Re: Bird watching

Hello! I've just registered and wanted to say hello! I saw the TV ad about the Big Garden Birdwatch weekend & decided I'd like to take part. We have a few bird feeders in our garden and have been visited by lots of Starlings, Great Tits, Blue Tits, Blackbirds........oh yes, we've even had a Sparrowhawk too! I have many photos and will upload a few when I get used to this site. I'm really looking forward to the Big Garden Birdwatch :-) Maggie xx

Hiya Maggie welcome to the forum from Sheffield.

Hope you enjoy doing the Birdwatch and if you have a look around the forum you can see we like photos too.

Any questions if you get lost on the forum just ask

Many thanks, I'm sure I will have a few questions!! I did forget to say what part of the UK I live - South Wales, not ver far from the Severn Estuary.

Hi Maggie and welcome to the forum from Lancashire.

Hope you enjoy the BGBW, although be prepared for all your birds to do a bunk on that day. They usually do. I think they hide in the bushes sticking their tongues out at us!

lol isn't that the usual case with animals! When you want them to do something, they do the opposite! I'm so looking forward to chilling for an hour on both BGBW days just watching & hoping the birds are kind to me :-) I'm sure the Blue Tits won't let me down! Got quite a few of them visiting.

A warning about the forum though...it can be come addictive when you get used to the layout.

Hi Maggie, and welcome.  My birds don't actually do a bunk, they just hide until I've finished, then the one on watch says "it's ok you can come out now, she's gone".  lol

Hi Maggie , welcome from Hawick ( scottish borders)

Many thanks for the welcome messages. And this afternoon I've had 4 Longtailed Tits and a Coal Tit on the feeder in the front garden! Never seen these before, so I'm chuffed to bits!! Hubby was too late in getting the camera out, but it's on stand-by in the loving room now :-) I think they're using the feeder because the other side of our fence we have well established hedges, so they might be nesting here? And it's for safety too I think?

Oh dear!!! I meant to say LIVING ROOM !!!! Tee! Here!

My fingers ain't working properly today! Sorry!

Hello and welcome!

I agree with alans warning... i think its physically impossible to leave the site, unless theres a bird in the garden... then you HAVE to come back and tell everyone about it! haha.

My birds like to dart from cover to feeder, so thats what they might be doing with your hedges :)

Hello Maggie. A warm welcome for the North East too
Its a great excuse for a cup of coffee ans gazing out of the window for an hour LOL
Look forward to your photos

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 garden cover, still getting established.

Hiya Linda and Kevin welcome to the forum.

At this time of year you never know what will turn up in the gardens so keep a lookout.