Blackbirds

February 17, 2010 in Uncategorized

A very wet cycle down to Newton Abbot in the dark first thing this morning. On the way through town no doubt encouraged by the street lights a few blackbirds in song. Against the quiet the appeared louder than normal. Always my favourite song. TW

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About

In this blog we'll describe the day to day comings and goings of the birds in our Devon garden.
About us

Tony is a naturalist and environmental artist. Laura is a free range creative web and print designer. We've recently moved from the village of Ipplepen to the town of Newton Abbot with our two children Ralph and Oli, our dog Henry, and numerous cats (none of whom would ever dream of eating birds).
Species List

List of species, including only those birds that land in the garden:
Blackbird
Blackcap
Blue tit
Brambling
Bullfinch
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
Chiff chaff
Coal tit
Collared dove
Dunnock
Fieldfare
Goldcrest
Goldfinch
Great spotted woodpecker
Great tit
Greenfinch
House Sparrow
Jay
Long tailed tit
Magpie
Mistle thrush
Nuthatch
Pied wagtail
Redwing
Robin
Siskin
Song thrush
Sparrowhawk
Starling
Wood pigeon
Wren