Bird Watching in a UK Garden

[@vivianalyon3791]

Love your garden bird video. I have been watching birds in my garden for decades now and it never gets old. Every bird is a joy. Thanks for sharing your garden.

[@GregsWildlife]

Thank you! I'm very new to birdwatching, but I've really enjoyed trying to spot the birds and learning about them.

[@brianmorrison9168]

Great video, I really enjoyed it. A few years ago we had a feeding station in the garden which wasn't being well used. This annoyed the kids, who I think expected birds on the feeders all the time. A friend suggested I move it nearer the hedge and hey presto .. more birds. I would have thought and free food would be welcome, but as you say .. the safety of the birds is more important to them.

[@GregsWildlife]

It certainly seems that way, since moving the bird feeder there's constantly birds on it. It's been great, I wish I'd have thought of that last year!

[@AmazingNatureRelaxation]

🌺Wonderful little documentary. Love seeing birds when we travel. They are such a subtle indicator of place. I also enjoy learning new species. Thanks so much. - Henry

[@GregsWildlife]

Many thanks! I've been really enjoying learning about the birds.

[@chroniclesofqueennutmeg]

Never get bored of that! 😊👍🪶

[@GFamilyThai]

Wow there are a lot of birds visit your garden.

[@GregsWildlife]

It's funny, I put up that bird feeder last year and very few birds ever came to visit until I moved it for this video. Since then there's always birds in the garden.

[@chrisswildlife7166]

Sadly I don’t have a garden yet, but I can get great views of nearby trees from my balcony and many birds come to my feeders. Thanks for the video 🙏🏻🤩

[@GregsWildlife]

Sounds great!

[@chroniclesofqueennutmeg]

Thankyou for sharing! 🪶👍😊

[@GregsWildlife]

Thanks for watching!

[@waveandocean7598]

Enjoyed watching all these charming visitors into your garden. Thank you for sharing your lovely video Greg.

[@GregsWildlife]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@smidgekat5296]

Loved this! Is good to see someone from the UK doing this so the birds are relevant. It's only in recent months that I have been feeding and watching the birds and wonder why I never did before. Fascinating creatures. Please do more like this - wonderful watching - thank you :)

[@GregsWildlife]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@JoseManuelHiniesto]

Wow, that garden has a lot of bird movements, the moment it put food it did not stop the activity. A good place to take good photos, entertaining.

[@GregsWildlife]

Thanks. The bird activity definitely increased once I'd moved the feeder closer to the shelter of a holly tree and bramble bush.

[@sltravelwildlife6136]

Excellent work my friend ❤️ its very informative interesting video.

[@GregsWildlife]

Thank you very much!

[@gardentwitcheruk7076]

Great to watch, it really is amazing how many birds start to come when you feed them regularly.

[@GregsWildlife]

It really is! I've been a bit slack on the bird feeder this winter. I really must make sure I fill it up.

[@KGsPhotography]

Great video and a wonderful selection of birds. I have been amazed during lockdown how by making a few changes in the garden you can attract so much different wildlife. Cheers Keith

[@GregsWildlife]

I've had a really good time learning about these birds and watching them play out a small part of their lives in my garden.

[@NatureBelgium]

Nice video! Thats really great! Thanks for sharing !

[@GregsWildlife]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it :-)

[@evagisser6765]

In our backyard we have seen a red cardinals maybe you might have seen it too!? By the way thank you for sharing your observations with us!

[@GregsWildlife]

The Red Cardinal is a lovely looking bird, unfortunately I won't see one in my garden as they don't live in the UK. I think you'll only see them in parts of the US.

[@evagisser6765]

@@GregsWildlife You right,we live in New England

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Nice video Greg! Lets do a bird-watching day once this is all over. Im not a bird-wizard but I learn something new every time and if a couple of my other friends come with us, they are bird experts and are always teaching me new stuff :)

[@GregsWildlife]

Sounds great! I'm confident I've got my bird IDs down for the ones in this video, so it would be great to go out with some knowledgeable people and learn some more.

[@chroniclesofqueennutmeg]

I would love to learn more about birds too 🙂 think you guys getting together and making a video of it would be awesome 👍 sorry nobody asked for my opinion i know but.....

[@righteyeblink8996]

Thank you.

[@GregsWildlife]

You're welcome!

[@CharismaticPlanet3822]

birding is a difficult hobby. It requires lot of patience. You done a great job. well done.

[@GregsWildlife]

Thank you very much! I've had a great time learning about the birds and I'm looking forward to seeing and learning more.

[@EmilyRose671]

Thank you for this my three year loves birds at the moment so she was mesmerised

[@GregsWildlife]

Brilliant! That's lovely, hopefully I'll have more like this later in the year :-)

[@solarpunkalana]

Really enjoyed this! I actually saw a dunnock in my garden for the first time today and was wondering what it was. Thanks to this video I now know! I find it interesting as well how you say starlings are common and blue tits are rare. I have only seen starlings in my area once, whether robins/blue tits/great tits are really common every day visitors!

