Pied wagtail collecting insects from a lawn on longwall avenue worsley.
Paul Taylor said
Tue Jun 19 4:50 AM, 2012
Just had a Shoveler fly over my garage towards Lightshaw. Garden first for me.
Neil Ferguson said
Mon Jun 18 5:18 AM, 2012
Lynne Webster wrote:
Incidentally, there are dozens of cracked snail shells on the garden path and stone edgings - the thrushes have been doing their classic anvil thing.
Please send them around to my garden my petunias and marigolds are taking a hell of a beating. It's snail central here !!!!!!!
Gordon Newman said
Mon Jun 18 4:01 AM, 2012
That time of year when Starling pre roost with 500+ tonight over Dale Grove , Leigh
Bernard McGurrin said
Sun Jun 17 4:43 AM, 2012
female cuckoo in my back garden at Bickershaw this morning
Lynne Webster said
Sun Jun 17 2:47 AM, 2012
The song thrush fledglings flew the nest today. We noticed that the parents were taking beakfuls of grubs into the hedge, where the fledglings were safely stowed away from the neighbourhood cats, rather than into the nest. Incidentally, there are dozens of cracked snail shells on the garden path and stone edgings - the thrushes have been doing their classic anvil thing.
Graham Smith said
Sun Jun 17 2:40 AM, 2012
Almost my garden on a telegraph pole outside my house this morning
2 Great spotted woodpeckers 1F 1Juv
Paul Heaton said
Thu Jun 14 3:03 PM, 2012
5 Oystercatchers flew over Ashton On Mersey this morning, right over my garden, I have had one in the past, but this was a high count for the time of year.
Keep Birding
sid ashton said
Thu Jun 14 5:10 AM, 2012
Three Robins fledged from their nest in a hole in the trunk of a Laburnum tree in our Hale garden today
Neil Ferguson said
Thu Jun 14 2:23 AM, 2012
Two male Bullfinches in the garden about 2 hours ago.
Amazing !!
Mark Rigby said
Tue Jun 12 4:26 AM, 2012
My garden Blue Tits fledged this morning. No sign of them when I returned from work.
One small dead chick left in the nest box which has now been cleaned out.
Chris Greene said
Mon Jun 11 6:52 PM, 2012
Spent the last 30 minutes watching the feeding station in the garden. Birds seen as follows..... Up to 4 male and 2 female Bullfinch at one time-no sign of any juveniles yet. 11 Goldfinch,2 juveniles. 9 Greenfinch,4 juveniles. 2 Great tits,with their recently fledged brood of 2 youngsters. Blue tit,with her newly fledged brood of 3. Up to 5 house sparrows,plus 3 young. 2 male Blackbirds. No sign of any young Blackbirds this year,at least three of the nearby nests that I knew of,have been raided of the eggs, by the local magpie family! Not bad for an urban garden,adjacent to St. Mary's way,Stockport. The only slight drawback,is it's currently costing us about £30 per month on sunflower kernels,nyjer seed and fat balls etc!
Cheers, Chris
Steve Suttill said
Mon Jun 11 4:33 PM, 2012
A splendid male Siskin on the peanuts in my (Mossley) garden yesterday morning
Sure that they must breed quite locally but, during the atlas surveys, never managed better than "possible".
Steve
Helen Andrews said
Mon Jun 11 3:42 AM, 2012
In our Rochdale garden, roughly Falinge area, we are now regularly getting 2 Gtr Spotted Woodpeckers feeding - the youngster is both feeding themselves & being fed. Still loads of young starlings as well.
Lynne Webster said
Sat Jun 9 11:26 PM, 2012
In our Bramhall garden, the fledglings from the jackdaw nest in the eaves have flown. So have the robins from the nest box, and the wood pigeons from their nest in the top of a thicket of cotoneaster at the back of the house. However, for the first time this year, a pair of song thrushes have nested lower down in the bush, at about eye-height, right outside the lounge window. We can see them tirelessly flying to and fro, carrying beakfuls of worms and grubs into the nest from morning till night. I hope that none of the 4 neighbouring cats who frequent our garden eventually gets their fledglings.
JasonAtkinson said
Sat Jun 9 10:31 PM, 2012
Adult female Great Spotted Woodpecker feeding one of its young this morning in the apple tree.
