Great Tits - Second Brood

amerden

Been a good year in my garden for Great Tits this year, parents very busy feeding a second brood so lets hope they will successfully fledge.

Kess73

Yep it has been a very good year for great tits in terms of breeding. Seems to be quite a lot of second broods this year too, an unusual amount.

Of course a good year for second broods also means a good year for sparrowhawks as their young are generally hatched around the time that the smaller birds have their second broods.

Ghandee

For a good few weeks (7 at least) I had a few pairs of great tits visiting my feeder along with sparrows, previous to that it was greenfinches and golddinches.
However formthe last 3 weeks or so it seems to be only sparrows that enter the garden now. No robins, no great tits nor finches!

Don't get me wrong, I mean the sparrows are fun to watch and all, but there was just something special about the lovely colours and markings of the finches. (who actually let me get within 4-6 feet of them)
Or the lovel little great tits, who like clock work would stick to the same routine of fly onto feeder, grab peanut, then fly down to bush and grasp nut with two feet and peck away, my visitors use to chuckle watching them!

My question basically is if different species come and go during the year, could my visitors have migrated/been killed etc, or has my garden became a no go area for other birds because of the constant flock of sparrows that come now?

Thanks

amerden

It's normal this time of year to only have Sparrows with the very odd Chaffinch etc. visit feeders in gardens,
Blue & Great tits are feeding on insects/caterpillars on the trees/bushes and finches in the fields, Robins are probably molting so stay undercover, so don't despair they will be back

doctor evil

Magpies hastling the Great Tit fledglings in the garden at the mo. I hope the youngsters find good cover.

magicbastarder

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Alun

magicbastarder wrote: »

i can get into all threads on the nature and birdwatching section in work except for this one.

Damned internet filters