General Chat

None here But we have got hundreds of Parakeets,and just been watching from the kitchen window a Sparrow Hawk being attacked by Starlings.

Glad to hear that Harry, I was getting quite worried. Must be the colder winter we've had. Still hoping then. Deanna x

Think my house martins may be back. Jay

up until 2yrs ago, our garden was surrounded by conifer trees, used to love listening to the dawn chorus, but now the trees have gone so have the birds, really miss them., birds that is. jean

We have 2 boxes in our garden - one for blue tits and one for great tits and they are used every year. Last year we just happened to be watching when the baby blue tits left the box for the first time, it was fascinating.

Thanks for those replies. Never seen a woodpecker. always interested in where robins nest. I have all kinds of different boxes, pots etc, but none have ever lived in them - but they do have a place somewhere in my large garden. Deanna - snap. our blackbirds fav spot has not greened up yet either. Happy days

Our garden has been full of Blue tits for ages. Lovely little things. We have a black bird(?) who nests in our clematis every year, it has been examining it for weeks. I has usually started to really green up and bud by this time , but not this year. I hope it does soon, I would love the little birds to have Their regular home on our shed. Deanna X

I throw corn on my lawn for my fantails and I've noticed the robin sneaking in and pecking it. We also have fat balls and get blackbirds, blue/coletits, sparrows and a wren. Claire

Haven't heard a cuckoo yet. I go out every morning to the sound of the dawn chorus - fantastic! The collared doves and peacocks are all in fine voice now. Tina

saw a large but beautiful blackbird having his morning bath in our pond waterfall on monday. lovely site it was too. jean

We had a woodpecker in the woods down the road to us last year. It made a nest in a tree trunk and reared it's young there. This year it's back again, it is making a hell of a noise pecking away!

Hello Harry, no cuckoos but lots of Robins, we have five at the moment.

Never had a cuckoo near me, but a noise dove has just reapeared in the last few days. Lou

Haven't heard my first cuckoo of 2006 as yet! G

While spring has not yet sprung properly, on our golf course we have a cuckoo each year. Absent thus far. Anyone got one nearby.? Mentioned on a thread yesterday that blackbirds usually take precedence at our fat balls over robins - that position has been reversed recently. is that common, or possibly due to a particularly aggressive or shy brood? Happy days