Seen anything unusual in the cold spell?

[catbasket]

No new visitors yet but we've had 5 robins in the garden at the same time, which is a record.

[Minty]

We have 3 Rowan trees to the front of the house that have attracted about 50 Waxwings. Apparantly they have arrived in great numbers this year so much so that if you see a Rowan tree its worth checking. They really are stunning.
Minty

[binley100]

No new visitors yet but we've had 5 robins in the garden at the same time, which is a record.

Gosh.....and there was no punchup ????

[catbasket]

Wow that pic of the waxwing has inspired me to get my boots on and go hunting rowan trees! In a bit ... after a coffee ...

The robins seem very tolerant of each other since the snow, a few minor disagreements but no major fights. Five were back again this morning and at one point four were in the same corner of the garden for a few seconds. If only I'd had my camera ready!

[northmaid]

Have to use the lottie for my bird feeders as my garden is too small and too near a road to attract many birds; the cat doesn't help either. The birds on the allotment are so shy, I can't get close enough to see what they are. Oh, and I saw a bus the other day, now that's rare at the minute.

[Minty]

Wow that pic of the waxwing has inspired me to get my boots on and go hunting rowan trees! In a bit ... after a coffee ...

The robins seem very tolerant of each other since the snow, a few minor disagreements but no major fights. Five were back again this morning and at one point four were in the same corner of the garden for a few seconds. If only I'd had my camera ready!

Not a pic i took but one pulled from the internet just to show what they look like. Minty

[Scarlet]

Redwings

We occasionally see a woodpecker but over the last month we have a couple of Greater Spotted Woodpeckers that have become regular visitors to our bird table and a Bullfinch
Although this week my son spotted some Redwings feeding off our hawtorn tree, this morning we counted 8.

[T8Ter]

I've had, as first time visitors, over the last two weeks, Lesser spotted woodpecker, Siskin, pied wagtail and today, 7 or 8 redwings, the weather is harsh but it's given me some great sightings.
What's also apparent is that some birds seem to have forgotten territorial feuds, I have multiple male chaffinches, blackbirds feeding alonside each other, only the robin seems intent on keeping all others at bay.

[roitelet]

A sparrowhawk sitting in the Raspberry supports hoping for a meal from the birds on the feeders, but they were wise to it and cleared off!

[cupcake]

Our Lesser spotted woodpecker is back, he loves peanuts.

[binley100]

I think we may had a visit from a dunnock this morning , it didn't have the black bib that the sparrows have .........

[catbasket]

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer found in brain scan



'It may not be very valuable scientifically but it looks nice on the eye.' - Claudia Racca, Institute of Neuroscience at Newcastle University.

[catbasket]

I think we may had a visit from a dunnock this morning , it didn't have the black bib that the sparrows have .........

It was only after the first snow and seeing some close up that we were sure we'd had dunnocks visiting the garden for a few months. Ignoring the colour differences, to us they look and behave like robins - except they don't do the 'bobbing' thing robins do.

[Jeanied]

Ah, but they do flick their tails a lot. I think they look like wrens without the upturned tail.

[Snadger]

Just been watching a couple of foxes frolicking in the snow. There's a big one and a litle one but not sure whether they are related?

I would like to think its a dog fox 'courting' a young vixen!

Just a bit too far away to get a decent photograph!