Hazelnuts
22nd February 2009, 05:57 PM
Hi there
We had one or two highlights today, and we enjoyed strolling around for a couple of hours at the Sandy Reserve, listening to the bird song.
What a great day today. The first thing that happened just before we went to Sandy was my OH seeing a Female Sparrowhawk (her size gave it away) just close to our kitchen window. The garden we have was devoid of birds for a good while afterwards. Great to see that. :D
Then we had a great afternoon out at Sandy at the RSPB Headquarters. We did the 2 hour walk watching all birds that flitted in all directions. The first thing we heard by the RSPB Ksiok was a Treecreeper, but we did not see it though. A Green woodpecker could be heard in the distance throughout our whole walk. We never saw it though.
Stopped off at the birdhide, and watched the birds at the feeders for a while. There where Long Tail tits, Blue Tits, Coal Tits, lots of Chaffinches (they spent most of their time bathing in the pool close to the bird feeders). A Robin tried to scare every bird of his patch and it was funny to watch LOL. He fluffed himself up, and gave chase at every opportunity that he got.
The highlight of the day was to see Siskins on the Nyger feeder. First a Female appeared, and disappeared a couple of times. She was then joined by a male Siskin - they are such beautiful little birds.
A huge rabbit appeared and sat for a while under the feeder eating the seeds that had been dropped on the floor.
As we continued our walk, we came across a couple sitting on a bench with a Robin sitting a branch closeby giving its own personal serenade to the couple as they sat there listening to him. It was very endearing to listen too.
I see that the man had a scope, and specialised kit. I thought it might have been a good opportunity to do some serious photography but i think the robin may have been scared off by all the movement.
Lots of Long tail Tits flitting around as we walked to our car in the Carpark. Their little calls to one another give it away all of the time.
I have posted a couple of pictures. The first picture was of the sightings for the day, (by the ksiok in the carpark) and I took a picture of it as the RSPB update their sighting on their website once a week, and not everyday. So having a picture helps in advance.
We had one or two highlights today, and we enjoyed strolling around for a couple of hours at the Sandy Reserve, listening to the bird song.
What a great day today. The first thing that happened just before we went to Sandy was my OH seeing a Female Sparrowhawk (her size gave it away) just close to our kitchen window. The garden we have was devoid of birds for a good while afterwards. Great to see that. :D
Then we had a great afternoon out at Sandy at the RSPB Headquarters. We did the 2 hour walk watching all birds that flitted in all directions. The first thing we heard by the RSPB Ksiok was a Treecreeper, but we did not see it though. A Green woodpecker could be heard in the distance throughout our whole walk. We never saw it though.
Stopped off at the birdhide, and watched the birds at the feeders for a while. There where Long Tail tits, Blue Tits, Coal Tits, lots of Chaffinches (they spent most of their time bathing in the pool close to the bird feeders). A Robin tried to scare every bird of his patch and it was funny to watch LOL. He fluffed himself up, and gave chase at every opportunity that he got.
The highlight of the day was to see Siskins on the Nyger feeder. First a Female appeared, and disappeared a couple of times. She was then joined by a male Siskin - they are such beautiful little birds.
A huge rabbit appeared and sat for a while under the feeder eating the seeds that had been dropped on the floor.
As we continued our walk, we came across a couple sitting on a bench with a Robin sitting a branch closeby giving its own personal serenade to the couple as they sat there listening to him. It was very endearing to listen too.
I see that the man had a scope, and specialised kit. I thought it might have been a good opportunity to do some serious photography but i think the robin may have been scared off by all the movement.
Lots of Long tail Tits flitting around as we walked to our car in the Carpark. Their little calls to one another give it away all of the time.
I have posted a couple of pictures. The first picture was of the sightings for the day, (by the ksiok in the carpark) and I took a picture of it as the RSPB update their sighting on their website once a week, and not everyday. So having a picture helps in advance.