Garden visitors

A great afternoon in the garden today, birds where everywhere and for once the sun was out and light was pretty good.

I managed to snap almost everything that came into the garden and have selected my four favourites for the post.

In order: Long Tailed tit, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Chaffinch, Nuthatch.

All photos taken with Nikon D70 + Sigma 170-500mm 17/01/2009.

Still no sign of the Siskins yet, but here's what we have had in our garden today: Goldfinch (7), Bluetit (1), Great tit (2), Nuthatch (1), Chaffinch (5), Blackbird (2), GS Woodpecker (1), Long Tailed Tit (3), all within about an hour and a half.

Bluetits are nowhere near the number we had about 5 years ago so I will be putting a few nest boxes up soon to try and attract them back, fingers crossed.

Woody

I have been watching my local Greater Spotted Woodpecker this afternoon and from the red patch on the back of the Woodpeckers head you can tell this is a male, females don't have this red mark.

I haven't seen the female for a while, perhaps she is on the nest?

Here's a few shots that I took, hope you like them.

All photos taken 13/04/2008.

Last Years Young

Spring will soon be here, so I thought I would show some of the young from last year to get us all ready.

Hopefully we will have more of the same this year and many more.


Think I saved the best till last.

Hope you liked them.

Garden Visitors

I thought today I would try and take a photo of every type of bird that visits my garden, they are as follows:

Coal Tit:
Blue Tit:
Greater Spotted Woodpecker:
Greenfinch:

And I had a few others which didn't come as close: Brambling, Collared Dove & Wood Pigeon.
























We also had Siskins but I'm sure you've all seen enough of those.

All photos taken 10/02/08.

GS Woodpecker

One for Lisa..

Not as grand as the name might have you think, however we also have a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker which is slightly plainer than this one.

From the red tuft on the back of the birds neck tells you this one is a female, the yound have a red crown as the last photo shows.

Hope you like it. I will try and get some up to date photos with my new lens, I found the hole where they nest last year and would like a pic of it poking its head out.