October and November are always quiet in my garden. I hve had some fat balls out for some time now (see previous post) and since seeing a couple of visits by a robin and one by a blue tit I added a seed feeer with a handful of sunflower seeds.
Today I had a brief visit by a mixed flock of blue and long tailed tits. they didn't stay long but at least put some visible peck marks on the fat feeder. Hopefully, now that they know that there is food here they will be back soon. I have also fulled the seed feeder but it is usually the finches that get through these in quantity.
The garden has been disturbingly quiet this month when traditionally the feeders will be continously active. I am seeing a handful of blue and great tits on the feeders but no finches and only the occasional long tailed tit. Normally I woukld expect goldfinches and a few bullfinches on the feeders and chaffinches and redpolls on the ground at this time of year. It has been a strange winter, very mild apart from one cold snap so I hope that they are simply don't need to come into the gardens. On a better note I saw a pair of sparrows in the front hedge this morning so, hopefully, they might be spreading from their stronghold in privet hedges at the other end of the village. Away from home a family trip to Yorkshire netted three pairs of goosander on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal between Shipley and Saltaire. I think this is the first time that I have been close enough to get a good naked eye view. I have been neglecting this blog, probably because most web browsing is now done on t
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