Before we show you our other visitors, here is one of a bluetit coming into land
on the entrance of Box2!
Who's interested in this box? Don't nuthatches know that they need a hole of
32mm in diameter, and this hole is only 28mm?
Still, he does look very elegant! Nuthatches are regular visitors to the
feeding stations located in the garden, even coming to a peanut feeder just outside
the kitchen!
Another shot of this attractive bird.
Well, this is a more serious possibility. A great tit can get
into a 28mm hole. In fact it is the size the RSPB recommends for
a great tit nest box although it seems a bit small to me.
They recommend only 25mm for a bluetit but our birds seem very happy
with our slightly larger hole.
Just a reminder what a one winged nesting wriggle looks like!
Finally a shot of another of our regular visitors, a long tailed tit.
There have been two visiting us regularly during the last few weeks.
Sometimes there are four of them. They like to feed on the cheese
and the suet fat block Elizabeth makes for the birds.
We don't think long tailed tits are really interested in either of
our nest boxes!
We have had more birds in our garden this winter than ever before - except
for the flock of over 70 siskins we had last year. Goldfinches are the
most numerous, and we regularly get 10 to 15 of these at a time.
Blackbirds appear to be doing very well - in spite of being territorial birds,
we frequently get up to 10 at a time feeding in the garden - the first time we
have had so many. Then we have greenfinches, chaffinches, collared
doves, nuthatches, robins, starlings, song and mistle thrushes, dunnocks and a
few house sparrows as well as the occasional more unusual visitors such as a bullfinch,
coal tit, goldcrest, grey wagtail, jay, pied wagtail, redwing, sparrowhawk, and
wren.
Just at the moment we are feeling very lucky as a pair
of goldcrests and a wren have become frequent visitors to the bushes opposite our
kitchen window. I have seen a goldcrest several times today and have even
gone to the extent of making sure my camera is nearby. No luck yet,
though!