Garden Birds

 After seeing the Great Spotted Woodpecker again, I decided to sit in the conservatory for few minutes and see what came to the feeders.

First up was a female Blackcap.  This is not a common visitor and I have only seen Blackcaps in our garden this year.

One of the regular visitors, a Coal Tit.  Not seen in great numbers, but always in the background somewhere.

Robin - always around in small numbers and guaranteed to be there every day of the week for most of the year.

Blue Tit - a regular and sociable species in most gardens.

Gold Finch - a few years ago, these were rare visitors, but now they are visiting in large numbers on a daily basis for much of the years.  OK, There is a Chaffinch photobombing this shot at the back of the left side feeder.

Long Tailed Tit - around in small numbers, but seen most days.

The pattern of bird feeding has changed over the years.  When we moved into our current house about 30 years ago, the most common birds seen were Greenfinches.  After the viral infection that hit the Greenfinch population, we saw large numbers of Sparrows.  Following the reduction in height of our "previous neighbours" boundary hedge, the sparrows decamped to a more sheltered area and we now get lots of Goldfinches.

I have been looking only at the feeders, but the Dunnocks, Chaffinches, Blackbirds, Wood Pigeons, Rock Doves, etc.. are still around on the ground.