slim one chases the other two so I assume that is a male being territorial. The two plump ones tolerate each other and have been on the ground feeder together so I assu...

I am pretty sure I have a Mistle Thrush coming into the garden. One has appeared the last couple of days feeding along the bottom of the hedge.. Certainly bigger than a Song Thrush and I'm sure a Blackbird. Will try and get a decent pic and post.

Well done Butterfly, picture quality is excellent. I'm sure it will be in regular use from spring onward giving hours of excitement.

Probably my favourite bird at this time of the year