Garden Scarcities

It is fascinating to note the difference between this garden and the garden we once had in Llantwit Fardre. For starters for the first year and a half living here we had no birds other than the odd Dunnock and a load of Jackdaws. This of course all changed last year when they started arriving at the start of Springwatch 2014. Since then we have had a steady stream of birds in the garden. House Sparrows are the most frequent. Every so often we gain a new couple of regulars.

We rarely get Blackbirds in the summer in the garden. We have a male who is in and out regularly, but we do get a few in winter. Believe it or not Robins are a real rarity, but there has been one on the feeders back and forth for about a week now.

We had a brief period last year where we had a couple of Greenfinches visiting, and that was it. We have a a rather resplendent resident male at the moment.

They were constant visitors in the Llantwit Fardre garden, with several turning up at once. Here, a real scarcity. To restore the balance, I must see Bullfinches far more regularly here than I did when I lived near the woods.

When you feed garden birds you just never know what you are going to get.