On Birds in the Garden
Jun. 20th, 2023 09:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
danieldwilliamOur small front garden is full of largish shrubs and so has quite dense foliage. My Lovely Wife has been putting up bird feeders for years. We have a double nesting box. It's been a little haven for small birds for a while.
In the last year or so we've noticed an increase in the number and the variety of birds in garden including this week a Greater Spotted Woodpecker which we've seen twice.
I'm not sure what is driving the increase in birdlife. Perhaps a recovery or change in population caused by different patterns of human life during the peak COVID years. Perhaps it just takes 10 years to fully establish a little wildlife sanctuary. Perhaps a few other people nearby have also made positive changes and we've accidentally created a wildlife corridor. Perhaps random chance.
Anyway it is nice and the woodpecker in particular is very fine.
In the last year or so we've noticed an increase in the number and the variety of birds in garden including this week a Greater Spotted Woodpecker which we've seen twice.
I'm not sure what is driving the increase in birdlife. Perhaps a recovery or change in population caused by different patterns of human life during the peak COVID years. Perhaps it just takes 10 years to fully establish a little wildlife sanctuary. Perhaps a few other people nearby have also made positive changes and we've accidentally created a wildlife corridor. Perhaps random chance.
Anyway it is nice and the woodpecker in particular is very fine.
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Date: 2023-06-20 09:10 am (UTC)Our more unusual visitors have been the lesser spotted woodpecker and goldfinches.
We also has sparrowhawk dealing with a kill and that was quite something.
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Date: 2023-06-23 01:28 pm (UTC)It does feel like the bird community have just properly woken up to the garden space and then come in increased numbers.