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Report for March 2012 :
The first real winter bird was a Blackcap but the last winter bird (probably) was a pair of Siskin on Wed 14th March. They were feeding on the nijer seed. Now, we await the arrival of the summer breeders such as the Swallows and Swifts or even the Common Redstart that appeared one April morning some years ago.
Meanwhile, House Sparrow, Blue Tit, Starling, and Blackbird are all nesting either somewhere in the garden or in the bird ‘boxes’ that are placed in trees or on the house. In fact, there is a pair of House Sparrows that are using a Swift Brick under the eves of our extension.
Goldfinch numbers remain very low, and there are never more than two so perhaps these are the ‘local’ pair, possibly nesting in the area known as the ‘Knoll’. A Wren was seen taking nesting material into our wisteria growing up the wall just by the patio window.
We have lost our Robin. Let’s hope he/she was visiting us for winter and has moved back to the natal area. The Robin’s adversary, the Dunnock, has set up territory and is often singing loudly from the top of the hazel twigs. The male Dunnock and his mate are fond of the food put out on the pedestal table or on the ‘robin’ post.
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