WIth light fading (the days'll be getting longer again soon, and the Nocturnal Birders Club will be but a distant memory) I managed a few minutes watching the birdies at Dempsey Towers after work this afternoon - at least seven Blackbirds, although we have had up to 11, all feeding away.
Part of the influx Bazzo et al were conjecturing over last week?
I was surprised to notice the females being more dominant around the food on the deck, often chasing off the males.
Plenty of finches (Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Greenfinch) so it looks like I'm free of that nasty finch virus thingy.
Greater 'pecker and titmice still around, the former apparently spending most of its time walking about on the mossy moraine that passes for a lawn at Dempsey Towers, when Mrs D watched it this morning.
Sometimes it's worth chucking peanuts on the floor as well as filling the feeders with them.
Song Thrush, Dunnock, Robin...then the local Sprawk came through and it all went very quiet....
Still Magpies in the roost on the Coast Road south of Pontins this afternoon - I must get down there and count 'em properly.
Eyes to the skies everyone, eyes to the skies...
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Derek Williams wrote...
Latest from Haskayne area, December 10th to 16th:
Little Grebe 3; Great Crested Grebes 4 (2 headshaking display); Whooper Swans; Cormorant 5; Tufted Duck 7; Teal 16; Wigeon 5; Coot 12; Mallard 100-150; Buzzard 3; Red Legged Partridge 42; Golden Plover 143; Fieldfare 100; Blackbird 25; Redwing; Jay; Grey Wagtail; Curlew; Long Tailed Tit 10+; Barnacle Goose; Robin 7; Kingfisher.
Plus 3 Grey Squirrels in Rosemary Wood on Dec 11th and 1 Red Squirrel in Orritt's Wood on Dec 16th.
Posted by: Derek Williams | December 19, 2007 9:59 AM