More than a slight shock to the system to think I might be selling the house and moving. On Saturday, Hannah and Sally went to Sheffield as the school was in the BBC choir competition and I spent it with Adie and we looked at 2 houses - Adie's view fell into either 'Really Cool' or '..iiiickk' and I'm not sure what other birders are like but the ability to attract birds to the garden has always been a key part of my life and so part of me ignores what size and shape the rooms are and goes straight for the garden - If I see nothing on the bird front and see a lack of potential (having studied the OS map) , it unfortunately registers quite a strong negative in my opinion - Just adding another difficulty to what is already proving a challenge - Estate Agents haven't yet cottoned on to the fact that producing a bird list for the property might increase values considerably (unless they're really stringy !).
The garden birds are getting towards full gusto with their dawn songs. I've still got a good size Chaffinch and Goldfinch flock around the feeders. The local Buzzards are displaying vigorously - I counted 12 at one time in 2 stacks last weekend. I still have marauding Sparrowhawks in the garden and a pair of Mallards have been in the veggie patch and then the pond. I've seen a pair of Egyptian Geese flying over on more than one occasion this week (another first for the garden list) - The Petworth park population is up to 8 birds and the chap that runs the trout farm has been saying they've been visiting daily since the turn of the year. The 100+ strong flock of Redwing is still frequenting the field and regularly swoop into the Oaks around the garden and are now incessantly chattering, probably indicating their restlessness and indicating they'll soon be travelling North.
Roll on Spring......
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| This Fella is gearing up to blast out his version of Bohemium Rhapsody. |
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| Marsh Tit |
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| A few of the 100+ Redwings in garden Oak trees. |
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