Red Red Robin

With the huge amount of snow that fell on us last week the birds in my garden were desperate for food. I sat down with a cup of coffee (actually several cups) and watched the birds over a period of about 2 hours as I did my paperwork. It was fascinating to see how many different birds visited.   I counted twenty- one varieties of birds altogether. Here’s the list:

• Thrush
• Blackbird
• Starling
• Blue Tit
• Coal Tit
• Great Tit
• Long tailed Tit
• Chaffinch
• Dunnock
• Robin
• House Sparrow
• Tree Sparrow
• Wren
• Jay
• Nuthatch
• Collared Dove
• Wood Pigeon
• Gold Crest
• Bull Finch
• Chaffinch
• Greenfinch

Unfortunately I was not able to take photos of all of them, so I will just show you Rufus - the Robin.

I was feeding them sunflower kernels, peanuts, niger seeds and a wildbird seed mixture. As well as the birds I have, today, watched my local squirrel taking the peanuts and burying them under the apple tree.

Wherever you are please remember to feed the birds  - it is as fascinating as having an aviary in the garden.

See you soon.

xx