Garden Birds and wild birds thread.

We have a very large may tree in our garden. When in flower, it gets covered in goldfinches which can be closely studied from a bedroom window. Superb. When not in flower, the long tailed tits take over.
 
I get quite a few different types of birds in the garden, but I came downstairs the other week and found a bat in the sink.
 
Kakhaber The Great said:
Female Sparrowhawk. Looks like she’s just finished breakfast! Also looks like a juvenile; much smaller than the one I saw off and on last year. Her bill doesn’t look right either, maybe an abnormality…

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Saw a Female Sparrowhawk yesterday,it flew over a garden barbecue i had attended ,looked intently down at what on offer ,but didnt swoop for the cheeseburgers or pullled pork sandwiches ...

This was in south Yorkshire. Also saw an unidentified raptor ,prob a peregrine in the same area.

Earlier in the day on the M1 i saw Common Buzzard and Honey Buzzard within 30 seconds of each other,quite a double sighting and a help with identification...

Finally ,to complete a day of Raptor sightings, saw a Kestrel huting/ hovering,again in Yorkshire.
 
dennishasdoneit said:
Saw a Female Sparrowhawk yesterday,it flew over a garden barbecue i had attended ,looked intently down at what on offer ,but didnt swoop for the cheeseburgers or pullled pork sandwiches ...

This was in south Yorkshire. Also saw an unidentified raptor ,prob a peregrine in the same area.

Earlier in the day on the M1 i saw Common Buzzard and Honey Buzzard within 30 seconds of each other,quite a double sighting and a help with identification...

Finally ,to complete a day of Raptor sightings, saw a Kestrel huting/ hovering,again in Yorkshire.
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Interesting on the Honey Buzzard; think there’s only about 40 breeding pairs in the UK (haven’t read up on them for awhile, could have changed). Numbers are increasing and normally they don’t arrive here till round about mid-May. Early arriver or possibly resident? Not aware of any over-wintering but they’re not very social birds and could easily be overlooked, plus I’d expect the RSPB would want to keep it quiet to limit the threat of persecution…
 
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