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birding, birdwatching, blackbird, British birds, bullfinch, Carrion crow, Collared dove, garden birds, Goldfinch, Great spotted woodpecker, Woodpigeon
My friend Sharon has a lovely garden: an area of lawn bordered by flowers, shrubs and hedge; a separate area for growing vegies, the glasshouse and the beehives; and a lovely little bit of wild woodland at the end. It’s a paradise for birds, particularly because Sharon also has lots of feeders that she keeps stocked up with seeds of various kinds and suet blocks. As a person who lives in a first-floor flat with no garden, I just love visiting Sharon’s garden. I could sit watching the birds all day long.
My photos show just a few of the birds that entertained us yesterday – and these 14 species are not the only birds that visit: House sparrow, Blue tit, Great tit, Collared dove, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Bullfinch, Carrion crow, Great spotted woodpecker, Magpie, Robin, Dunnock, and Blackbird.
The Great spotted woodpeckers have been bringing their offspring to the garden this year
The Woodpigeon doesn’t look too happy about the Carrion crow being so close
A Blackbird with an odd beak
‘This is ours’, squawked the Goldfinch to the Bullfinch, but …
… the Bullfinch won out on the day!
A beautiful Collared dove
What a lovely collection of visitors! 🙂 I love collared doves, they’re very sweet and good natured birds. We watched out for one several years ago that visited our garden with an injured wing. Wouldn’t let us catch it but we kept an eye on it and fed it, and made sure it was sheltering safely and, for the following couple of years, it visited us. 🙂
That female blackbird looks like it has either broken its beak and had it heal badly or it has something inherently wrong with it – I hope it manages to feed its young and eat okay. Apart from the shape of it, it’s very long and that often happens when they are too-vigorously feeding their over-enthusiastic offspring.
If you ever get to mid-Wales, do email and come and visit – you’d be most welcome and you’d love our garden, I’m sure. 🙂
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That’s a very kind offer, Val. Thank you. 🙂
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