Cheers Jason
Phil Owen said
Sat Jun 9 5:37 PM, 2012
After the return of the Blue Tits to the nestbox this year, also nice to discover a pair of Robins nesting in the Laurels in my back garden in Wythenshawe.
Mark Taggart said
Sat Jun 9 5:15 PM, 2012
My garden is on Tweedle Hill Road Blackley. Its fairly large with a sizeable pond and several trees: birch, laburnam, hawthorn, Copper beech, alder and Cherry as well as many large shrubs and climbers: lilac, clematis, honeysuckle, pyracanthus etc. My all year round feed station includes hanging peanuts, niger seeds, black sunflower seeds, fatballs and a flat table for seeds breadcrumbs etc.
Birds nesting in the garden this year: robins in an open box now incubating a second brood:: at least two of the first brood successfully fledged and are still being occasionally fed by parents: blackbird in privet hedge: wren in hanging basket in a hole it burrowed out in early spring - chicks just about to fledge: blue tit in box and house sparrows also in box (four fledged): other sparrows have nested under the eaves where a colony of some thirty or so birds has nested now for almost twenty years. These eaves were once occupied by starlings, but they are now only occasional visitors:
Today saw first Bullfinch ever in garden, a male who came down to feed on sunflower seeds: This takes total number of species observed in the actual garden to just over 30. Up to perhaps another 20 have been observed from the garden. Not bad for Blackley.
Neil Ferguson said
Thu Jun 7 12:20 AM, 2012
So far today in the rain - 3 Nuthatches at once. A record
Just had a pair of Bullfinches on the feeders for a good 15 minutes until they were bounced by our resident Wood Pigeons who were in turn bounced by Archie - the worlds cutest dog !!
2 Goldfinches currently on the feeders plus a Nuthatch !!! Define common garden bird or what ???????
I had the first Long Tailed Tit since April in the garden earlier as well !!
Coal, Blue and Great Tits this morning.
Great Tits seem to be predominant this year though and Blue Tit numbers seem to be down.
sid ashton said
Wed Jun 6 4:36 AM, 2012
In our Hale garden this morning, watched an adult male Great Spotted Woodpecker feeding a young male from one of our peanut feeders. They were both clinging on to the same feeder - never seen that before, amazing
Marvin Lewis said
Wed Jun 6 1:34 AM, 2012
Jackdaws are visiting my garden feeding station daily now.One,sometimes two,hold onto the fatball feeder,with some difficulty!They do manage to get some of the fat though. I have regular visits to the garden by Crows and Magpies,but haven't seen Jackdaws before,although they frequently fly overhead. Seeing lots of fledged Tits and several House Sparrows,including fledglings,as well as the usuals.
Bill Myerscough said
Wed Jun 6 12:25 AM, 2012
A few developments on the breeding birds in and around my garden. The pair of Magpies which were nest building in the late part of 2011 were seemingly always both around in spring and I was wondering if they were ever going to get round to egg-laying and sitting and was very surprised when 3 young fledged the nest on 7th May! Only 2 of these appear to have survived.
Blue Tits were first seen carrying food into the sparrow terrace nest box on the side of the house in mid-May and the vocal young were still in the nest 3rd June but fledged today 5th June. I was desperately hoping to catch the moment they left the nest, as young were looking out the nest hole early this morning but I missed it, as at 9.20 am on leaving the house some were already out and in cover at the bottom of the garden and some still in the box but all had gone on my return at 3.00 pm. Dunnocks brought unseen but vocal begging young into the garden on 30th May. Not sure where they nested this year - the leylandii hedge in next doors garden that has been used for the last few years was chopped down over the winter, so they must have found somewhere else.
The story of the Blackbirds in the garden is a mini soap opera script in itself. The female of the pair has built 2 nests and the first nest/clutch failed and the first clutch in the second nest is also though to have failed. What is thought to have been their third clutch in the second nest was more successful and the male was seen carrying food in around 15th May. On 19th May on a journey home a male Blackbird was seen dead on the road immediately at the back of my house, presumably from a collision with a vehicle and was probably the male of the pair. The female took over feeding the same day and the young were never again fed by a male. A quick look in the nest at this early stage - situated in a Pieris shrub in the back garden and less than 4' off the ground and in a fairly exposed situation found 3 small semi-naked nestlings. The female did a really good job on her own and brought in enough food to allow the young to leave the nest on 30th May. They were kept very well hidden for the first 3 days, until the 3 young were seen briefly on 3rd June and are still being fed whilst kept hidden today. One of many dangers when the male died was that the territory would become vulnerable and what was assumed to be another male did indeed appear and started singing in the garden but only a few days before the young fledged the nest. He has watched the female collecting food, took part in alarm calling when cats and Magpies were in the vicinity and carried on singing but wasn't seen to take any active part in bringing food to the young. Presumably he is prepared to watch and wait for the 3 weeks or so until the young become fully independent before they try for young of their own?
At least 1 Wren has been are present in the garden for weeks but there is no evidence so far of them breeding. A Goldcrest has passed through the garden on almost every day for several weeks now, so hopefully there is a pair nesting somewhere nearby? Sadly, no young House Sparrows have been seen or heard at all so far this year and Starlings which nest every year in next doors roof space, despite occupying the site in the earlier part of the breeding season, sadly appear to have failed. Both House Martin and Swift are seen fairly regularly over the house now, visitors from nearby breeding locations. A Sparrowhawk has visited intermittently. Robins have been seen carrying food on 2 dates but no young have ever been seen or heard.
Cheers,
Bill.
Neil Ferguson said
Mon Jun 4 10:05 AM, 2012
A few highlights this weekend so far.
A pair of Bullfinches yesterday morning for a good 20 minutes.
Saturday a record 7 Goldfinches at once plus a Nuthatch feeding a juvenile on the fence.
Also Great Spotted Woodpecker,Chaffinch,Robin, Blackbirds(s), Blue and Great Tits,Wren, House Sparrows,Hedge Sparrows,Wood Pigeon,Collard Dove.
Chiffchaff in the adjacent trees and Jackdaw very low overhead.
Not bad for Wigan !!
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 4th of June 2012 11:04:42 AM
Paul Richardson said
Sat Jun 2 9:29 PM, 2012
Good day at the feeders in our garden in Leigh today.
Bullfinch pair has been regular the last few days - today had another male present at the same time as the pair.
Also our regular adult Great Spotted Woodpecker has been joined by a juvenile for the first time today.
The most tireless emptier of the sunflower seed dispenser continues to be a Coal Tit who presumably has an insatiable brood of young somewhere nearby!
Paul
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 2nd of June 2012 10:24:31 PM
Marvin Lewis said
Sat Jun 2 2:05 AM, 2012
I am getting quite a few House Sparrows visiting the feeding station in my garden,which is nice as they are not doing too well in general. Also,a Jackdaw visited the feeding station; the first time I have seen one.It balanced,precariously,on the fatball feeder,took a chunk of fat and flew off.
Adrian Drummond-Hill said
Sat Jun 2 1:53 AM, 2012
Apart from the usuals, today I had two Eurasian Siskin on my feeder in Bolton this afternoon. Plus my camera trap picked up a fox at 04:00 that's been knocking my feeders off the tree they are attached to and nicking some of the seeds.
Phil Owen said
Fri Jun 1 12:59 AM, 2012
Blue Tits sound as though they are almost ready to fledge in the Nest Box in my garden in Wythenshawe.
I put the box up in 2006 and had them first nesting in 2010 but they were absent last year, good to see them back again and doing well.
Sean Molloy said
Thu May 31 5:18 AM, 2012
A lone Swift flew over just before the sun set, first one i've seen this year. Sean
Rory Newton said
Thu May 31 1:18 AM, 2012
Nest box cleared out after resident Great Tits Fledged a couple of days ago.
1 Unhatched egg. 1 Dead Chick which now resides 2 inches under the flower bed. Lots of Maggots!
It's so unfortunate when things like this happen, but it's natural selection, and anyway, the worms have benefited from it. It's an ecosystem in action before my very eyes!
Neil Ferguson said
Wed May 30 3:42 PM, 2012
A sad fatality this morning.
There was a bang on the kitchen window around 7:20.I looked out and saw a prone bird on the patio.
Imagine my surprise when I picked it up - it was a recently fledged Nuthatch.
It was still alive but sadly died a few moments later.
The shock of hitting glass at high speed I suppose.
Very sad.
