Very strange not to see or hear even 1 blackbird, but there was a robin on the feeders today, that was a nice surprise!
Wow the snow really came down hard over night and most of today, I only had brief chances to look outside as I was doing DIY projects trying to get a room ready for when my parents come over from Australia on Sunday!!! Ā Hopefully weāll make it in time, and between DIY and watching birds I was doing the finance updates for ISAs, credit cards and saving accounts over onĀ www.saverscene.co.ukĀ (now closed as I move into gardening as a profession) ā I try to find the best rates to help everyone, itās tough time for savers!
I did a great list of birds even for the short time I managed to look outside, the blackbird count was fantastic, interesting to note that it was 4 male and 1 female. Ā Iām pretty sure there was a Black-headed gull and it looked as if the summer plumage had really come in and looked fantastic:
Itās weird that pretty much after I put up a RSPB terraced nestbox for house sparrows and about that time they allĀ disappeared! Ā Not seen them for over 2 weeks.
Wow the snow really came down hard over night and most of today, I only had brief chances to look outside as I was doing DIY projects trying to get a room ready for when my parents come over from Australia on Sunday!!! Ā Hopefully weāll make it in time, and between DIY and watching birds I was doing the finance updates for ISAs, credit cards and saving accounts over on (UPDATE: saverscene now CLOSED due to moving to carer in horticulture hope to have my gardening website up early 2019) – I try to find the best rates to help everyone, itās tough time for savers!
I did a great list of birds even for the short time I managed to look outside, the blackbird count was fantastic, interesting to note that it was 4 male and 1 female. Ā Iām pretty sure there was a Black-headed gull and it looked as if the summer plumage had really come in and looked fantastic:
Itās weird that pretty much after I put up a RSPB terraced nestbox for house sparrows and about that time they allĀ disappeared! Ā Not seen them for over 2 weeks.
Well done to England in the Rugby, probably the more exciting game of the weekend, got a bit worried about the scrums and ref at the start but things settled. Ā English defence is amazing! Ā Now onto the birds, I managed to add another first for the garden aĀ collared dove, very happy to see one show up in the garden, although itās the one bird my dog doesnāt seem to like due to the noise they make.
The day started with heavy snow showers, it was quickly burnt off by the sun, then returnedĀ intermittently throughout the day and as dusk rolled in was quite heavy again and is lying out there now. It was the first day the feeders were heavily used in a few weeks and were almost cleared out. Ā The Long Tailed Tits were back and was great to see 2 birds together inside a RSPB half coconut eating the fat, it seems to be their favourite as they dash to branches near by have a feed then back to the coconut.
Hereās my list for today:
I wonder where all my house sparrows have gone? Ā Not seen any since February 23rd
Well done to England in the Rugby, probably the more exciting game of the weekend, got a bit worried about the scrums and ref at the start but things settled. Ā English defence is amazing! Ā Now onto the birds, I managed to add another first for the garden aĀ collared dove, very happy to see one show up in the garden, although itās the one bird my dog doesnāt seem to like due to the noise they make.
The day started with heavy snow showers, it was quickly burnt off by the sun, then returnedĀ intermittently throughout the day and as dusk rolled in was quite heavy again and is lying out there now. It was the first day the feeders were heavily used in a few weeks and were almost cleared out. Ā The Long Tailed Tits were back and was great to see 2 birds together inside a RSPB half coconut eating the fat, it seems to be their favourite as they dash to branches near by have a feed then back to the coconut.
Hereās my list for today:
I wonder where all my house sparrows have gone? Ā Not seen any since February 23rd
I didnāt get a lot of bird watching today, just when I was outside with Chewie (my dog) as thereās a free Xbox 360 Live Gold weekend in the UK Ā Free Xbox LIVE Gold Weekend March 8th to 10th 2013 in the UKĀ and because I canāt afford a gold membership Iāve been taking advantage of it (not good for my carpal tunnel!). Ā And of course the Rugby was on today, bit disappointed with the Scottish game today, but 18 points, all penalty kicks, was still decent for Scotland.
However I did get out a few times and managed to spot a few birds and I saw the Long-tailed tits every time I was outside today, hopefully it means theyāre sticking around the garden somewhere. Ā Thatād be great, theyāre also very happy with me being 2 meters away from them, very happy with that, my have to get my camera out soon!
Hereās my bird list for day.
Very grey and wet again today and little action in the garden, Iām wondering if maybe the Long-tailed Tits are nesting nearby as theyāre around a lot of the day at the moment, they flit from my garden to the next and back, great to hear them, one of my favourites!
It was grey, misty and wet here in Edinburgh today, I thought that will bring the birds to the garden searching for food, but I was wrong, a very slow day on the feeders however there were 2 magpies breaking twigs off the tree in the front garden and preparing for a nest, be great to know where theyāre nesting! Ā Hereās my garden bird list for today:
I received an email about aĀ free packaging and postage voucher code for the RSPB shop when you spend over Ā£25, more details can be found here:
RSPB free postage voucher codeĀ ā not sure how long the voucher code goes for as there didnāt seem to be an expiry date.
Wow what a wonderful day in Edinburgh, I actually think I got sunburnt! Ā It was definitely T-shirt weather, great for being out in the garden and there were a lot of birds around, finally got a full set of tits that visit my garden in one day, hereās the list:
Not sure where the chaffinches, robins and wrens have got to this year, the wren hasnāt even made it on the list yet and weāre over 2 months in!
Iām not sure if Iāll have internet access for the next few days, so donāt worry if Iām not here. Ā I will try and do the finance updates for SaverScene & Saver Scene AustraliaĀ (now closed as I move into gardening as a profession) and any bird lists that I get to see if I have internet access, if not theyāll be a few days late, but will keep record.
Another busy day today, but the afternoon was glorious and sunny so I went out to cut back theĀ Buddleia in my garden, the plant recommend on the Butterfly Conservation top 100, while doing this I was treated to the wonderful chirps of the little bobbing long-tailed tits, there were 2 feeding on the fat in the RSPB half coconuts, absolutely superb birds full of character, Iām pretty positive there were more near by but I didnāt see them, so just 2 have been added today:
