A heavy fall this time, closing local schools and making driving very difficult in the village. As well as a sudden abundance of sledges in the str
eet there was a lot of activity on the feeders.
The ground tray was covered and almost impossible to identify but a little work with the spade uncovered it once it had stopped snowing. Earlier I had thrown food under the hedge where the ground was partially exposed and had the sight of wood pidgeons shovelling the snow aside with their heads in order to find seeds that had fallen through.
The starlings were very active on the feeders as well as tits and robins. There were one or two sparrows but they were greatly outnumbered by the chaffinches which seem far more common this year. The pleasant surprises were a coal tit and a song thrush. The thrush is seen occasionally but the resident blackbird usually chases it away.
The goldfinches abandoned the nyjer seed this afternoon and suddenly took to the high energy mix on the main feeder. This is an unusual move as they don't usually come so close to the house.
eet there was a lot of activity on the feeders.The ground tray was covered and almost impossible to identify but a little work with the spade uncovered it once it had stopped snowing. Earlier I had thrown food under the hedge where the ground was partially exposed and had the sight of wood pidgeons shovelling the snow aside with their heads in order to find seeds that had fallen through.
The starlings were very active on the feeders as well as tits and robins. There were one or two sparrows but they were greatly outnumbered by the chaffinches which seem far more common this year. The pleasant surprises were a coal tit and a song thrush. The thrush is seen occasionally but the resident blackbird usually chases it away.
The goldfinches abandoned the nyjer seed this afternoon and suddenly took to the high energy mix on the main feeder. This is an unusual move as they don't usually come so close to the house.
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