Over the last couple of days there’ve been large numbers of birds in the garden making me think of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, although there have been fortunately […]
Seed / Trees / weather
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Snow covered with storm blown debris and seed
After the storm some days ago now, it was interesting to see how evenly the seed from Norway maple / sycamore and birch (spiss- og platanlønn og bjørk) […]
Birds / Seed
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Siskins dining on the roof
It was fun this morning watching a flock of up to 80 siskins (grønnsisik) with a few house sparrows (gråspurv) feeding on birch seed that had fallen on […]
Birds
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The pitter patter of birch seeds
The pitter patter of birch seed bracts (or scales) as you can hear at the beginning of the video can only mean one thing here, a large flock […]
Trees
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Rowan, birch and lime
The trees are full of fruit / seeds this year, so it looks like we are going towards a good winter for the birds! Post Views: 165
Birds
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Ground feeding redpolls
Redpolls (gråsisik) feeding on the ground (birch seed presumably) outside the kitchen window this afternoon! Post Views: 104
Birds / Seed / Trees
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Siskins and birch
Birch seed scales are currently falling in the garden thanks to the feeding of siskins (grønnsisik)…. Added videos of a siskin feeding on fallen birch seed next to […]
Snow
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Snow clearing on 20th January 2015
With an accumulated snow depth of some 30-40cm over the last 3-4 days, it was time to clear my driveway (the snow was over my highest boots). With […]