Birds
Blackcap male feeding on Ivy berries and fat balls each day of April, along with Redpolls (including one Mealy?) on Nyger seed. These are STILL the wintering birds, whilst the first Blackbird nestling corpse has also turned up on the ground. What next ... migrant Lapland Bunting ?
- Marcham Garden
Blackcap: singing Mon and Tuesday, ignoring fat balls and seed feeders, but snacking on ivy berries; so no visit from overwintering continental but 'confirming' early returning UK breeder. Goldfinch: 52 birds in pre-roost flock feeding on birch;...
- Witney 3rd February
Over wintering female Blackcap nr Bicester courtesy of Nick Truby My over wintering male Blackcap has been joined by a second male, but each keep to the apples on opposite sides of the back garden. Clackers Kingston Bagpuize Blackcap: fem. Feeding on...
- Garden Mega To End The Marcham Year
Long looked for and at last seen; my first wintering male Blackcap hammering chunks out of the fat balls hanging against the garden fence and nearest the cover of bountiful Ivy clad trees in neighbours gardens. Coming on top of recent highlights of 4(!)...
- Baiting The Buntings At Farmoor
Thursday there was 1 male Goldeneye on F2 as well as the usual recent 2 females on F1. In the poplars at the locked gates at the SE corner of sewage tretment plant, a male Blackcap was spot on timing for the central European winter arrivals (last I saw...
- Milcombe Wednesday 2nd February: Mealy Redpolls
Both Nic Hallam and Ian Lewington have informed me that the top right-hand bird in the video is in fact a mealy redpoll as is the one in the photograph below so although I didn't find the "super-mealy" there were at least two others around! 4+ lesser...
Birds
Marcham garden
Blackcap male feeding on Ivy berries and fat balls each day of April, along with Redpolls (including one Mealy?) on Nyger seed. These are STILL the wintering birds, whilst the first Blackbird nestling corpse has also turned up on the ground. What next ... migrant Lapland Bunting ?
- Marcham Garden
Blackcap: singing Mon and Tuesday, ignoring fat balls and seed feeders, but snacking on ivy berries; so no visit from overwintering continental but 'confirming' early returning UK breeder. Goldfinch: 52 birds in pre-roost flock feeding on birch;...
- Witney 3rd February
Over wintering female Blackcap nr Bicester courtesy of Nick Truby My over wintering male Blackcap has been joined by a second male, but each keep to the apples on opposite sides of the back garden. Clackers Kingston Bagpuize Blackcap: fem. Feeding on...
- Garden Mega To End The Marcham Year
Long looked for and at last seen; my first wintering male Blackcap hammering chunks out of the fat balls hanging against the garden fence and nearest the cover of bountiful Ivy clad trees in neighbours gardens. Coming on top of recent highlights of 4(!)...
- Baiting The Buntings At Farmoor
Thursday there was 1 male Goldeneye on F2 as well as the usual recent 2 females on F1. In the poplars at the locked gates at the SE corner of sewage tretment plant, a male Blackcap was spot on timing for the central European winter arrivals (last I saw...
- Milcombe Wednesday 2nd February: Mealy Redpolls
Both Nic Hallam and Ian Lewington have informed me that the top right-hand bird in the video is in fact a mealy redpoll as is the one in the photograph below so although I didn't find the "super-mealy" there were at least two others around! 4+ lesser...