Garden Wildlife UK

It is nice to see the doves which are now rare visitors in my garden. I do get other members of the pigeon family in good numbers so I'm wondering if the doves don't enjoy their bigger cousins being around. :shrug: I get plenty of wood pigeons and stock doves as well, luckily not feral pigeons, and...

They look cosy on the bird table sitting relaxing

I am delighted to report that I saw not one but 2 hedgehogs in my garden last night, at the same time! :hedgehog: :rara: Since I made my garden accessible for them by making 2 holes in my garden fence, I kept getting a glimpse of one (might be a different one every time :unsure: ) hedgehog coming fo...

Here is 3 of them waiting for me to serve some food

What I didn't see today or any other day for some time now is a Collared Dove. Not so long ago there always seemed to be a least a pair hanging around waiting to get on the SFH feeder but I haven't seen one for months. :shrug: I have not read anything suggesting they were struggling but my own theo...

My garden has been extremely busy lately, starlings fledglings are everywhere and creating mayhem as they usually do, jackdaws are around too taking suet away clearly feeding their babies, a pair of GSW are also taking suet away all the time and I saw a couple of blue tits taking a nesting material ...

Few very noisy fledglings have arrived here. Unmistakable this time.

I think I heard a starling fledgling this morning :faint: , I looked everywhere and couldn't see it, but the sound was unmistakable. Prepare everyone :dj: I would be really surprised if you heard a fledgling Starling. For that to happen the parent birds need to have met, build a nest and mated in v...

I think I heard a starling fledgling this morning , I looked everywhere and couldn't see it, but the sound was unmistakable. Prepare everyone

My starlings are slowly coming back, and starting to take their baths, sure sign that spring is here