The onset of a particularly cold snap this week has brought in a few new garden bird visitors as food is becoming harder to find elsewhere. This Pied [...]
Foraging Jays
Jays are incredibly busy this time of the year burying acorns and foraging for food. They often fly around in small groups and this bird was part of a [...]
Window Feeder Experiment
We were interested to see which birds would feed from a Sunflower Feeder mounted right next to our kitchen window.For the experiment the window feeder [...]
Migrating Goldfinches
The autumn season seems to be the best time of the year to see Goldfinches, as some birds head down to Spain to escape the cold winter weather of northern [...]
Ringed Greenfinch
After almost a 5 month absence it was good to see the Greenfinches return today. This ringed Greenfinch visited with one of this year's fledglings [...]
Sparrowhawk Kills Blue Tit
Seeing a Sparrowhawk kill makes you realise just how fast these birds are! One unfortunate Blue Tit had its last meal from our Sunflower Feeder today [...]
Male Bullfinch Sighting
The return of the Male Bullfinch, absent through most of the summer from our garden is a welcome sight. It has been spotted twice today, once early in [...]
Lone Wheatear on Greenham Common
One lone Wheatear is still hanging around in the central runway area of Greenham Common adjacent to the EPC building. It was spotted this afternoon and [...]
Marsh Tit in our Greenham Garden!
The last Marsh Tit sighting in our garden was in June 2011, until yesterday when one quite unexpectedly started visiting our seed tray.Spotting the difference [...]
Nuthatch Needs Helping Hand
I was shocked and surprised to see a Nuthatch lying motionless below our garage door on the path this afternoon. Turns out it had flown into the window [...]
Wheatear Sighting
Sightings of Wheatear on heathland in the south of England are an indication that autumn has well and truly arrived.This morning a pair of these beautiful [...]
Woodlark Sighting
My recent trip onto Greenham Common in search of migrating Wheatears proved fruitless, but I did spot a pair of Woodlarks close to the Bishops Green entrance [...]
Red Kite Hunting
Grass cutting in the field adjacent to West Wood, Newbury this afternoon attracted two Red Kites who were hunting for wood mice and rabbits. One of the [...]
Coal Tit Returns
A Coal Tit is significantly smaller than a great tit and with subtly different colours. There is a white middle part to the back of a Coal Tit's head [...]
Green Woodpecker Close Encounter
The large numbers of ants in our lawn have attracted quite a few Green Woodpeckers in the last few weeks, but there was a close encounter this week when [...]
Attracting Rare Birds to your Garden
Whether or not you can attract rare or uncommon birds to your garden comes down to the proximity of nearby woodland and open space and the type of food [...]
Great Spotted Woodpecker
The better lighting conditions of the summer have allowed us to take some amazing pictures of the Great Spotted Woodpeckers which frequent our garden [...]
Juvenile Bullfinches
Whilst we've not seen the pair of bullfinches recently, these two juveniles turned up on our seed tray the other morning.These birds are still to acquire [...]
Characterful Jays
There's no doubt that Jays are not only one of the most stunning garden birds, they are also full of character and are highly amusing to watch as they [...]
Bad Feather Day
This hungry male Sparrowhawk came looking for its lunch today. As a result the feeders emptied rather quickly of birds, who all made for the nearest cover [...]
Long Billed Dowitcher
The Long Billed Dowitcher is a very rare sighting in the UK, with only a handful of them being spotted per year on average - usually in the Autumn or [...]
Fledgling Green Woodpeckers
Over the last week, we have noticed how the bird activity has dropped immensely at the feeding station because the birds are able to find more natural [...]
Sparrowhawk kills Blue Tit
It seems that our Greenham garden is now being frequented by the Juvenile Sparrowhawk and its hunting skills are improving. It's mid-morning snack was [...]
Juvenile Sparrowhawk Tries Hunting
A juvenile Sparrowhawk arrived at lunchtime today and sat on the fence at the bottom of our garden for an incredible 35 minutes, just observing the birds [...]
Green Woodpecker Video
Green Woodpeckers are very shy birds and any attempt to approach them usually results in a swift departure. They are significantly bigger than a Great [...]
Baby Blackbird enjoys the sun!
We saw this young Blackbird lying on our patio today like it was dead and wondered what on earth it was doing. Recently we have had a lot of baby [...]
Sparrowhawk Returns
This afternoon was not a very good afternoon for one of our resident sparrows. We were hoping that the Sparrowhawk wouldn't predate any more [...]
Green Woodpecker Sighting
Just as we thought there was going to be no more bird activity tonight, a Green Woodpecker arrived on our front lawn frantically pecking up ants (and [...]
Fledgling Woodpecker Has Tea!
At 6pm we saw our Fledgling Great Spotted Woodpecker getting fed by the adult male bird.The youngster is actually pretty independent now and needs little [...]
Shy Stock Dove
We have recently seen a Stock Dove in our garden but we had to read a lot of bird books before we were completely sure that it was a Stock Dove! These [...]
Jay Visits Bird Feeder
This morning we were doing the usual "bird checks" after all the nuts were gone on the seed tray a couple of days ago and we were curious to find out [...]
Baby Nuthatch Grows Up Fast!
BeforeThis afternoon we had a reunion with one of our best-loved garden birds. This particular Nuthatch we think came from the Nuthatch nest in a tree [...]
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker
We were delighted when the Great Spotted Woodpecker which is frequent visitor to the Suet Ball Feeder in our garden decided to bring along its baby this [...]
Wood Mouse and Squirrel
It's not just the birds which take advantage of the plentiful food on offer in our garden.We now have a rather cute Wood Mouse and a less cute Grey Squirrel [...]
Summer Finches
We have recently put up a Nyjer feeder and much to our surprise it's not just Goldfinches that like it. We get regular visits from a pair of stunning [...]
Sparrowhawk Kill
This morning we woke up at around 6am and were watching the baby birds from our lounge window. Regular visitors include baby Blue Tits and Great Tits, [...]
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