by Ellie | Feb 16, 2021 | Twitching Tuesday
We have two little Coal tits and two little Marsh tits that regularly visit the bird feeders out front! They are remarkably like the blue tits in character. Hanging around in pairs, easily chased off by the bigger great tits and other birds, but never far from the...
by Ellie | Feb 9, 2021 | Twitching Tuesday
We have a couple of blue tits regularly visiting our feeders. Such sweet little things. Before we converted the tin hut into what will be later this year the holiday let we had a pair that nested in the roof there every year. This year we have made a bird box or two...
by Ellie | Feb 2, 2021 | Twitching Tuesday
Oops forgot to hit publish and its a couple of days late, but better late than never! Did you manage to do the Big Garden bird watch? We did, and saw 5 sparrows, 2 great tits, 2 blue tits, 2 coal tits, a nuthatch, 2 robins, a blackbird, a dunnock, a marsh tit, a...
by Ellie | Jan 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
Given the cold weather this weekend and the fact that it is the Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend (Have you signed up?? We have!!) This week is all about the birds!! The RSPB have a wealth of resources to support garden bird identification, through sounds, and what...
by Ellie | Jan 19, 2021 | Twitching Tuesday
This week’s post is all about another common garden bird, the blackbird! They are often found here around the base of the bird feeders, picking up the bits the messier small birds spread far and wide from the feeders. Or they are in the bushes shouting at us as...