May 2010: Meanwhile....a Greenfinch!

Tuesday 4th: While the Blackbirds and House Sparrows have been the center of the action with their antics of flying into the kitchen (see previous posts), we have had a three visits in as many days from a male Greenfinch! As can be seen by the pics taken by Mel, he gorged himself on sunflower hearts. Greenfinches do tend to be messy feeders and you can quite clearly see the husks stuck to his beak! This Greenfinch has been today, last Sunday, Friday and last Thursday! Meanwhile all his mates will be around at "Sandra's Bird Cafe", just 200 yards around the corner! But we have also had a female chaffinch along with a male visiting on odd days. Unfortunately no images of these are available.

Since the Winter, we have had a steady number of Feral Pigeons visiting the bird table. It started with a couple and over the Winter, the numbers grew until we now have at least 8 or 9 regulars (all distinguishable by their colours\markings) that at specific times during the day, will visit the bird table. For instance, around 7am, a pair of white-come-brown Pigeons spend time on the table. As can be seen from the image below, they appear to be a pair as they always arrive and depart together. Of course the question arises: "are the Feral Pigeons, birds from the Town center, from someone's Pigeon loft in the local area..or are they countryside Feral Pigeons?" When out and about, I have only once seen a large congregation (apart from the town center), of Feral Pigeons, in the countryside and that was at North Cave.