24 Aug 22

Wakeham

The Fife Canary was back in the garden today. It started off feeding on the spilt Nyjer seeds below the feeders, then flew up and started picking away at the seeds in the Buddleia, before heading off to another garden.

Also about were at least 3 House Martins and 4 Swallows chattering away overhead.

Birds Recorded in and around the back garden:
1 Buzzard
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
House Martin
Swallow
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Linnet
Goldfinch

Escapees Recorded:
1 Fife Canary

The Fife Canary and a juvenile House Sparrow

It looks to be in good health. Lets hope it evades the local Sparrowhawks

Here it is picking away at the seeds in the Buddleia, before heading off to another garden.

Here it is on my neighbours TV Aerial.


Butterflies Recorded:
Large White

Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)