[@GregsWildlife]

The starlings are a constant in my garden, I had more video footage of them than anything else. It's funny actually, as I mentioned in the video I only saw the sparrows on the day I started to edit the video, but they've been pretty common ever since. The goldfinches seem to have disappeared, I haven't seen them for a while. The blue tits usually visit every day, but they don't hang around and I'm lucky to be there with the camera when they show up. I've had a great time trying to film these birds.

[@chroniclesofqueennutmeg]

Its true it matters where you live i think because my garden has loads of blue tits only get starlings occasionally and after fledged? But in areas in South of England ive seen loads if sparrows and rarely any blue tits? Anyhoo i just think its great this country has so many beautiful birds ❤️ never really noticed them until i moved here over a year ago! Now i can't go a day without watching them outside my window! Calms me down and helps me focus, start my day off right! 😊

[@chroniclesofqueennutmeg]

@@GregsWildlife my goldfinches have vanished too and yellowhammer who was always here? The only constant birds i get are blue tits, great tits, tree sparrows, and blackbirds? Even my fave the wren has gone missing only hear him a few times a week now? Oh also have a lot of robins here all the time? Fingers crossed the dunnocks and chaffinches etc all come back soon 🤞😊👍

[@wildlifenet]

Great to hear the Goldfinches at the start of your video Greg and then see them appear later in the footage, such wonderful birds and loved seeing that Blackbird having a bath. Interesting facts about Woodpigeons and behaviour of Dunnocks. Good thoughts on Magpies, they are an important part of a healthy ecosystem - Stewart.

[@GregsWildlife]

One thing I really have no idea about is what the birds sound like, it's really something I'd like to learn.

[@Rich10000]

Brilliant video well done.

[@GregsWildlife]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@Buster_Piles]

I live in a flat but I put out supermarket bird seed daily on a wall and bit of grass that I can see from my window. Wood pigeons, pigeons, jackdaws, some rooks, the odd Robin and blackbird come. The ungrateful beggars crap on my car 🤣. Thanks for posting these videos, if I could I'd put up a feeder but I think kids would tear it down.

[@GregsWildlife]

I think you can get some great window bird feeders which have a suction cup or something so you can attach them to the outside of a window, if you have access, that might be something you could look into.

[@Buster_Piles]

@@GregsWildlife thank you for your advice. I will look into it. Its amazing how good it feels to feed wild animals, knowing that you're helping them is such a reward. Peace & Love to everyone here caring for the non- human souls with which we co-exist. 💐🌺💐🌺💐

[@danielcahill4410]

I made a bird feeder tho other day to attract a few different birds and I’m loving it! This video was really nice and well put together. Good job! But now you’ve made me want a bird bath too

[@GregsWildlife]

That is awesome! A bird bath is a great addition, especially with this hot, dry weather we've been having recently.

[@Snoopyfish661]

In my garden I get tree sparrow, the two very romantic wood pigeons , two blue tits and three blackbirds.

[@GregsWildlife]

I've been watching a male pigeon following and displaying to a female for days, but she's just not interested!

[@catherinefeeney9612]

what a amazing video! I live out in the country and I have lots of feeders in my garden so it's like a bird haven,I can get anything from sparrows, blue tits and great tits to robins,rooks and jackdaws. and occasionally a buzzard gliding over the feilds, great video over all keep it up!

[@GregsWildlife]

Thank you so much. That sounds amazing! I'd love a bit more variety in the garden, but it's early days yet. I'll have to see if more birds visit over the course of the summer.

[@catherinefeeney9612]

that is true,well I can't wait to see what other kinds of birds come in the following months

[@charlotteoneill5199]

Amazing footage! We unfortunately can't put a feeder out at my home as we live near a river and have lots of rats in the area. When I did but seed out we attracted a lot, but the garden went rather quiet after we had to stop. At my uni house we get barely any birds at all (apart from a random black redstart?!). Hopefully I'll move somewhere where I can feed the birds again 😅

[@GregsWildlife]

Thanks! I had such a great time getting into birdwatching this year. Re-positioning my feeder made a huge difference. Hopefully, you can set one up in the future.

[@paulcuffaro6008]

Also Greg buy sunflower hearts and a feeder because you will see a real change in the amount of goldfinch who come to your feeder station

[@GregsWildlife]

I do occasionally put out sunflower hears in the dish. I haven't seen goldfinches feeding on them, it's mainly pigeons. I did see some goldfinches the other day feeding on some dandelion seeds. It was great as I hadn't seen any goldfinches for weeks, not since filming this video actually.

[@JudahWildlife]

bit of a birder myself, u got all the info correct! also no robins?

[@GregsWildlife]

I know, I was surprised there were no robins. If I remember correctly,, I did see a robin when I'd finished editing this video, so it was too late to add it in! I'll have to do another one of these videos and try to get some different species.

