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Dear community, I have recently joined and am another twitcher too. My favourites are the Goldfinches, hence fourteen, which, last year I managed to attract into my bird service station in one sitting, it was a personal best for me, having had regular large visitor numbers from the guys in red, white...

Hi Vivvy, not only do they hang on bird feeders.. they will also eat on the hover! I've managed to get some high speed video of the one in our garden doing this, one of the best below. I've got more videos of this robin and other birds on my youtube page if your interested...

Hi Guys, I have bought a "classic seed feeder" and its associated clear plastic dish and I seem to have a problem with it.... it may be a coincidence but after installing it in the same place where an older bird feeder was, the numbers of birds visiting the same place has dropped. I did...

This is my first post, as I've just joined Took this with my camera resting on a slatted window looking out to the back garden. Had just put out some fat balls and nuts into hanging feeders on my bare lilac tree. Hope you like it,

We also live facing open farmed countryside . We thought that when moving here 5 years ago the area would provide us with views of many wild birds, but this has proved to be the opposite. In the city of Nottingham the gardens have wild birds, foxes and even squirrels. Here we don't see any sparrows...

W ell, it’s finally here. The big weekend. You’ve done the preparation, you can only sit back and watch. Which is exactly what we want you to do! For just one hour on either Saturday or Sunday please sit down, take a look out of the window and count the birds in your garden. Oh, and then...

We live in a new build house (built 2009) but our garden has really started to mature with the leylandii, cherry trees, magnolia and other shrubs starting to take form and providing a lot of protective cover for the birds. We have situated a bird table, feeding station, fresh water and various hanging...

Hi Everyone we are Linda and Kevin from South Wales. This is also our first time on the BIG GARDEN WATCH, and a neighbour of Maggies, who kindly brought it our attention.- Hi Maggie, Looking forward to counting some birds, but at the moment no littlies only medium and biggies so to speak as not much...

The countdown to the Big Garden Birdwatch is on! It’s now just three weeks until it’s time to sit down, perhaps in your favourite chair, and look out your window for just one hour, counting the birds in your garden. So, how can you make the most of your Birdwatch? Just how are you going...

I have no idea how much the average cost of a feeder, food, etc, is, and I was hoping others could share their average spend on birds! How much would you say a feeder should cost? How much money on food per week? Any input is valuable to someone with a small income a month!

We've a number of feeders in the front and back gardens - but for the last few months the feeders in the back garden are not being used (apart from the niger feeders). Can anyone explain why this is? We keep cleaning out the feeders and re-filling them but the various tits and sparrows (that have...

Christmas is the season of goodwill, so this weekend why not treat your garden birds to an early Christmas present? Decorating a tree in your garden with edible ornaments is a great way to help birds to fatten up and survive the cold winter weather, and will create a lovely festive focal point for...

We all know that feeling... Our annual Feed the Birds Day takes place on Saturday and we've got loads of tips and advice to help you help your feathered friends. You can see more gorgeous photos from Nigel Blake at RSPB Images . Prints or canvases make beautiful Christmas presents!

So, the story of the massive family of ducklings deepens... First we had 14 ducklings and one female bird at the feeders, when they were little more than a couple of days old. The next day was when we first witnessed our giant family, with 27 ducklings, all of whom looked the same age (so hard to...

It's official. It was the hottest April ever, so the pundits say! Tell us something we don't know! The garden was on hold and the rivers were drying up. I thought, "I'll fix this! I'll put the recently purchased garden gazebo up!" The idea worked! As I opened the big cardboard...

Taken at the feeding station

Thought I would post a few pics of our newly adapted woodland bird feeding station. With just a few adjustments we hope it will get the birds a bit closer to you and be better for taking photos. David, our warden found some dead branches and has hung feeders from them instead of the pole we had previously...

And a present for birds... a recipe for speedy bird cake . Another great family activity for the festive period (especially important with more snow forecast this weekend!) Tell us how you got on and, as ever, share your photos in our RSPB community gallery.

Don't forget Christmas stockings for your garden birds... these recycled bird feeders make a great holiday activity for the children: http://www.rspb.org.uk/youth/makeanddo/activities/birdfeeder.asp?step=0 And, as ever, don't forget to share your photos once your feeders are up!

14 April 2010. From the path from the car park to Reception Hide.

Taken by volunteer Joe Seymour

Great Tit on feeder at Fineshade woods, Top Lodge on Easter Sunday 4.4.10

Coal Tit on Feeder at Fineshade woods, Top lodge Taken Easter Sunday 4.4.10

Coal Tit on Feeder & Fineshade woods, Top lodge Taken Easter Sunday 4.4.10

Chaffinch & Great Tit on feeders at Fine Shade, Toplodge. Easter Sunday 4.4.10

Nyjer seed feeders in the garden are certainly worth the effort. On a daily basis, we are entertained by anything from one to 30 plus goldfinches at a time. Charming moments indeed.

For some considerable time now, we have put out nyjer seed feeders in our garden. Our efforts are regularly rewarded as we are often 'charmed' by anything from 2 to 30 plus goldfinches just a few yards from our window.