RMweb Premium dhjgreen Posted November 16, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 16, 2019 (edited) Two goldcrests today! (Picture first posted 2 years ago, because I wanted to!) Edited November 16, 2019 by dhjgreen 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Morning, just filled the bird feeders front and back of the house, back is full of Goldfinches and a single Greenfinch, nice to see greens again, they vanished for a couple of years. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted December 2, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2019 still very quit on the goldfinch front but still got the 4 green finches today we had 4 long tailed tits on the fat balls first sighting of the winter John 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium dhjgreen Posted January 4, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2020 7 LTT, 5 goldies and a bullfinch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted January 4, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2020 had a blue tit looking in the nest box this morning John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 We now have 3 x fat ball and 1 x peanut feeders out. Visitors spotted so so far are starlings, blackbirds, tree sparrows and tits blue and great. Hoping for more variety in future. (Yes, greedy I know.) steve 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffers Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Yes had our first greenfinch on the feeders yesterday for quite some time, plus a couple of goldfinches turning up. Sadly I think they will be largely absent in a few years time since the fields and hedges and trees up the road are being turned into "executive housing" - lots of it and living on the edge of a village on the edge of Norwich is turning into enduring a suburban existence (I am a country boy ) since the monstrosity called the Northern Distributor Route/Road (NDR), or the Broadland Northway as this particular t**d has been repolished by Norfolk County Council aka the "road to nowhere" by the locals. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted January 4, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2020 Think the bird population in Churchdown has had a good year! Certainly the most activity I have seen since we moved in 10 years ago Plenty of Blue Tits, plus Great. Coal and LT. Also plenty of house sparrows and starlings, plus Hedge sparrows, Blackbirds, robins, magpies, jackdaws, pigeons and doves. Best visitor is a Blackcap.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killybegs Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Five long tailed tits on the feeders today. A lot in the area this year but this is the first time ever that they have visited the feeders. Normally hiding up in the woods. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 4, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2020 Instead of severely pruning trashing the berry bearing shrubs alongside my house last summer the local council mearly gave them a trim and a Mohican haircut. The result was a mass of berries that has attracted a lot of the smaller birds such as tits and sparrows. The shrubs being dense and thorny now also had a few nests last year. There has also been a pair of corvids around, not sure as to whether they are crows or ravens as they were to far away. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted January 4, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2020 6 hours ago, Phil Bullock said: Think the bird population in Churchdown has had a good year! Certainly the most activity I have seen since we moved in 10 years ago Plenty of Blue Tits, plus Great. Coal and LT. Also plenty of house sparrows and starlings, plus Hedge sparrows, Blackbirds, robins, magpies, jackdaws, pigeons and doves. Best visitor is a Blackcap.... And most days there have been bumble bees in the cherry blossom! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kingzance Posted January 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 5, 2020 17 hours ago, geoffers said: ....Sadly I think they will be largely absent in a few years time since the fields and hedges and trees up the road are being turned into "executive housing" - lots of it and living on the edge of a village on the edge of Norwich is turning into enduring a suburban existence (I am a country boy ) since the monstrosity called the Northern Distributor Route/Road (NDR), or the Broadland Northway as this particular t**d has been repolished by Norfolk County Council aka the "road to nowhere" by the locals. A rather interesting and somewhat scary piece in today’s Sunday Times indicates the rapid rate at which land has been converted from “green and pleasant” to urban sprawl over the past decade. It indicates by the methodology of the researchers (including OS mapping that is claimed to analyse to a square inch???) more than 8% of what was rural land has been converted to built areas, roads and car parks / hardstandings. It also concludes that the visual impact is also significantly more as development is vertical too. We are in danger of destroying many of the habitats for wildlife. Is there an answer? Certainly an 8% rise in population over the decade is both locally and globally unsustainable and leads to the destruction of vast areas. Rant over - but something needs to be done now! 