Successful breeding season in my garden
18th August 2011
I'm very pleased to say it has been a really successful breeding season for the birds in my garden. All the usual birds, House Sparrow, Great and Blue Tit, Robin, Dunnock, Chaffinch have bred in numbers and there are now also young Bullfinches, Siskins, Greater Spotted Woodpeckers, Redstarts, Blackcaps, Blackbirds and Goldfinches. Greenfinches (whose numbers crashed last year) have bred in particularly good numbers, great news for this lovely finch. However, the most unusual spectacle was ten young Chiffchaffs in the garden one evening as I had only previously seen them in ones or twos.
Last year I constructed a permanent wooden photography hide with seating for two, which overlooks my garden pond, a feeding station and a small woodland; this is an oasis for birds in the local area and allows me to get close up photographs that otherwise would be impossible. The construction of both the pond and the hide are now really paying dividends. The pond itself is a big attraction for birds to drink and bathe and a Common Newt colony has become established there. I hope, during the winter, this garden pond, feeding station and woodland will be a refuge for the local bird population.
Please see Juvenile Birds in Latest Images.
Last year I constructed a permanent wooden photography hide with seating for two, which overlooks my garden pond, a feeding station and a small woodland; this is an oasis for birds in the local area and allows me to get close up photographs that otherwise would be impossible. The construction of both the pond and the hide are now really paying dividends. The pond itself is a big attraction for birds to drink and bathe and a Common Newt colony has become established there. I hope, during the winter, this garden pond, feeding station and woodland will be a refuge for the local bird population.
Please see Juvenile Birds in Latest Images.