Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Bird Visitors to My Garden

That was the title I gave to my very first post two years ago. How time flies. It feels like only a few months since I took the plunge and wondered if I would find enough to waffle on about to keep the blog going.

A few days ago I got to wondering just how many different species of birds visit my garden so I sat down and made a list of those which had visited so far this month. I was more than a bit surprised when the total reached twenty different species. Here they are though few of the photographs were taken this month as the lighting conditions have been so dull. Nothing out of the ordinary. Mostly very common garden birds here.



You can click on the thumbnails to enlarge the photos, the arrows near the thumbnails will move back and forth through the list. Click on 'close' to get back to the thumbnails. Alternatively click on the first (top left) thumbnail and use the arrows next to the large picture to go through them all. Hovering over a large photo reveals its name.

My thanks to all who have visited Midmarsh Jottings over the past two years and I hope to see many of you again in the coming year. It is very flattering and encouraging to see over 23000 visits from 114 different countries.
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15 comments:

  1. ADRIAN12 January 2011 at 09:10

    This is a grand presentation and fun. Congratulations on two years.

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  2. Matron12 January 2011 at 09:24

    Happy 'blogoversary' John! like you, I could never have imagined that anyone would be interested in my allotment. I always enjoy visiting yours!

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  3. holdingmoments12 January 2011 at 15:38

    Congratulations on 2 years John.
    Mine is in 7 days lol

    Lovely slide show of your garden visitors.

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  4. Wilma13 January 2011 at 02:36

    You never fail to have something interesting going on, John! That is what keeps us coming back. Congratulations and keep the posts coming.

    cheers,
    Wilma

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  5. Glo13 January 2011 at 19:52

    Congratulations on your two year accomplishments in blogworld! What a wonderful showing of your feathered visitors. The photo of that Sparrowhawk is stunning. His eyes just pierce the screen! No wonder the other birds are wary. It's fascinating to see how many different birds visit, and especially seeing those from different countries on other blogs. Looking forward to many more!

    As for Harzel (my Harry Lauder/Corkscrew Hazel) tree that doesn't have any dangly catkins, I hope it isn't dead!

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  6. Midmarsh John13 January 2011 at 20:28

    Thank you Adrian.

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  7. Midmarsh John13 January 2011 at 20:29

    Thank you Matron. Likewise I always like to see what wonders you have conjured up with your green fingers.

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  8. Midmarsh John13 January 2011 at 20:30

    Thank you Keith. I always think you have been blogging much longer I have.

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  9. Midmarsh John13 January 2011 at 20:32

    Thank you Wilma. There are many times when I think the everyday goings on in my garden must be very uninteresting.

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  10. Midmarsh John13 January 2011 at 20:48

    Thank you Glo. There have been a few which should be regulars which seem to have been AWOL so far this year.

    I think my Corkscrew Hazel is a different variety. It's a low weeping bush / tree which I think is a cultivated variety. I tried to make a guesstimate of the number of catkins on it and I reckon there could be over 1000. Maybe Harzel makes its catkins when its buds open. It will be interesting to find out.

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  11. Glo14 January 2011 at 06:45

    Wow, that's a clowder of catkins! I have only seen these trees growing in gardens, but this one either has escaped or is a different variety. Time will tell! Thanks for the info.

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  12. Anonymous16 January 2011 at 20:13

    Hello from North Carolina USA! Thank you for the photos and identifying the "exotic" birds for us :-D Except for the starling and house sparrow that is, which we have plenty of. Would like to bird your country sometime.

    Laura, Charlotte NC

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  13. Midmarsh John16 January 2011 at 20:37

    Hello Laura. Thank you for visiting and for leaving the kind comment.

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  14. Shirley19 January 2011 at 11:48

    Congratulations John, sorry I missed this on the day :-(

    Gosh, yes the time does fly! Although with your very regular postings I feel you've been on the blogging scene way longer than two years - that's meant in a positive way :-)

    Nice presentation there for your photos. Great to see so many comments too. It is amazing how many species arrive in the garden. Wishing you all the best for Year three at Midmarsh Jottings :-D

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  15. Midmarsh John22 January 2011 at 08:52

    Thank you Shirl. It's nice to find some different ways of presenting photos sometimes, especially when there are a lot to show in one post.

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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