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88D Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 A couple of weeks ago, my wife phoned me from her father’s house. She had seen a long-legged, graceful dunnock in the garden. I guess it was a starling (any other ideas?), but, to avoid future confusion, a garden bird identification chart now adorns the kitchen wall at her dad’s house. Long-legged, graceful dunnock! Bless her. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 8, 2020 The pair of corvids I espied at a distance last week I have now identified as crows. I thought that they might be ravens but they are definitely crows if rather large ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 8, 2020 Any suggestions how to keep rats off the bird feeders? Recently the black sunflower seeds started disappearing at a remarkable rate. A full container would be a third gone between sunset one night and 8:30am the next morning. At no time did there seem to be sufficient birds to reduce it so quickly, however yesterday morning I spotted a rather plump well fed rat gorging itself on the seeds. I have moved the feeder from near to a hedge as that was where the culprit was accessing the feeder. I have seen rats climbing so I'm still concerned it might try shimmying up the pole the feeder is on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted January 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) deleted double post Edited January 9, 2020 by jbqfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted January 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2020 10 hours ago, melmerby said: Any suggestions how to keep rats off the bird feeders? Recently the black sunflower seeds started disappearing at a remarkable rate. A full container would be a third gone between sunset one night and 8:30am the next morning. At no time did there seem to be sufficient birds to reduce it so quickly, however yesterday morning I spotted a rather plump well fed rat gorging itself on the seeds. I have moved the feeder from near to a hedge as that was where the culprit was accessing the feeder. I have seen rats climbing so I'm still concerned it might try shimmying up the pole the feeder is on. had the same trouble got one of these work a treat bird feeder baffle John 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88D Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 11 hours ago, melmerby said: Any suggestions how to keep rats off the bird feeders? Recently the black sunflower seeds started disappearing at a remarkable rate. A full container would be a third gone between sunset one night and 8:30am the next morning. At no time did there seem to be sufficient birds to reduce it so quickly, however yesterday morning I spotted a rather plump well fed rat gorging itself on the seeds. I have moved the feeder from near to a hedge as that was where the culprit was accessing the feeder. I have seen rats climbing so I'm still concerned it might try shimmying up the pole the feeder is on. How about those squirrel-proof feeders, sort of a cage surrounding the feeder? I use them, and rarely does a squirrel get through, so a rat should find it even harder. It also prevents lots of other larger birds get through to the stuff I’ve left for titmice, etc. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2020 All the feeders are squirrel proof and work. Rats can get through any hole they can poke their head through, which is a lot less than a squirrel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2020 2 hours ago, jbqfc said: had the same trouble got one of these work a treat bird feeder baffle John Looks promising. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2020 We don't have problems with rats and not a lot with squirrels for that matter. We have foxes that keep the rat population down and discourages the squirrels. They don't usually bother the birds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted January 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2020 9 minutes ago, melmerby said: All the feeders are squirrel proof and work. Rats can get through any hole they can poke their head through, which is a lot less than a squirrel. it is amazing how small a hole they can get through we got problems with rats after next door put decking over most of there garden next door had to get in pest controllers to cure the problem they then put wire netting round the sides of the decking to stop rats getting under it was so bad they where out in daylight but when we got the baffle it was fun watching them trying to get a round it but they soon gave up John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2020 2 hours ago, jbqfc said: it is amazing how small a hole they can get through we got problems with rats after next door put decking over most of there garden John I think that's our problem. Two doors away have a totally decked garden (they don't like any wildlife) and it's in that direction the rats disappear to. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) On 08/01/2020 at 23:06, melmerby said: Any suggestions how to keep rats off the bird feeders? My solution to the neighbors rat problem - highly effective: Edited April 16, 2022 by eastglosmog Restore photo 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2020 Don't seem to be afraid of the local cats, one of which likes sunning himself in our garden (and leaving smelly deposits) Today's rats seem to be fearless. (and bigger!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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