TUESDAY, 24TH FEBRUARY

Garden Bird List for 2015

Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker on garden feeders the summer before last



I can't remember when my year Garden Bird Species List got off to such a poor start - only 15 species seen so far this year.


Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Robin
Blackbird
Magpie
Wood Pigeon
Blue Tit
Dunnock
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Goldfinch
Coal Tit
Long Tailed Tit
Stock Dove
Wren


Sadly, no Chaffinches, Greenfinches or Lesser Redpolls. I think weather may be playing a part or perhaps there is plenty of natural food available this Winter so there is no need for birds to visit feeders. This year we haven't had much snow (any that has fallen has melted within hours). In past years when snow has covered the ground for several days more unusual species, such as Fieldfare, Redwing and Pied Wagtail, have visited the garden.