🐦⬛ Garden nature diary: October 2024
October 1
Male sparrowhawk flashed through the garden. He’s been hanging around for a while, due to the large numbers of other birds that we attract daily.
They are difficult to count, due to their flightiness, but managed to get 16 house sparrows in the back garden.
October 5
Eight magpies flew from a tree in the primary school. A sign that winter is on its way, as they begin to flock together.
October 6
Long-tailed tit on the feeding station.
October 8
Coal tit on the feeding station. Haven’t seen one for a while.
October 9
A very switched-on juvenile stock dove beneath the feeding station. Whenever a bird landed on a feeder, he looked up and moved directly below to wait for falling seeds.
Security light outside the front went on and I opened the door quickly as a fox made its way along the road.
October 10
Great spotted woodpecker and coal tit on the feeding station.
October 11
Great spotted woodpecker on the feeding station.
October 13
Stock dove on the lawn.
October 14
Collared doves, stock dove and wood pigeons in the garden.
October 16
Arriving home in the early hours, a very vocal muntjac close by on the western slope.
Regular nuthatch taking nuts from the feeder.
October 17
Nuthatch and male great spotted woodpecker on the feeding station.
October 19
Nuthatch is still visiting.
October 20
Male sparrowhawk in the garden.
October 21
Nuthatch on the bird bath drinking. Certainly spending a lot of time in the garden.
October 22
Coal tit, great spotted woodpecker and nuthatch on the feeding station.
Security light at the front came on. I responded quickly and saw a fox making its way along the road.
October 23
Red Admiral in the garden.
October 24
Calling raven in flight west to east across the valley.
October 25
Seven wood pigeons in the garden.
October 28
Nuthatch still visiting regularly.
October 29
Pair of greenfinches on the feeding station.
October 30
Greenfinch (1), chaffinch (1) and goldfinch (2) on feeding station.
Male sparrowhawk in the garden briefly.
October 31
Chaffinches (1male, 2 females) in the garden.
Nuthatch continues to visit.