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On the river, as first flakes began (Original Post) elleng Jan 2022 OP
Fantastic! We love water fowl... Layzeebeaver Jan 2022 #1
Thank you for describing. elleng Jan 2022 #2
Thank you Layzeebeaver Jan 2022 #3
Glad it will all work out in the end! elleng Jan 2022 #4

Layzeebeaver

(1,576 posts)
1. Fantastic! We love water fowl...
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 09:39 PM
Jan 2022

Down the road is the town fowl pond. We often take a stroll to see how things are there. Lately, its coots, mallards and a couple of geese.

But at our house here in middle England, it's mostly garden birds for us.

We have a huge community of tits (Blue, long-tail, great, marsh), nuthatch, goldfinch, tree creeper, hedge sparrow, wren, wood pigeon, collar dove...

All of these feed in our 10 meter square garden.

Unfortunately, they leave detritus that the local rats love.

I've been fighting a battle this season with these local rats (Bastages!!!)

But considering we live in Moreton-IN-MARSH

Layzeebeaver

(1,576 posts)
3. Thank you
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 10:13 PM
Jan 2022

I blame it all on the ridiculous amount of food we keep plowing into the feeders.

This month I believe is the annual "bird count".

We will sit in our living room (for one hour) looking out to the garden and count the various species that show up.

We will then report that to the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds).

Fortunately, it will be conducted with a carefully curated drinks menu.

Unfortunately, the drinks menu might affect the bird count.

It will all work out in the end,

elleng

(130,156 posts)
4. Glad it will all work out in the end!
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 10:24 PM
Jan 2022

Lucky for me, I spend much of my time sitting in my living room looking out on the river! Not a huge variety, and rarely can count the numbers of ducks (and geese.) HOPING I'll see swans on the creek soon.

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