🐦⬛ Garden nature diary: September 2024
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September 1
The house sparrows continue to enjoy the back garden.
They have everything they need: dense cover, food, water and even a dirt bath trough.
Counted 14 today but I’m sure there are more, they’re very active.
September 2
Just the one stock dove seen in the garden today.
September 3
Counted 15 house sparrows, a record for the garden.
A sparrowhawk flew through the garden.
September 5
Four long-tailed tits on the fat balls this morning.
September 6
Amazingly, the first juvenile wood pigeon of the year in the garden.
September 8
Hedgehog droppings on the patio, so although we haven’t seen one for a few days, they’re still active.
September 10
Male great spotted woodpecker briefly on feeding station.
September 11
Swift in flight (east to west) across the valley. Seen from the drive.
September 12
Arrived home to find the remains of a sparrowhawk kill on the back lawn.
That’s one less house sparrow that we have.
September 14
Regular nuthatch on the feeding station early morning.
Seven goldfinches and a coal tit on the feeding station.
September 16
Nuthatch on the feeding station again several times.
Small white in the garden.
September 17
Several nuthatch appearances on the feeding station.
September 19
Nuthatch still visiting.
September 21
Seventeen house sparrows in the garden, a record figure.
September 22
Male sparrowhawk perched on bungalow roof at the bottom of our back garden.
September 24
Four soaring common buzzards over the eastern slope, visible from the living room.
September 25
Nuthatch on the feeding station.
September 26
Single stock dove on the lawn, haven’t seen one for a while.
September 27
Sixteen house sparrows in the garden.
September 28
Long-tailed tit briefly on fat ball feeder.
Male sparrowhawk landed on the feeding station.