Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
General Topics => Gardening Section => Topic started by: kevin3 on August 07, 2014, 17:38:02 PM
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Has anyone noticed a change in their bird population? We've always had 2/3 Blackbirds,2/3 Robins, 2 Wrens
but very few Sparrows for years.For the last few years we were inundated with Magpies and every couple of
weeks they would congregate on a neighbour's roof, up to 20 at a time. This year we're down to 2 and we are
now crowded out with Sparrows. In the spring we had approx' 40 young emptying the feeders and we now have
a similar amount, They've bred twice and so have the Blue Tits that use our nest boxes. Total change.!!
But very welcome.
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We seem to have large number of magpies and pigeons in the garden this year :o
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I told mine to pi55 off but I didn't specify Kent. :)
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I have two swift nests either side of the gable ends of my house, its been brilliant to see the parents dashing about feeding them, but its all gone quiet so I presume they have gone. Have tried many different feeders to entice other birds into the garden, but mainly end up with groups of squabbling starlings, lots of pigeons and very little else. I suppose living next to a nature reserve, and on the edge of the fens by a river, means they don't need my pathetic offerings but I shall carry on trying to entice other birds here by whatever means !!
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Over run with blue tits this year,two pairs of jays come down this year,one spotted woodpecker that cut a hole in one nest box to try to eat the young.Apart from the common mappies,pigeons,ravens or rooks not sure of which breed they are,we do see the odd robin or wren and the odd blackbird or thrush.Mind you i do have a dove house and 8 breeding boxes in the garden and with farm land behind the house and a church next door we are blessed with many birds,that of course if you put out plenty of food out to attract them.
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In our previous house we had blue tits nesting in our box every year for 25 years - or one year when we having an extension built. In our present house it has always been great tits. Except for the past two years when the box has been empty. Curiously this coincides with our daughters buying us a TV camera box as a Christmas present. Maybe I'll have to give in to their demands for performance fees.
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I love Great Tits .......I'll get me coat
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Are you missing a Robin as well Kevin3 because we have a new visitor in the garden ;)
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I sent him for some feed back. ;)
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We had 14 magpies in our garden at the same time recently. Also a fairly regular dawn chorus of seagulls which is anything but pleasant.
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We had 14 magpies in our garden at the same time recently. Also a fairly regular dawn chorus of seagulls which is anything but pleasant.
I didn,t think we got magpies up here Keith. Furthest north I have seen them is the road glasgow to edinburgh.
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Spring watch would be interested in the changes in birds that you have noted. Site on the internet but not sure when they collect data.
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The RSPB carry out a Big Garden Birdwatch each year. This year nearly half a million people took part with over 7 million birds reported. The results can be found here: http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/
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I didn,t think we got magpies up here Keith. Furthest north I have seen them is the road glasgow to edinburgh.
I'll bring you a few over :)
Every day without fail at least 2, over this side of the water :D
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They must be spreading. You keep them I will keep the sparrows. They eat less!!
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I took part in the RSPB Birdwatch but it was more of a census, a snapshot of one day in your garden.
which birds spotted,how many of each ect. I think if they asked people for a report of trends in their
areas over a couple of years it would give a better picture nationwide. i didn't appreciate the follow up
calls asking for money starting with " £160 and we can set up a direct debit " diminishing down to
" a one off donation of £20 sir.??". The RSPB do a lot of good work. Their sales team don't.
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The problem with people submitting a narrative of the last couple of years is that it is subjective - about their perceptions. For example, "I seem to seeing a lot more starlings" or "There aren't as many magpies as there used to be". Since so may people (0.5 million) join in The thing I'd like RSPB to is to have two birdwatches a year. Having just one in March doesn't tell us anything about our summer migrants. Where I am to absence of swallows, swifts and house martins is very - subjectively - noticable. But RSPB would have to trust people to identify birds flying over the garden rather than landing in them. Go on RSPB: trust people!
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Had a Robin's nest and Blackbird one too.Also Dunnock.Nesting boxes weren't used by the usual blue tits.Too many Magpies around here.I have seen them pulling Starling chicks out of a nest and eating them.Suppose they are doing that to other nests.Time for a Magpie cull I think.They are noisy,useless and predators.
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We have a lot of magpies around us and we are 25 miles north of Aberdeen. The most I counted in the garden was 7 magpies. They nest in the trees in the fields around us. We had to get rid of the bird table and have hanging bird feeders with small openings in them to deter the magpies and the crows.
When we moved to our place 30 years ago there were hardly any trees. The local farmers started to plant trees because they got grants, we got a grant and the local Forestry Organisation planted 300. Unfortunately, not a lot survived. So, we bought 750 tiny trees really cheaply from the Forestry Commission and planted them ourselves, with the help of friends. Now we have lots of trees and the lovely thing is, we have seen woodpeckers at the bird feeders. Gave me a real thrill when I first saw one. The trees have brought lots of new wildlife including a pair of buzzards. This morning we had our pheasant "Ginger" in our garden with two of his latest batch of kids and one of his wives.
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I am with you on this one sannyrut the Magpies are the complete scavenger and the number we get coming in to our garden at any one time is about 7-8 and they deter all of the smaller birds from nesting as they will eat both eggs and young.
In their quest to eat anything edible in our garden and despite my paranoid disposition towards squirrel and large bird proof feeders I have lately see the blighters swinging on one of out squirrel proof nut feeders >:( >:( >:(
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Our regular robin only a foot away from my wife...
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Our pheasant Ginger who now rushes over to us to be feed. However, he must be worn out, just seen his No.2 wife with a new batch of chicks.
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