Posted: Sep 29, 2017 9:57 am
I can ID those for you Mac. From top to bottom.
1. Goldfinch (right of feeder)- this is my favourite UK bird species. I do my damndest to try and attract them to my garden as they are so pretty to look at. Siskin (left of feeder).
2. Robin. - very different to the American Robin. This is a bold little bird, very territorial and not shy. I have a lovely video of a Robin at Kew Gardens which decided to hop over and search for food on the grass about a foot from where my wife and I were lying.
3. Chaffinch.
4. Siskin (middle and left of feeder). Blue Tit (bottom middle and bottom right). There's also a Goldfinch lurking round the back. Siskins would be a regular feature of my garden feeders over winter when I lived in the Pennines and they'd return to the north once the warmer weather came. I'd get dozens of them all over the feeders, along with a few charming little Redpolls.
Blue Tits are a very charming and clever bird. By anyone old enough to remember, they are known as the garden birds which would peck through the silver tops of whole milk to get at the cream on top. Good at solving problems to get to food.
5. Sparrowhawk (juvenile).
1. Goldfinch (right of feeder)- this is my favourite UK bird species. I do my damndest to try and attract them to my garden as they are so pretty to look at. Siskin (left of feeder).
2. Robin. - very different to the American Robin. This is a bold little bird, very territorial and not shy. I have a lovely video of a Robin at Kew Gardens which decided to hop over and search for food on the grass about a foot from where my wife and I were lying.
3. Chaffinch.
4. Siskin (middle and left of feeder). Blue Tit (bottom middle and bottom right). There's also a Goldfinch lurking round the back. Siskins would be a regular feature of my garden feeders over winter when I lived in the Pennines and they'd return to the north once the warmer weather came. I'd get dozens of them all over the feeders, along with a few charming little Redpolls.
Blue Tits are a very charming and clever bird. By anyone old enough to remember, they are known as the garden birds which would peck through the silver tops of whole milk to get at the cream on top. Good at solving problems to get to food.
5. Sparrowhawk (juvenile).