Granville Garden tick - GREENFINCH

A nice bedroom viewpoint sighting of a juvenile GREENFINCH this morning enjoying the sunflower seeds
Also later in the day a flock of Long Tailed Tits up on the back trees as I inspected the bird hide

Greenfinch - a first at Granville Birding!

Granville Patch first - Ring necked Parakeet

Cycling down to Tesco I spotted a single RING NECKED PARAKEET in one of the large trees - got an iPhone shot for the record.
Then another appeared - and they flew towards No 30.
I wonder when and if they will come to the feeders?

RNP from the iphone! First for Granville Road

Pheasant next door

Nice sound and sight this morning - a male PHEASANT flying from Evelyn's garden this morning while getting ready to cycle to work.
This brings the Garden species count to #25 for the year

Granville bird hotel - New facility open!

As winter is with us, the Granville Garden has a new and improved feeding selection for the birds..

With a selection of food stuffs - meal worm, sunflower seed, Niger Seed, Peanuts, Fat balls and Watering holes...

The grand total is 20 feeding / drinking points!

Species seen in December feeding:

ROBIN
GOLDFINCH
DUNNOCK
BLUE TIT
GREAT TIT
BLACKBIRD

The bird feeder 'straight' as seen from the bedroom


A great view of a Goldfinch feeding on the sunflower seeds on the nearest feeders to the house

Finch feeding on the newly installed feeders as seen from the 'Bedroom Hide'

Same bird , same feeder but from the 'Garden Room Hide'

Year tick on lovely ressie walk & brekkie with Anna

A superb morning for a walk through the ressies - for a big breakfast at Bluebell Cafe (yum!)
On the way back i recalled that there has been a RING NECKED DUCK on location for a few weeks.
Caught up with top birder Ian , and grabbed this shot through his scope via my phone!
Year list on 117 - pretty low!

Marsworth Reservoir on a glorious morning 

Long staying male Ring Necked Duck on Startops (thru Ians Scope!) 

Osprey at Weston Turville Reservoir

I finally got round to seeing the long staying juvenile OSPREY (been there at least two weeks) after a trip back from the maternity hospital (handily on the way home!)
I took the picture and video through my iPhone and the binos I had in the car.

My apologies (who to? I'm the only one who reads this anyway!) for a blatant lack of birdwatching recently - a combination of a new kitchen / dining room / utility rebuild, a baby on the way + baby room prep and a mountain of garden projects have limited my time to the world of birding.

Well at least when the baby arrives I will have loads of time to go birding! HA HA I'm so funny!

Will still be tripping out with the Bowra that's for sure

A video no less and a shot of the rare raptor in the local area.

Juvenile Osprey at Weston Turville Ressie

Bullfinch at Granville

So I awake Saturday morning, quite hungover it has to be said, look out the window and see a fleeting view of a male BULLFINCH on the back feeders eating the sunflower seeds out of the feeder.

The first one I have seen at Granville - and I saw watch I imagine is the same bird at Hillary's a few days before.