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Photo May 21, 2008 by min51 © All rights reserved Birds in my garden
Baggeridge Bird Table WorldBirds own bird table and feeding station, sponcered by Hinksford Farm Shop. We want your garden list plus where you are in the world. I feed nuts and seed plus suet from a good traditional local butcher. Scraps from the kitchen are also useful. (Clive. Lloyd family butchers. Enville street, Wallheath tel 01384-273027) The suet is a favourite of many birds, on the video there are long tailed tits enjoying it. The Jays and magpies also go for it. As well as the extra feed plants give plenty of food for the birds, the Goldfinches love thistle and forget-me-not seeds. My humble garden list.

Grey Partridge	*Perdix perdix*	Long tailed tits feeding on suet. Bird cake Recipe Render suet in a saucepan until it's melted mix with seeds and nuts allow to cool in moulds. Hang it up or put it on the bird table. Tip:- Try not to make as much mess as I do. Photo Oct 05 by rabinal © All rights reserved Bird tables don't have to look elegant or be masterpieces of carpentry but it's nice when they are. t> The Wood Nuthatch is a constant visitor to our feeding station and garden. They often push a nut into a crevice so they can peck at it. Getting birds close and confident helps take better photos. t> Blackcaps love the nectar from this winter flowering Mahonia.
Common Pheasant	*Phasianus colchicus*
Mute Swan	*Cygnus olor*
Canada Goose	Branta canadensis
Mallard	*Anas platyrhynchos*
Northern Shoveler	*Anas clypeata*
European Roller	*Coracias garrulus*
Common Cuckoo	*Cuculus canorus*
Common Swift	*Apus apus*
Tawny Owl	*Strix aluco*
Common Wood-Pigeon	*Columba palumbus*
Eurasian Collared-Dove	*Streptopelia decaocto*
Common Moorhen	*Gallinula chloropus*
Common Gull	*Larus canus*
Herring Gull	*Larus argentatus*
Great Black-headed Gull	*Larus ichthyaetus*
Eurasian Sparrowhawk	*Accipiter nisus*
Eurasian Buzzard	*Buteo buteo*
Eurasian Kestrel	*Falco tinnunculus*
Eurasian Hobby	*Falco subbuteo*
Peregrine Falcon	*Falco peregrinus*
Grey Heron	*Ardea cinerea*
Great Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos major
Eurasian Green Woodpecker	Picus viridis
Eurasian Jay	*Garrulus glandarius*
Black-billed Magpie	*Pica pica*
Eurasian Jackdaw	*Corvus monedula*
Rook	*Corvus frugilegus*
Carrion Crow	*Corvus corone*
Common Raven	*Corvus corax*
Eurasian Blackbird	*Turdus merula*
Fieldfare	*Turdus pilaris*
Redwing	*Turdus iliacus*
Song Thrush	*Turdus philomelos*
Mistle Thrush	*Turdus viscivorus*
European Robin	*Erithacus rubecula*
Common Starling	*Sturnus vulgaris*
Wood Nuthatch	*Sitta europaea*
Eurasian Tree-Creeper	*Certhia familiaris*
Winter Wren	*Troglodytes troglodytes*
Marsh Tit	*Parus palustris*
Willow Tit	*Parus montanus*
Coal Tit	*Parus ater*
Great Tit	*Parus major*
European Blue Tit	*Parus caeruleus*
Long-tailed Tit	*Aegithalos caudatus*
Sand Martin	*Riparia riparia*
Barn Swallow	*Hirundo rustica*
Northern House-Martin	*Delichon urbica*
Goldcrest	*Regulus regulus*
Firecrest	*Regulus ignicapillus*
Willow Warbler	*Phylloscopus trochilus*
Common Chiffchaff	*Phylloscopus collybita*
Blackcap	*Sylvia atricapilla*
Eurasian Skylark	*Alauda arvensis*
House Sparrow	*Passer domesticus*
Pied Wagtail	*Motacilla alba*
Yellow Wagtail	*Motacilla flava*
Grey Wagtail	*Motacilla cinerea*
Hedge Accentor	*Prunella modularis*
Chaffinch	*Fringilla coelebs*
European Greenfinch	*Carduelis chloris*
Eurasian Siskin	*Carduelis spinus*
European Goldfinch	*Carduelis carduelis*
Eurasian Bullfinch	*Pyrrhula pyrrhula*
Common Redpoll	*Carduelis flammea*


I'm lucky to see kingfishers from my hide but they don't get close.	The Eurasian Green Woodpecker is an infrequent visitor.
The Great Spotted Woodpecker is a daily visitor that is tempted by a feeder full of peanuts.	The Eurasian Buzzard has had a remarkable comeback now nests in most parts of the UK. Not a garden bird but one that flies by my window daily.

The view from my window. Buzzards nest on the hill.	Where I do all the work on the web site. Bins at the ready.
How many bird species can you make out. Sitting in my hide listening to the dawn chorus is for me a wonderful experience. Have you got a recording of a dawn chorus .	The house sparrow used to be a common bird but it's numbers fell dramatically by feeding them in your gardens and providing nest sites you can help to stop the decline. By the size of the bib on this bird I cab tell he is a high ranking sparrow.
.	Images Jan 09 by markku mestila © All rights reserved
Nest boxes are great this one is being inspected by a Nuthatch.

Eurasian Jay cropped image
Photo by chimpasaurus © All rights reserved My sized plate. Feeder at Venus pool One of my favourite garden birds. Photo by james soden March 23, 2009 © All rights reserved European Goldfinch Water is necessary for wildlife, a small pool may get you some unusual visitors.	The European Greenfinch once very common is now scarce in some areas. This one at Venus pool is enjoying sun flower seeds. This Brambling refused to let me see his face. Eurasian Siskin
	Siskin Ducks aren't the only wildlife that take advantage of my small pool. Frogs, toads, grass snake and many other birds drink, bathe and find food in the pood.
	Photo March 13, 2009 by min51 © All rights reserved One of the pigeons in my garden getting a mouthfull of bread ,poor starling didnt get a lookin.

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