At Last, I'm Seeing A Couple Of Birds!
 

When I moved into Westwood Villas about 3 years ago one of the first things I noticed about the area was except for the local peacocks my backyard wasn't visited by any local wild birds not even the odd pigeon!

I have been trying to remedy this by putting out peanuts and fat balls all to no avail, not the slightest interest was taken.

This morning though to my delight I saw not one but two delightful starlings picking away at the food I had put out.

Unfortunately the peanuts and the fatty balls are still being ignored, but they were having a wonderful time going around my garden tubs and stealing my veg' seeds, Grrrr!

Still at least I'm getting something maybe they will become regular visitors?

http://www.countrylife.co.uk/imageBank/s/Starling2.jpg

Is it just around West Accrington or is there a lack of our birds across the whole of the Accrington District.

I never seem to see house sparrows anymore.

Don't tell me it's bird flu' because I don't hear them sneezing either.
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Oh, how tweet!

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"Still at least I'm getting something maybe they will become regular visitors?"

Once others see/hear what is going on you should get more and a good possibility that there will be other types.

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Not shortage of Birds around my neck of the woods Less, saw a pied wagtail yesterday, and a Kestrel swoops around the rooftops on a regular basis, not to mention pesky pigeons and Kite Hawks (sea gulls) also see the odd foxy woxy a well:D

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Rindy have you changed your Avatar?
:)

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Are these similar to Shy Talks?

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House Sparrows have almost disappeared over the last 20yrs...used to be millions of em..strange.

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It's sad isn't it Mancie:

House Sparrows in Decline in Britain

I think I saw a curlew last week flying over Ossie Moors, never seen one before. Was quite thrilled. Sure it was one, certainly had that long beak, and was sorta' drifting on the wind currents rather than flapping its wings. Maybe we have a bird expert on here ?

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Very much alike yerself:D

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I Was driving over to Ripon on Tuesday last week , Just got over the blubber houses , looked up , there was this massive dark brown colored bird flying around .The wing span must have been 7-8 foot with feathers for wing tips . It was BIG .

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Well, I don't want that to come visiting my back yard, I'd have to get more peanuts.
:)

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could have been a Condor..but you don't get many of them in Yorkshire :D

http://www.riomansolodge.com/images/andean-condor.jpg

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Honest It was huge ! It had the same wing tips as the photo .But more rounded at the ends

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but then again! .. could be :D

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Mancie you have got Less started now --- que Less .

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my dad buys bird seed and has built a kinda table right outside his window so he can watch the birds when he's on the pc, he makes his own fat balls too