Hi,
according to BB this month - 2009 was the best nesting season for a long time , especially after 07 and 08 were so bad. Apparently Long Tailed Tits did exceptionally well- could account for all the sightings this winter
:)
S
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Me too. I read that the mild winter we had gave the tits a boost. There was more food about and the early spring gave them longer to raise their broods. I often see LTT on my way to work, and if I don't see them I HEAR them twittering overhead. Lovely little birds
I have added this thread to my <somewhat lengthy> mental list to check back on as I can't see the photos.
For the first time in a very long time there was a Long-tailed Tit sitting in the tree outside the front of our house giving it his all with his lovely voice. Hopefully he'll be back :o)
My luck with new birds continues today as 2 long tailed tits appeared in my apple tree before flying and sitting on my archway covered in ivy, they then went into the archway with material in their mouths!
Unfortunately they then flew over the houses and away, but my neighbour across the road and my grandad 2 streets away have both reported long tailes in their garden, so fingers crossed their nesting near by!
P.S: I wasnt their for the intire time and the archway has feeders attatched to it : 2 suet, 1 striped sunflower and a Niger seed feeder. So they may have fed while I was not there!
Coal
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Hi Coal,
Brilliant news! I wish I had some long tailed tits. Could they be nesting in your archway ivy?
I can see you picture by the way. Nice selection of food there.
Cheers, Linda.
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I have more feeders! (Well technically I have:
3 suet feeders,
1 seed feeder,
1 peanut feeder,
1 black sunflower seed feeder,
1 striped sunflower seed feeder, Coal
1 Robin mix feeder,
1 blue tit mix feeder
and a niger seed feeder
(il add any others if I remember any)
I feel positively mean! I have a peanut feeder, a general mix feeder and a sunflower feeder. I was advised only to feed what you can replace each day as the birds then know when, as well as where, to go, so they are filled every morning We put out the odd apple or pear, and other scraps.
Despite this dearth, we usually get a fair few species in. . My amelanchier tree has natural food -berries- in early summer, and this brings in a pair of bullfinches. We never see them at any other time.
LTT do visit from time to time, cavorting in the ivy and through the trees, but they rarely visit the feeders.