On 4 Mar, 20:49, Sacha wrote:
On 4/3/07 19:22, in article
, "Sue"



wrote:

"K" wrote
Sue writes
I was thinking only last week that this winter we've had far fewer
birds come to the feeders and birdtable. Whether that's because the
weather's been mild enough that they've had plenty of natural food
around I don't know.

BTO were predicting earlier that we'd get fewer birds at garden
feeders this winter for that very reason

It's good to know they're probably still all out there somewhere. I miss
seeing the great spotted woodpecker the most. Last winter we had one
come regularly to the peanut feeder, but hardly seen it this year. The
green ones have still been aerating the lawn now and then.

We have a woodpecker very close to us. I'm not sure which it is greater or
lesser spotted because we rarely see it. It seems to be working like a
demon on some tree or other nearby and it's ratatat is to be heard
frequently.

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Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devonhttp://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
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Last summer we were treated to the whole family of greater spoted wood
peckers feeding at the same time, both adults and 2 youngsters at the
same time on all 4 feeders, a great sight.
Regarding the long tailed tits, they started as a flock of around 12,
5 summers ago, and were around for about 4 weeks in late summer, then
the next year they were around from mid summer till into November now
they are with us all year round, well with a break of around 6 to 8
weeks when they are nesting , though last year we still had 2 coming
at times to feed, I think they are the best bird we get, and I cant
get over how fearless they are.
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries