For the first time Ever since i have been doing the big garden birdwatch,i had 4 longtailed tits in my garden,i was so excited nearly fell off my chair!!,it made my day.
Dizzybusy Kas
I put up my feeding station for the first time between Christmas and New Year and have had many different bird species visit since then. The long-tailed tits are so pretty. I waste hours looking out the window waiting for them to visit. I notice that they seem to visit twice daily and come in a flock of about 9 - they love the peanut and fat feeders. Last week, I was in the garden when they arrived, I kept very still and was able to watch them feed from 5 feet away. They only stay briefly for a couple of minutes, then they're off.
Yes, I've had long tailed tits coming to my garden since the snow but only one during my hour, unfortunately.
Very quietly come here and see this........ oh never mind!
Also disappointed the local flock of long tailed tits didn't show up during my hour. They are often round, feeding on the fruity nibbles I have in a nut feeder.
Back in October of 2010 we had four Long Tailed Tits appear one afternoon. They appeared again for a short while the following morning then just disappeared. In 22 years, this is the only time we've seen Long Tailed Tits in the garden.
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Unknown said: I noticed yesterday on the Facebook page that Long Tailed Tits seemed to be popping up all over this place, I've had a flock recently for the first time, I'm guessing they are going to be one of the rising stars on this years survey.
I noticed yesterday on the Facebook page that Long Tailed Tits seemed to be popping up all over this place, I've had a flock recently for the first time, I'm guessing they are going to be one of the rising stars on this years survey.
I think you may be right. In the past we've had the odd 1 or 2 long tailed tits on our feeders though mostly they stay in the trees when a party comes by and even that is quite rare although there are often large numbers in the trees nearby where there is a large playing field area. This year I was amazed to see not 1, not 2 but 11 long tailed tits on the peanut and ground feeders we have out in the garden. I love these birds - they are so cute and it was an absolute delight to see so many at such close quarters.
I agree - I had 6 Long Tails appear regularly in my garden throughout the day on Saturday, Sunday and Monday! This is a first for me as they normally disppear as quickly as they appear!! It might have been the berry suet I had in the nut feeder that kept them hanging around but it was lovely to see!
I often see them in carparks hopping around on the floor and always see them hanging around the Rhino's at Colchester Zoo - I've even got photos of them just sitting happily on a Rhino's back!
My name is VeggieBirdLover and I am a bird feeding addict :D
A regular occurance at Orchard Farm in the East Midlands. They always arrive en mass three or four times a day and hammer the peanuts for 10 to 15 minutes and then dissapear into the hedges. I have a couple of photos under Orchard Farm in the gallery.
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Just joined Big Garden Bird Watch for the first time this year - Really enjoyed my hour as it turned out to be quite busy - Managed four Long-Tail Tits, but the star of the show was the Great Spotted Woodpecker, which is a regular visitor to my garden ! Dikkibird1.
Remember, all the birds that go CHEEP usually wear the feathers !!
I too have a regular flock of long tailed tits. Great to see them. They come and feed for about 20 minutes most days, then go.
My star on Sunday was a Gt spotted woodpecker as well! Lots of greenfinches too. (Wierdly, talking to neighbours and friends around and about, they all say they've not seen greenfinches in ages - why is this? I see them every day, and they nest in my line of blue columnar fir trees).
Rob