Tits

[birdbore.]

I realise this is a bit me, me, me, but this morning I had a wonderful 1/2 hour in my garden with the birds, 5 tits, plus 10 other species, I thought I would share the Tits with you, providing I can post the pictures

Birdbore :) I couldn't :mad: :mad: :mad:

[ruth whitston]

Ha Ha,what are you like!

[Gardbird]

Today in the garden not a lot, a wind blown/wet looking where's my breakfast Sparrowhawk, sat in a swaying tree, the only things which got fed were the fish they were grateful. Over the weekend the birds seen were amazing, nothing scarce but a good show, still got 2 Buzzards across the fields.
It will get better-It will get better how many more times do I have to tell myself.
Gardbird

[sarahwarren]

Hi everyone. i have lived here 4 weeks 7 in that time ive had a golden pheasant fly over twice scared my son!!!! I have a regular jay vistits. A greater spotted woodpecker loves fat blocks. Coal tits, blue and great tits. i now have a flock of long tailed tits everyday!!! will try n get pics on soon x

[ruth whitston]

Hi Sarah,

Welcome ,and join the fun,i hope to down load phot`s also.

Catch ya

[70007]

Since I put up my pole with lots of hanging feeders in place of my old bird table, I have had lots more tits visit my garden including coal and long tailed tits in twos and threes.

This is great considering the weather is relatively mild still, and I assume that once things cool down and food becomes scarcer between December and March they may visit more regularly and in even greater numbers.

I think the starlings and sparrows put them off, with the old feeders hanging from tree branches because the bigger birds just sat on the branches waiting for a turn on the feeders. Now the sloping tops of the pole arms mean they cannot do that and the tits do not feel quite so worried as they can just fly in, grab a seed and fly off in a second or so to a safe branch to eat it.

I also thought I saw a goldcrest this morning but it would not stay still long enough for me to identify it, and was mainly hidden by leaves. I'm sure it was not a wren as its tail was different, but it was tiny.

[mrmacca]

firstly i would like to say hi to all as im a new member , i have a few birds that come into my garden , sparrow , greenfinch , blue/great/coal tit , robin , starlings , collared dove , pidgeon, wood pidgeon , wren , thrush , heron and over the last couple of days a sparrow hawk , was amazed to see it , thought it was a one off but it came back today , picture below.

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[Pine Marten]

Hi and welcome. You may find the sparrow hawk will be a regular if the pickings of smaller birds is easy for it. More of them seem to be coming in to gardens from what i read around the internet. Nice Photo.

Pine Marten.

[roy]

hi every one, i have just joint,
i live in paignton devon,have been here 3 years, and only just started to get the birds in my garden,its been a hard job to get them here.but now i get :
magpies,crows,blackcaps,sparrows,blue tits,pigeons,sea gulls,blackbirds,

[70007]

Welcome Roy. That is not a bad list for starters in an urban coastal location. The gulls are likely to put off other birds because of their size and bullying habits.

You dont say if you have a feeder designed for smaller birds, which the larger ones will not be able to get at. That might be a good idea if you havent.

A quick read of other threads on here will show that various different foods will attract different bird species, so you might like to experiment with cheap supermarket porridge oats or sultanas. Things that will generally be too small for the big birds to bother with.