Sean Molloy said
Tue May 29 4:47 PM, 2012
2 goldfinches been on the feeder on and off all afternoon. Nice cold drink, sat here with the bins just watching them. Perfect. Also saw a house sparrow which, unfortunatly, are becoming a lot less common. Sean
-- Edited by Sean Molloy on Tuesday 29th of May 2012 04:48:51 PM
Jason Dulhanty said
Mon May 28 10:27 PM, 2012
My Swinton garden this Afternoon 4xgoldfinches 2xgreenfinches 4xhousesparrows 4xmagpie 3xcarrion crows 1xjackdaw 2xdunnock 2xbluetits 2 pairs of blackbird 8xswifts over 2xbh gulls over Cheers Jay
Davidcaron62 said
Mon May 28 2:25 AM, 2012
Inundated with Goldfinch at the moment. Had six in my Boarshaw garden at one time today .
Adrian Drummond-Hill said
Sat May 26 10:17 PM, 2012
One greenfinch on my feeder yesterday and a huge mistle thrush on the lawn.
Rory Newton said
Sat May 26 9:59 PM, 2012
2 Hobbys over my garden just now, Great Tit chicks looking out of nest-box, fledging soon!
Dennis atherton said
Sat May 26 2:05 AM, 2012
2 oystercatchers tonight flying together and calling above my garden in little lever, very nice, last year i had greenshank, very slowly getting a list up,
Tim Wilcox said
Sat May 26 12:43 AM, 2012
Sat in my concrete back yard nursing the (hopefully) tail-end of a particularly viscious unseasonal cold and staring into the blue from the shade:
Mallard 3 over W and a 'garden' tick Swift 2 high up Still hoping for a Red Kite...
Graham Smith said
Fri May 25 12:30 AM, 2012
2nd and 3rd sightings of a Great spotted woodpecker on feeders today 1st visit 545am 2nd visit 405pm also Heron being mobbed by a Crow great flying by the heron
Wythenshawe
Joe Wynn said
Sun May 20 12:38 AM, 2012
Great Tits have fledged their brood in my garden! Great to watch them feeding the young no more than 2m from my window, some shots on my blog for those into that sort of thing!
JasonAtkinson said
Sat May 19 5:43 PM, 2012
Grey heron in the pond on Thursday and 2 Mallards yesterday also a Swift over. Managed to ring the contents of the nest boxes yesterday 3x Great Tit and just a lone Blue Tit, very poor. Mistle Thrush nesting in next doors tree is worth keeping an eye on.
Cheers Jason
-- Edited by JasonAtkinson on Saturday 19th of May 2012 05:43:27 PM
Adrian Drummond-Hill said
Sat May 19 1:06 AM, 2012
On my feeder today I've had the following:
Blue tit Great tit Coal tit Robin (a pair) Goldfinch Dunnock
Underneath picking up the droppings
Blackbird (M & F) Woodpigeon
Overflying
Swift x2
Thomas and Bill Jones said
Wed May 16 6:32 PM, 2012
It seems to be a really good year for Blackcap. One singing regularly in my neighbours' laurel tree, and saw one in the car park at work today too (and a treecreeper -hence i was late for work..)
Jon Beckett said
Tue May 15 6:36 PM, 2012
Baby starlings in my Heaton Mersey garden
Ian McKerchar said
Tue May 15 3:05 PM, 2012
Originally posted by Marion Madden:
We have had baby sparrows and baby blackbirds in our garden. We have also had magpies circling and coming down trying to get at the baby birds. Fortunately both nests are clear now so all the babies have flown the nest. Best of luck baby birds.
Nick Isherwood said
Mon May 14 8:02 PM, 2012
A Sedge Warbler calling in the bushes at the back of our garden this morning. Another nice garden tick.
Neil Ferguson said
Sat May 12 6:58 PM, 2012
4 Goldfinches on the niger feeder this morning.Also Nuthatch and Great Spotted Woodpecker earlier.
Joey Eccles said
Sat May 12 1:47 AM, 2012
At least 2, probably more, coal tit fledglings being fed in my garden this afternoon after having nested in a nearby tree. Dunnock fledglings, swifts and swallows all seen in the last couple of days.
Joe Wynn said
Thu May 10 2:44 PM, 2012
Swift over Dane rd, Sale today!
