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Author:  Katherine Birkett [ Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:35 pm ]
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Best garden observations this morning:

Coal Tit - 2
Long-tailed Tit - 5
Pied Wagtail - 2

Excellent! :D

Author:  Geoff Williams [ Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:45 pm ]
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I had a rarity in my garden yesterday,a Bullfinch,my 57th garden tick. It was hovering like a fat hummingbird taking seeds off nettles.

Author:  Alastair Carr [ Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:26 pm ]
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An odd one in my garden, a ♂ pheasant! It comes in everyday, goes round the back and then goes round the front.

I once had a ♂ Great-spotted Woodpecker on my peanut feeder, I've even got that on film!!

Author:  Katherine Birkett [ Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:05 pm ]
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2 Jackdaws eating the remains of the Xmas pudding this morning.

Author:  Katherine Birkett [ Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:14 pm ]
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3 First-winter Black-headed Gulls eating remains of Xmas turkey just now! Made off with the rich pickings and were then pursued by a mob of adults after their booty!

1 Jackdaw too.

EDIT @ 15:20 - Ringed male Blackbird just now

Author:  Katherine Birkett [ Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:31 pm ]
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Ringed female Blackbird
3 Long-tailed Tits
2 Common Gull perched on nearby TV aerials.

Author:  Geoff Beasley [ Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:15 pm ]
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A female Brambling seems to have taken up residence, been in the garden all week mainly on nijer feeder (had male & female before Christmas) also 4 plus tree sparrows regular and 5 l t tits now and again.

Author:  Katherine Birkett [ Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:06 pm ]
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2 Mallard on the garden pond at the minute!

Author:  Katherine Birkett [ Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:18 pm ]
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Small group of about 10 Lapwings flew over just now..... seen through telescope.

Author:  Katherine Birkett [ Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:42 pm ]
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15 Goldfinches! :D

Author:  Katherine Birkett [ Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:49 pm ]
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3 Long-tailed Tits on fat ball feeder just now!

Author:  Katherine Birkett [ Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:11 pm ]
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1 Common Gull briefly making contact with snow!

Brings Garden Life List up to 26!

EDIT: also 1 Jackdaw, few Black-headed Gull and 1 Pied wagtail.

Gulls arrived seconds after my mother had put a lot of food scraps out and suddenly..... WHAMMO...............

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