Hi all
I have filmed a bird who i can't identify, its the size of a sparrow, with a black head and a black bib that is the shape of a triangle, (point down) it has a finch like beak, side of beak has a white strip going to chest.
It has a brown and black wings, with a white collar. and a grey under belly.
I have tried looking for it but can'y find any thing like it on this site.
Hey farmer, farmer, put away the D.D.T now. Give me spots on my apples, but leave me the birds and the bees, please!
Hi
I was also surprise as to how big yellow hammers are, and how bright yellow too.
Hi seymouraves
My sister lives on a farm, and she has only just started to feed the birds after watching mine, she has put up a pole feeder in a hedgerow near her house, it's in the middle of a hawthorn hedge. I get a call from her nearly every day or so saying she has a new bird she has not seen and can i tell her what it is. She has all the tits, great tits, blue tits, long tail tits, chaffinchs, rorbins, yellow hammers, and of couse reed buntings. she has owls, buzzards, green woodpeckers, fieldfares, redwings, and swallows she also gets kingfishhers on the large ponds near her, but i have not been there this year to see if they are still there.
Janet
We have had reed buntings in our garden all winter - had not seen them at all until this year.
Last weeek most of them disappeared but with the colder weather this week they have returned again.
We have also had one yellowhammer but have only seen him twice.
The buntings like the seed mix and will now land on our bird feeders at the bottom of the garden.
This evening we were visited by a muntjac deer - he seemed to enjoy the peanuts and seed we had put out on the grass - he stayed for a long time feeding just as it was getting dark.
Jazzcat
Strangely enough I have just asked the very same question to this Forum. I personally had never seen a Reed Bunting before - let alone in my garden ... but my rough description was a smartly dressed Sparrow - with a longer tail and a distinctive bobbing movement of it's tail when on the ground. One kind person (Tee Jay) has posted a reply to my question (Mystery Visitor in January Snow) along with some photos of Reed Buntings in their garden. Hope this helps?
Happy Bird Watching ... and enjoy!
Best Wishes
DD