Where have all the twitchers gone??

[flicrat]

Nothing reported since 8th February? I am saddened.
Maybe everyone is like me - disillusioned at seeing nothing out of the window during the RSPB weekend - as usual!!
I saw 5 magpies at the weekend and a very puffed up robin - trying to keep warm, maybe.
Have to rely on birds in the trees outside my 2nd floor lounge window, as we are not allowed to put out feeders or throw food in the flats complex grounds, in case we attract rats. Seems a bit daft, as over the fence in the Leic University Hall, someone comes in off the road and throws a complete loaf of sliced white on the grass quite regularly!
I saw a fieldfare, yes, just one, pulling up a huge worm last Friday. I did wonder if it was a mistle thrush, but the boks suggested a fieldfare whenI checked.

[Zacs-Master]

flicrat, you may be able to help. Mrs Zacs and I were near Casterton, just outside Kirby Lonsdale on the 4th Feb (Sat) and there were hundreds of twitchers in 4x4s lining the country roads with their binocs trained on the hillside. Any idea what they were looking for?

[paddywak]

Since a new family moved in two doors down the street along with their 4 cats we've seen very few birds about. Max keeps them away from our garden but the wild birds seem to have moved to safer pastures.

[rowanwitch]

Redwing outside the flats a few days ago, lots of pied wagtails, asstd tits hundreds of blackheaded and herring gulls flying over with a smattering of lesser and greater black backed and common gulls The odd cormorant, a few mallard... in the grounds of my workplace more tits, goldcrests carrion crows, magpies, a wren, a robin

Outside my office window on a mossy roof Grey Wagtail and another robin...

Black birds on little park area, with more gulls, and a buzzard over the big park at end of road

[maggiebee]

Have the usual assortment of birds at the feeders in my garden - blue tits, coal tits, sparrows and of course robins and blackbirds. Bullfinch and chaffinch also spotted over the past couple of days but they're not regular visitors. Spotted a couple of starlings too - thought they had disappeared for good as I used to have dozens of them feeding on the ground but none recently. Couple of woodpigeons visit daily looking for a handout as does the elusive woodpecker.

[carrust]

Todays count.
30+ Goldfinch. 15+ Greenfinch. 2 Siskin. 1 Lesser Redpoll. . The usual coal tit, blue tit, great tit & long tailed tit

BTW, it's costing me a fortune in sunflower hearts:-(

[seadogg]

Enjoyable sight this morning. A heron was mobbed by gulls and flew up the cliffs to where we were standing about 75 metres above. It was good to look down on the majestic bird in flight.

The gannets are back at Bempton RSPB and the guillemots and razorbills are expected.

Maybe we do not report the "everyday" comings and goings on our patches but we are still around flicrat and thanks for your post.