Invasion

First there were a few "new" birds in the garden


I'd crumbled a fat cake and they seemed to be enjoing it, even with a "who are you?" to the magpie


Word got out and more came to the party.


At this point I was starting to think of Alfred Hitchcock and was scared to go outside hahaha

I counted at least 15 young jackdaws. I hope they don't all become regulars.

Birds

The GSW has been around a bit more recently. I even saw him on the bird table and dropped to the floor to crawl to the window and peep over the sill.
He was also chasing other birds off the seeds on the slab. He's a very strange moving bird.


I am getting lots of sparrows down this corner of the garden. Definitely at least 3 male and I'm not sure if some of these are fledglings as well as females

The magpies have been after the fat recently

A bit of a stand-off going on

The jackdaws are so funny trying to pick the seeds up off the flat slabs. Their beaks are too big.

This goldie looks soooooooo fat.

Starlings and fat candles

The starlings have been eating machines recently and got through a whole fat candle in less than a day.
"Who moi?"


"moi?"


"Surely not moi?"


So I mad it a little more difficult for them. And ordered bigger ones hahaha.










I think this is a baby blackbird. It looks more like the penguin off "The Wrong Trousers"


The coal tits have been enjoying the fat too.




I'm not sure that this is a lady sparrow or a baby sparrow. Him and his mate seem not quite with it, which is why I thought they were juveniles


And the jackdaws are enjoying this fat cake

Starlings and toads

I sometimes get frogs and toads in the garden. I have a stream at the bottom, but there's 2m of gabion wall then the garden slopes up, so they really have a slog to get up.


This was one fat ugly toad. MrJoo wanted to lick him, but he was under strict instructions NO







I'm not sure if this is a juvenile siskin. It didn't quite look as familiar as a female siskin. Certainly no sign of yellow around it's neck


















I have had a lot of starling activity these last few days. They hare munching through the fat candles like fun. They work in pairs, one will be on the candle, the other below collecting the bits the top one drops. They will pick as much as they can up win their beaks and then fly off to their nests.





A fab action shot


It's impressive how many jackdaws I have seen since I IDed them

April

Some of today's birdies:
Wood pigeons

A lovely chaffinch

Who has decided he likes my seed feeder

Starlings are lovely looking birdies

And jackdaws have the look of evil about them haha

Managed to tempt the greenfinch to the close side of the garden

The buds are starting to, well, bud, I suppose.