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Feathered Fables! |
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Bird Life in
a Heacham Garden |
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Most people know of the bird sanctuaries in and around the Norfolk coast but how many are aware of what is in their own garden? We studied one garden in Heacham just off the Hunstanton Road and in a single year photographed 32 species of birds ranging from your Blackbird and Starling to the traditional Duck on the garden pond. |
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With a good variety of food you can attract many birds to your garden. They all have their favourite from seeds and fat balls to worms and bugs. There will be some birds that will eat anything you put out. Many birds can only feed on the ground so make sure you have low down feeders for the Pheasant, Partridge, Collared Dove, Stock Dove and Pigeon. |
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Other
birds who you see mostly on the ground feeding on seed, worms and bugs are Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Dunnocks, Robins and Sparrows. |
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| Mostly found in and around are your Finches. They like sunflower seed, niger seeds and most wild bird food. Also remember all birds need water so make sure you have plenty of water around for drinking and bathing. In the Finches we have Chaffinch, Green Finch and Gold Finch. | ||
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| Also in the trees are the Tit family who enjoy a good variety of seeds and fat balls. They include Blue Tits, Great Tits, Marsh Tits, Coal Tits and, my favourite, the Long Tailed Tits. |
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| We then have the larger bird which can be a bit of a nuisance to the other birds - especially when there are young around. They include the Magpie, Jay, Jackdaw and Sparrowhawk. |
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| Some birds flit from place to place all over the garden which makes it hard to photograph them. Some of these are the Pied Wagtail, Wren, Blackcap and Gold Crest which is our smallest bird. |
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We then have what I think
are some of the most colorful birds and they include the
Woodpeckers, the Lesser Spotted - which is the smaller of them -
the Greater Spotted and the Green Wood Pecker. The Green Woodpecker is seen mostly on the ground digging big holes in your lawn looking for worms. The Lesser Spotted zooms in and lands neatly on the hanging nuts which they like. |
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So next time you are in your garden why not take a closer look and see how many varieties of birds you can spot? |
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