Abington Naturewatch: More garden birds

Sunday, 4 April 2021

More garden birds

Andy M photographed a few more of the birds visiting his garden this week.

Male Lesser Redpoll - with red crown and breast patches

Male Lesser Redpoll

Stock Dove

with lovely iridescent green and purple neck patch

Blue Tit - doing a little light renovation to the nestbox,

pecking at the entrance hole to remove rough edges

Buzzard - gliding overhead

Buzzard

Carrion Crow

has started building a nest in the oak tree at the end of the garden

Male Reed Bunting

Female Reed Bunting -

this one with the more typical brown cheek patch

A feeder-full of Siskin. Larger numbers visited this week - up to 12 one day.

This group are all females.

A male (left) and female (right) Siskin

Male Siskin

Young male Siskin

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The Aims of Abington Naturewatch

At their meeting on 9 April 2005 the members approved this revised version of the aims of Abington Naturewatch:

To monitor and record the wildlife (fauna & flora) within the borders of the Abingtons;
To encourage protection of our wildlife, maintain its quality and foster its diversity;
To promote awareness of the richness, potential and problems of the natural environment of the Abingtons;
To cooperate in improving access to the local natural environment for the benefit of all Abington villagers.

Pat Daunt, Founder

The organisation is informal and communication is by email if possible; members are notified of events from time to time. Contact details are maintained by a small "project team". There is currently no membership fee as costs are covered by voluntary contributions at events.

Members are encouraged to report notable sightings of flora and fauna within the Abingtons to the appropriate sector coordinator and an illustrated record is published annually.

A map of the area covered, with some features noted, is available here: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=213774935674882866424.00000111dca2be9f06ab8&z=13>

For more information or to join, please contact David Farrant on (01223) 892871.

Contributions to our records should be sent to sector contacts or either of the above. Photographs may also be submitted to Andy Merryweather (amerryweather61@gmail.com)