#30DaysWild - A whole month of doing cool wild stuff which I am super excited about it. In case you don't know what it is, for the second year running the Wildlife Trust have launched a campaign where they encourage people to do something 'wild' every day throughout the month of June. This is my second year to do it, I loved it so much last year I didn't want it to end and continued to carry on writing about my adventures in my main blog (www.sands-walks.blogspot.co.uk).
What to do for my first day? Well, unfortunately I had to work today and didn't get home until after six so I thought I would keep it 'very' local and for one hour I sat quietly and watched what birds come into the garden at evening...
*Today's random act of wildness - A evening garden birdwatch*
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| Well first off I would like you to meet 'Wildling the Fox' he will be my little mascot throughout the 30 days...cute isn't he and proudly wearing my #30DaysWild badge :) |
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| Apart from fatballs, peanuts and coconut shells the birds love this concoction of mealworm and suet pellets. At precisely 6.30pm I put it out for them... |
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| ...within seconds we get our first visitor - a feral pigeon. |
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| Next up the sparrows, mostly males tonight. |
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| Then the noisy ones...the starlings |
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| It all starts kicking off on the feeder between the starlings and the pigeons "he's behind you!" |
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| A face off over the suet coconut! |
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| It's not long before the pigeons give up and move along leaving the starlings victorious of the feeder! |
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| It's just past 7pm and already our list looks impressive! |
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| Next visitor was a magpie... |
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| ...then more starlings with a few juveniles |
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| Finally we finish our hour with a few jackdaws (the other is just off camera) |
The full list is:
- Starlings - 7
- Jackdaws - 2
- Magpie - 1
- Sparrows - 4
- Wood Pigeon - 1
- Feral Pigeon - 4
Wildling is a very cute mascot! Lovely photos of the birds
ReplyDeleteFab blog, well written and love the photos, oh and wilding too!
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