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Birds Visiting Our Garden

I Love birds, feeding them, watching them and we have quite a few regulars to our garden. Our garden birds helped me so much when I had severe back and sciatic pain. When i could do nothing else I could watch them out of the window and laugh at thier antics and marvell at their beauty.

Here are some of our bird visitors. I will be updating this page as we go through the year with visiting birds to our garden.

Please note that my priority is always not to disturb the birds so for this I do sometimes sacrifice photo quality.Please do not copy the photos without my permission.

I have included some videos here not taken by us but which are very lovely too, I hope you like them. Once I get a digital camera I will be able to do our own footage:)

Garden Birds.

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Two Birds In A Bush!

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They say that a bird in the hand is worth two in a bush - well give me two birds in a bush anyday !

Our Garden And Our Birds

When we first moved into our home, the garden was not much to speak of. It was of a moderate size and just grass. It did have a mixed hedge at the bottom of the garden.

The previous owners had used pesticides and slug pellets etc to keep insects and pests away from their flowers in pots.

The garden seemed a bit too quiet for our liking so the first thing we did was to plant some nature friendly shrubs and get rid of any trace of pellets etc. We have never used pesticides but were aware that it could take years for a garden to recover from that useage.

We planted shrubs and flowers that would attract insects, butterflies etc and also piled up some logs to rot away so a good home for many bugs.

We planted dense growing shrubs that would eventually be great nesting places and shelter from cold winds and snow for the birds.

We started feeding the birds every Autumn and Winter and provided a birdbath for thier use.

Eventually we were rewarded with more wildlife coming into our garden. That was a wonderful thing to have happen.

Feeding Birds On The Ground

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Some birds like Woodpigeons will find it difficult or impossible to feed out of feeders so I always put some seed on the ground they can take advantage of. We have two pairs of woodpigeons who visit our garden regularly now.

“A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
Chinese Proverb”

Robin Singing

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Birds Loving Fatballs!

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Look at this cheeky one! It has a fatball all to itself. I watched this bird chase off all the other birds so it could have its meal all by itself. A hungry one !

Bird Tracks

I thought this was an amazing sight to greet me one frosty morning. I had no idea that the birds came so close to our house or that there were so very many tracks all over our garden.

“Spring would not be spring without bird songs.
Francis M. Chapman”

Greenfinch Calling In The Spring

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“Poor indeed is the garden in which birds find no homes.
Abram L. Urban”

Bird Landing On Feeder

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Clearly I need a high definition camera! Ah well, I did my best to capture this wonderful blue tit as it tried to land on the feeder. The wings are moving so fast! Amazing!

Bird Bath Covered In Snow!

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When the snow is this deep there is no way the birds can make use of the birdbath.

So every day in the freezing weather my Husband or I would go out clear it and put in fresh water.

It was quite a task as it was snowing heavily and freezing deeply but at least we knew for a while the birds could get fresh water and do a little bathing - if they wanted to !

“In order to see birds it is necessary to become part of the silence
Robert Lynd”

Song Thrush and Blackbird

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Wood pigeon Visitor

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I love this photo of one of our regular woodpigeons. Looks right at home!

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Feeding The Birds -Whatever The Weather!

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Thank you for stopping by my page about the birds in our garden. I appreciate you taking the time.

I hope you enjoyed this glimpse into our garden bird life. Love to hear from you :)

  • VickiSims Jan 29, 2012 @ 4:28 pm | delete
    I enjoyed seeing so many beautiful birds that visit your garden!
  • jasmineann Jan 29, 2012 @ 4:36 pm | delete
    Thank you Vicki, I appreciate that :) I will have more beautiful bird photos to add as I take photos through the year!
  • kinworm Nov 1, 2011 @ 4:37 pm | delete
    I love your nature pages - just filled with wonderful photos which you have taken and your personal thoughts. Highly recommended - I'm awarding this one a blessing today.
  • jasmineann Jan 29, 2012 @ 4:37 pm | delete
    Thank you so much for your lovely comment and blessing:)
  • annmackiemiller Jun 20, 2011 @ 4:43 am | delete
    nicely done
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