Stephen Fuentes said
Thu May 10 5:20 AM, 2012
Swifts have returned to Bredbury and taken residence in the airspace over my garden for the summer. I just noticed the one over the weekend, then yesterday evening there were at least 5 overhead. I would normally expect numbers to reach to around 50 by mid summer. I also notice they've arrived around three weeks later than last year.
Cheers,
Steve.
Adrian Drummond-Hill said
Wed May 9 7:02 PM, 2012
The redpolls returned today and later a male and female bullfinch were on the feeders. Changing the feed to sunflower hearts seems to have paid off.
Please send them around to my garden my petunias and marigolds are taking a hell of a beating. It's snail central here !!!!!!!
2 Great spotted woodpeckers 1F 1Juv
Keep Birding
Amazing !!
One small dead chick left in the nest box which has now been cleaned out.
Birds seen as follows.....
Up to 4 male and 2 female Bullfinch at one time-no sign of any juveniles yet.
11 Goldfinch,2 juveniles.
9 Greenfinch,4 juveniles.
2 Great tits,with their recently fledged brood of 2 youngsters.
Blue tit,with her newly fledged brood of 3.
Up to 5 house sparrows,plus 3 young.
2 male Blackbirds.
No sign of any young Blackbirds this year,at least three of the nearby nests that I knew of,have been raided of the eggs, by the local magpie family!
Not bad for an urban garden,adjacent to St. Mary's way,Stockport.
The only slight drawback,is it's currently costing us about £30 per month on sunflower kernels,nyjer seed and fat balls etc!
Cheers, Chris
Sure that they must breed quite locally but, during the atlas surveys, never managed better than "possible".
Steve
Still loads of young starlings as well.
Cheers
Jason
Birds nesting in the garden this year: robins in an open box now incubating a second brood:: at least two of the first brood successfully fledged and are still being occasionally fed by parents: blackbird in privet hedge: wren in hanging basket in a hole it burrowed out in early spring - chicks just about to fledge: blue tit in box and house sparrows also in box (four fledged): other sparrows have nested under the eaves where a colony of some thirty or so birds has nested now for almost twenty years. These eaves were once occupied by starlings, but they are now only occasional visitors:
Today saw first Bullfinch ever in garden, a male who came down to feed on sunflower seeds: This takes total number of species observed in the actual garden to just over 30. Up to perhaps another 20 have been observed from the garden.
Not bad for Blackley.
Just had a pair of Bullfinches on the feeders for a good 15 minutes until they were bounced by our resident Wood Pigeons who were in turn bounced by Archie - the worlds cutest dog !!
2 Goldfinches currently on the feeders plus a Nuthatch !!! Define common garden bird or what ???????
I had the first Long Tailed Tit since April in the garden earlier as well !!
Coal, Blue and Great Tits this morning.
Great Tits seem to be predominant this year though and Blue Tit numbers seem to be down.
I have regular visits to the garden by Crows and Magpies,but haven't seen Jackdaws before,although they frequently fly overhead.
Seeing lots of fledged Tits and several House Sparrows,including fledglings,as well as the usuals.
Blue Tits were first seen carrying food into the sparrow terrace nest box on the side of the house in mid-May and the vocal young were still in the nest 3rd June but fledged today 5th June. I was desperately hoping to catch the moment they left the nest, as young were looking out the nest hole early this morning but I missed it, as at 9.20 am on leaving the house some were already out and in cover at the bottom of the garden and some still in the box but all had gone on my return at 3.00 pm. Dunnocks brought unseen but vocal begging young into the garden on 30th May. Not sure where they nested this year - the leylandii hedge in next doors garden that has been used for the last few years was chopped down over the winter, so they must have found somewhere else.
The story of the Blackbirds in the garden is a mini soap opera script in itself. The female of the pair has built 2 nests and the first nest/clutch failed and the first clutch in the second nest is also though to have failed. What is thought to have been their third clutch in the second nest was more successful and the male was seen carrying food in around 15th May. On 19th May on a journey home a male Blackbird was seen dead on the road immediately at the back of my house, presumably from a collision with a vehicle and was probably the male of the pair. The female took over feeding the same day and the young were never again fed by a male. A quick look in the nest at this early stage - situated in a Pieris shrub in the back garden and less than 4' off the ground and in a fairly exposed situation found 3 small semi-naked nestlings. The female did a really good job on her own and brought in enough food to allow the young to leave the nest on 30th May. They were kept very well hidden for the first 3 days, until the 3 young were seen briefly on 3rd June and are still being fed whilst kept hidden today. One of many dangers when the male died was that the territory would become vulnerable and what was assumed to be another male did indeed appear and started singing in the garden but only a few days before the young fledged the nest. He has watched the female collecting food, took part in alarm calling when cats and Magpies were in the vicinity and carried on singing but wasn't seen to take any active part in bringing food to the young. Presumably he is prepared to watch and wait for the 3 weeks or so until the young become fully independent before they try for young of their own?
