WHAT I DIDN'T SEE TODAY

[Jacksparrow]

A good covering of snow in the chateau garden this morning This usually heralds the appearance of a winter thrush or two but not on this occasion

[Placido]

This topic is a good idea, Jacksparrow . My garden is full of stuff I didn't see.

Interesting thing about virgin snow early morning are the tracks which are obviously not birds. Have, I suppose, cat prints but looked for a fox with no luck. S'pose everything stayed home last night.
Reckon the snow ended about 4-ish this morning.

[Butterfly]

I am not seeing anything in my garden these days as I'm waiting for the date to move to a new place. I stopped feeding birds a while ago, so they can find alternative feeding places before the winter. And I believe they all did because its so quiet and lifeless here
Sorry birds

[greenfinch2]

Enjoy your new place butterfly,lots of winter birds have arrived so keeping my eyes on the feeders.

[Jacksparrow]

What I didn't see today was any of the winter thrushes like Redwing and Fieldfare. Nor did any visit the garden during the recent very cold and snowy period. This is very unusual. I know they tend to migrate further west and south if the weather is bad but there are usually three or four turn up.

[Willpar]

Had some redwing in the winter of 2012? was that the last really cold one we had? Not had any since.

[Jacksparrow]

I have become aware that I am seeing less of some species of bird recently. It could be the milder weather but I am wondering if the current bird flu epidemic is having some effect. The most noticable change has been the feral pigeons. I was regularly getting about a dozen or fifteen but now the maximum is eight. I know the sprawk had a couple of them and may have scared others but they usually recover from scares and return in big numbers.
The sparrows also seem fewer but less so than the ferals.

[Willpar]

Am getting less ferals here, but put it down to that I only put food once a day in that feeder, so when it is gone its gone. But I am getting less starlings and the female blackbirds.

[Jacksparrow]

After several visits over a few day I have not seen the Buzzard for over a week.

[Willpar]

See them soaring above here now and again. But not landing.