OK a bit OTish, but here in Dorridge Solihull, where pressure at 1043.8 at
midnight and current temp of 0.8C, I have had a record count of garden
birds.
Front garden a 3m crab apple at 1130 had on it and under it a flock of 38
redwings, two fieldfares, three song thrushes and four blackbirds. In the
back garden on my four feeders and below on the floor, as I type, 13
blackbirds, two collared doves, three woodies, SIXTEEN goldfinches, three
greenfiches, a robin and a pair of dunnocks, just waiting for neighbourhood
sprawk to make a meal of it.

Had bugger all for the big garden bird watch.

JT
Dorridge

JT wrote:

Had bugger all for the big garden bird watch.

Similar! I had made sure there was a good choice of peanuts, seed, fat
balls and fresh water available, and that all the feeders were clean and
full. Hardly a bird. And where were they? In next door's garden scoffing
bread!
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MCC

JT wrote:
OK a bit OTish, but here in Dorridge Solihull, where pressure at 1043.8
at midnight and current temp of 0.8C, I have had a record count of
garden birds.
Front garden a 3m crab apple at 1130 had on it and under it a flock of
38 redwings, two fieldfares, three song thrushes and four blackbirds. In
the back garden on my four feeders and below on the floor, as I type, 13
blackbirds, two collared doves, three woodies, SIXTEEN goldfinches,
three greenfiches, a robin and a pair of dunnocks, just waiting for
neighbourhood sprawk to make a meal of it.

Had bugger all for the big garden bird watch.

JT
Dorridge
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Similar here as well. Had virtually nothing compared to last year on The
Big Garden Birdwatch, now loads a week later. Highlight - my first ever
Redpoll on the Nyjer feeder. Also lots of Snow Buntings on Shoeburyness
beach and I got rare pictures of them in the snow (for the South).
http://my.opera.com/dcweather/blog/

Dave

"Dave Cornwell" wrote in message
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JT wrote:
OK a bit OTish, but here in Dorridge Solihull, where pressure at 1043.8
at midnight and current temp of 0.8C, I have had a record count of garden
birds.
Front garden a 3m crab apple at 1130 had on it and under it a flock of 38
redwings, two fieldfares, three song thrushes and four blackbirds. In the
back garden on my four feeders and below on the floor, as I type, 13
blackbirds, two collared doves, three woodies, SIXTEEN goldfinches, three
greenfiches, a robin and a pair of dunnocks, just waiting for
neighbourhood sprawk to make a meal of it.

Had bugger all for the big garden bird watch.

JT
Dorridge
-----------------------------
Similar here as well. Had virtually nothing compared to last year on The
Big Garden Birdwatch, now loads a week later. Highlight - my first ever
Redpoll on the Nyjer feeder. Also lots of Snow Buntings on Shoeburyness
beach and I got rare pictures of them in the snow (for the South).
http://my.opera.com/dcweather/blog/

Dave

Our normal flock of 14 Goldfinches is currently up to a staggering 34 and
demolishing the Nyjer and Sunflower Hearts, Increased number of other birds
and what seems a squadron of Wood Pigeons!

Rob

On Feb 8, 2:04*pm, "JT" wrote:
OK a bit OTish, but here in Dorridge Solihull, where pressure at 1043.8 at
midnight and current temp of 0.8C, I have had a record count of garden
birds.
Front garden a 3m crab apple at 1130 had on it and under it a flock of 38
redwings, two fieldfares, three song thrushes and four blackbirds. In the
back garden on my four feeders and below on the floor, as I type, 13
blackbirds, two collared doves, three woodies, SIXTEEN goldfinches, three
greenfiches, a robin and a pair of dunnocks, just waiting for neighbourhood
sprawk to make a meal of it.

Had bugger all for the big garden bird watch.

What did you have in your pear tree?

What did you have in your pear tree?

hoho :-)