At least 1 Wren has been are present in the garden for weeks but there is no evidence so far of them breeding. A Goldcrest has passed through the garden on almost every day for several weeks now, so hopefully there is a pair nesting somewhere nearby? Sadly, no young House Sparrows have been seen or heard at all so far this year and Starlings which nest every year in next doors roof space, despite occupying the site in the earlier part of the breeding season, sadly appear to have failed. Both House Martin and Swift are seen fairly regularly over the house now, visitors from nearby breeding locations. A Sparrowhawk has visited intermittently. Robins have been seen carrying food on 2 dates but no young have ever been seen or heard.
Cheers,
Bill.
A pair of Bullfinches yesterday morning for a good 20 minutes.
Saturday a record 7 Goldfinches at once plus a Nuthatch feeding a juvenile on the fence.
Also Great Spotted Woodpecker,Chaffinch,Robin, Blackbirds(s), Blue and Great Tits,Wren, House Sparrows,Hedge Sparrows,Wood Pigeon,Collard Dove.
Chiffchaff in the adjacent trees and Jackdaw very low overhead.
Not bad for Wigan !!
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 4th of June 2012 11:04:42 AM
Bullfinch pair has been regular the last few days - today had another male present at the same time as the pair.
Also our regular adult Great Spotted Woodpecker has been joined by a juvenile for the first time today.
The most tireless emptier of the sunflower seed dispenser continues to be a Coal Tit who presumably has an insatiable brood of young somewhere nearby!
Paul
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 2nd of June 2012 10:24:31 PM
Also,a Jackdaw visited the feeding station; the first time I have seen one.It balanced,precariously,on the fatball feeder,took a chunk of fat and flew off.
I put the box up in 2006 and had them first nesting in 2010 but they were absent last year, good to see them back again and doing well.
Sean
1 Unhatched egg.
1 Dead Chick which now resides 2 inches under the flower bed.
Lots of Maggots!
It's so unfortunate when things like this happen, but it's natural selection, and anyway, the worms have benefited from it. It's an ecosystem in action before my very eyes!
There was a bang on the kitchen window around 7:20.I looked out and saw a prone bird on the patio.
Imagine my surprise when I picked it up - it was a recently fledged Nuthatch.
It was still alive but sadly died a few moments later.
The shock of hitting glass at high speed I suppose.
Very sad.
Nice cold drink, sat here with the bins just watching them. Perfect.
Also saw a house sparrow which, unfortunatly, are becoming a lot less common.
Sean
-- Edited by Sean Molloy on Tuesday 29th of May 2012 04:48:51 PM
4xgoldfinches
2xgreenfinches
4xhousesparrows
4xmagpie
3xcarrion crows
1xjackdaw
2xdunnock
2xbluetits
2 pairs of blackbird
8xswifts over
2xbh gulls over
Cheers Jay
Mallard 3 over W and a 'garden' tick
Swift 2 high up
Still hoping for a Red Kite...
1st visit 545am 2nd visit 405pm
also Heron being mobbed by a Crow great flying by the heron
Wythenshawe
Cheers
Jason
-- Edited by JasonAtkinson on Saturday 19th of May 2012 05:43:27 PM
Blue tit
Great tit
Coal tit
Robin (a pair)
Goldfinch
Dunnock
Underneath picking up the droppings
Blackbird (M & F)
Woodpigeon
Overflying
Swift x2
One singing regularly in my neighbours' laurel tree, and saw one in the car park at work today too (and a treecreeper -hence i was late for work..)
We have had baby sparrows and baby blackbirds in our garden. We have also had magpies circling and coming down trying to get at the baby birds. Fortunately both nests are clear now so all the babies have flown the nest. Best of luck baby birds.
Dunnock fledglings, swifts and swallows all seen in the last couple of days.
Cheers,
Steve.