Hi I have Siskin back in my garden first time since 2013
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| Author: | Tony Houlden [ Mon Feb 29, 2016 10:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Siskins |
Hi I have Siskin back in my garden first time since 2013
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| Author: | Stuart Britton [ Mon Feb 29, 2016 11:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Siskins |
It looks like this is another good year for Siskin passage - I have ringed over 50 in an Osgodby garden in two visits on Friday and Monday - I estimate there are twice as many in the immediate vicinity. |
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| Author: | Sally Prescott [ Tue Mar 01, 2016 10:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Siskins |
We have also had a male siskin for the last couple of days, and one mid-Jan. - the first in the garden since 2013. Also up to 8 lesser redpoll on the nyger feeders from Feb. 20th until today, the first I've ever seen in our garden (N.Thoresby) |
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| Author: | Chris Grimshaw [ Tue Mar 01, 2016 11:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Siskins |
We have had between one and three for the last ten days and on another five dates in February. Lesser Redpoll have been present every day (with the exception of three days) since they arrived back in numbers on November 11th. We also had a sole bird as far back as Oct 26th |
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| Author: | Matthew Harrison [ Tue Mar 01, 2016 10:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Siskins |
Three Siskins arrived in our Dunston garden on 14th Feb and up to 7 have then been daily visitors since then feeding exclusively on sunflower hearts (ignoring nyger seed and peanuts - as well as other seed mixes). Today I noted one of the male birds is ringed. |
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| Author: | Colin and Sheila Jennings [ Wed Mar 02, 2016 3:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Siskins |
Up to 4 in our Sleaford Garden since 27th Feb which is only the second time we have recorded Siskin in our garden in 21 years! C&S |
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| Author: | Martin Gray [ Sat Mar 05, 2016 1:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Siskins |
Siskins and Lesser Redpolls have frequented my Broadholme garden in good numbers just lately. I have recorded 10 Siskins & 34 Lesser Redpolls today, Siskins only feeding on the Niger Seed. |
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| Author: | Dave Worrell [ Sat Mar 05, 2016 8:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Siskins |
Around 20 Siskins on the garden feeders today. They seem to ignore the Niger seeds and go for the sunflower hearts. Also 3 redpolls, tree sparrows, reed buntings, greenfinch and goldfinch. We also had a yellowhammer 2 days ago. Pheasants and crows are also daily visitors. Dave |
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| Author: | Peter Crick [ Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Siskins |
New Waltham garden - amongst the Greenfinches on the sunflower feeders this morning was one solitary female Siskin. The first one recorded in the garden for approx 5 years. Hopefully more to come. |
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| Author: | John Watt [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 12:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Siskins |
It seems like a County-wide phenomenon. I have been waiting all winter for siskins to find my sunflower heart feeder, as normally happens, and the first three arrived this morning, with the bonus of one of the two males singing from the top of an old pear tree for about ten minutes. I have heard a flock in the Cromwell Avenue area of Woodhall for the past nine days and wondered if some would get here - and they have. While watching them I also had the first goldcrest in the garden this winter. John |
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| Author: | Roy Harvey [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 2:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Siskins |
We have had at least 9 Siskins today on our feeders at Grasby. Roy |
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| Author: | Stuart Britton [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 4:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Siskins |
As well as ringing 97 Siskins in an Osgodby garden in 3 visits there has also been a lot of Goldfinches with them at a ratio of 3:1 - anyone noticed the same in their garden? |
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| Author: | Roy Harvey [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 5:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Siskins |
Goldfinches have been present with us in good numbers all winter, well before the first Siskin was seen. Roy |
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| Author: | Chris Grimshaw [ Tue Mar 08, 2016 8:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Siskins |
We have had goldfinch every day for months now. Cannot remember the last day I didn't see one and probably in the region of a dozen to three. Siskin have also visited the feeders for the last three weeks in small numbers - maximum count seven together but constantly visiting throughout the day now so it is difficult to know the true number but suspect no more than about ten. An unusual visitor on three days during the last week has been a male reed bunting - unusual when you see where I live - urban. Regular as well is the ta-wit-ta-woo of the barn owl calling - never actually seen it but hear it regularly and even before it is truly dark. Not so unusual when the woods of Swanholme Lakes are only a few hundred yards away. Of course Lesser Redpoll are here every day too. Just three days with no occurrence since November 11th. The numbers of these are well down on what I got last year - between 20% and 30% roughly i.e. the first eight days this month I have counted 105 but the same days last year 279 |
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| Author: | Alan Ball [ Wed Mar 09, 2016 4:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Siskins |
At Bob Sheppard's garden and the adjacent Bourne Wood, Siskins have only just started coming to artificial food over the last three weeks or so, having previously been feeding on larch and alder. Whilst undoubtedly there are huge numbers around, the availability of natural food has limiting them until now visiting feeders. They will increase in numbers over the next few weeks as their natural food runs out, but I don't think we will match our record 750 ringed in 2008 (Interestingly we caught no Redpolls that year!). In 2013, the last 'big Siskin year' we ringed 670 Siskins and 370 Redpoll, but numbers vary from year to year and last year (2015) we ringed no Siskins at all. This year we have ringed around 20 Redpoll and only 2 have been first year birds suggesting a very poor breeding year last year. We have also caught four ringed at Bourne in previous years, one from Jan 2011 (and also retrapped in 2013) showing that Redpoll do often return to favoured wintering locations. We've never had any Siskins returning in subsequent years. Only two Siskin controls (birds ringed elsewhere) so far this year.......... are D815xxx and Z841xxx yours Stuart? Alan |
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