Bad news

Unfortunately I can no longer hear the woodpecker which is disappointing because it would have been a very good spot for in my garden and I am also fascinated with green woodpeckers because you would expect them to be in trees but they actually spend most of the time on the ground.

Just to add I have put up a new feeder in my garden which is a hanging mealworm tray, I picked it up from home bargains for 99p and it is very good for attracting birds

In the picture below it is in the centre of the archway

Amazing bird

I can hear  green woodpecker calling near me and I am in my garden, I cannot see it yet but it sounds very close 

Fox

I have just looked out from my roof window looking out onto the Wyrley and Essington Canal and have seen an animal that is very common in urban areas at night, I am talking about the fox. In my opinion I am quite lucky because I have just had a brilliant view of not one, but two foxes. They were not fighting or competing for territory. They were probably about 200 metres apart and were unaware of each others presence. There are two paths on the section of the canal by me, one that is wide, leading from the bridge and away from the water (or in this case Ice) lets call it Path 1, and there is a second path which leads from the main path which is more narrow and closer to the water, Lets call this Path 2. I saw the first fox come along Path 2 on the canal and then cut through the undergrowth to get to Path 1, i also saw the second fox do exactly the same thing. Strange or what? I don't know if this is normal behaviour, please comment if you have a knowledge of a fox's behaviour. here is a photo, i know it isn't the best but it is all i could get because it is very dark.

recently

Hello

Recently in my garden i have seen mostly male and female house sparrows, but i am seeing more blue, great and coal tits and blackbirds. unfortunately i am seeing more pigeons as well but on the pylons near my house i can hear a lot of starlings.
On the canal i have seen the usual so mallards, coots, moorhens.

Thanks for reading

James

update of the week

hi readers

Sorry i didn't keep up with my daily update but i've been busy and i've decided to do an update at any time but there will definitely be one every week and if not i shall notify you.
So far this week i have seen the usual like blue tits, great tits, blackbirds, lesser/greater black backed gulls, mallards, coots, magpies, wood pigeons, quite a few starlings and coal tits.
I think i have seen black headed gulls but i'm not 100% sure.
Just to let you know i shall be referring to lesser and greater black backed gulls as lbb gulls and gbb gulls.

thanks for reading have a great week

first daily update

today i just saw the usual birds like coal tit, blue tit, blackbird, great tit etc.. i have also got a peanut feeder which is attracting a lot of birds. this is good.
i shall post again tomorrow

weekly update

hi readers its been almost a week since i last posted but a lot has happened.
i have seen an increasing number of coal tits, especially today. i sat out in the garden for about 5 mins with my camera and took tons of photos. i shall post them some other time but they were good.
i have also been seeing a few greenfinches aswell which is good.