[@JudahWildlife]

@@GregsWildlife yeah that'd be cool, I'm actually starting a second channel for birdwatching so we'll see how that goes

[@tenburywellsmartin7576]

I live in a really rural setting,and usually have plenty of bird visitors.However,the past couple of years there has been a distinct lack of Goldfinches,and Greenfinches,in fact,the Greenfinch is non existent at the moment...any reasons why?

[@GregsWildlife]

I'm afraid I'm not knowledgeable enough about bird populations to answer that. This weekend just gone was the RSPB big bird watch, so they should release some data on the reported garden visitors at some point. It will be interesting to see what those numbers say about the populations and if the lack of finches is common around the country or if you've just been unlucky.

[@jamescoultonoutdoors8253]

Hi Greg great video I have only just seen this since I posted a similar type of film shit in my garden. I am registered blind with limited vision so being able to see birds in the garden is a big deal. In my film I have robin coal tit bull Finch and nuthatch as well as some of those in your video. Keep up the good work all the best

[@GregsWildlife]

Hey, sorry for the late reply. For some reason KZbin had censored this comment and never notified me it was made, so I've only just seen it! It sounds like you've got a great variety of birds that visit you. I hope I'll be able to see some of those species in the future.

[@jamescoultonoutdoors8253]

@@GregsWildlife that was my fault for not checking my spelling I should have said shot in my garden but it came out different lol

[@GregsWildlife]

Haha! That makes much more sense!

[@DiggyPiggy]

Blue tits are by far my most favourite birds😁 I also love robins, the ones in our garden are very tame and are always curious when you carry out garden work. Especially with the recent warm weather spells

[@GregsWildlife]

Yeah, some of the birds will come to the feeder even if I'm out in the garden. I love being able to get close to them.

[@abbysphotography6898]

Great video 😊

[@GregsWildlife]

Thanks! 😊

[@عبدربالنبيعبدالمجيد]

@@GregsWildlife The video is very cool, but why did you put music in the video knowing that it talks about nature? Believe me, if you had not put music and let us enjoy listening to the sounds of nature, such as the sound of birds, the sound of their eating, the sound of the wind and the sound of tree leaves, the video would have become more enjoyable to watch and more natural.

[@dannyleech8239]

I was seeing loads of goldfinches in my garden last year and even set up nyger seed bird feeder for them, however I've seen hardly any since?:(

[@GregsWildlife]

To be honest, I haven't seen too many of them since recording this video. There was a few times I saw them feeding on dandelion seeds in the garden, but they seem to have lost interest in the seed feeder. Hopefully, they'll return.

[@alsam10brist30]

Good video

[@GregsWildlife]

Thanks, I appreciate that.

Nice video !!!

[@GregsWildlife]

Thanks!

[@NaturallyCuriousUK]

Nice one Greg. Excellent commentary and a lovely selection of birds. Had to chuckle at the bathing Blackbird clip - wonky or what??? 😆 I love watching the birds have a good old splash about and must try getting some more footage of that sort of behaviour myself again soon. Have done so before (kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpjSnJh7lpyIY8k) but I want to try getting some more species. A bathing magpie would be great! We get pretty much the same species as you, plus Robin and the occasional Wren. I did try Niger seed years ago for Goldfinch but without success - the seed always muldered into a black mess before anything took an interest. I eventually succeeded attracting them, on the advice of a friend, with sunflower hearts! 😀👍 Keep up the good work Greg! 👍😎👍

[@GregsWildlife]

Thank you! The birdbath is slightly wonky, but I think part of that was the camera angle! I've been trying to get a picture of a magpie for ages, every time I point a camera at them they fly away! So I was chuffed when one came into the garden. I was surprised I didn't see a robin at all, but my wife says she saw one today, so I'll have to keep a look out. I put some sunflower hearts out, but it's mainly the pigeons that like them so far.

[@jamesdigby6072]

Surprised you didn’t see the robin! I see all those birds except house sparrows. We also have wrens and long tailed tits

[@GregsWildlife]

I know, I was surprised as well. I have seen robins in the garden plenty of times, but not for a few weeks.

[@apollonia6656]

I am plaques by Starlings ! The feeders ( over 21 of then), dishes, ground feeders, suet blocks and suet balls etc are monopolized by them. Even the bird bath is used by them and the other birds miss out. Sorry, Starlings are " flying rats " particularly if you have over 50 as I have.

[@GregsWildlife]

I understand why some people might not like them and it is a shame the other birds don't get a look in at the feeders, but I still think Starlings are a beautiful bird.

[@apollonia6656]

Greg's Wildlife, I think Starlings are beautuful, too. However, in my case it is their numbers ! I know friends who have a few Starlings visiting their garden but they are not as many as 50+.

[@nemosdiary8271]

Love from India

[@GregsWildlife]

Hey! Thanks for watching :-)

[@David-js5yk]

We were doing this for years but then rats came to eat all the food dropped. How can you keep rats aw? .Tried a feed catcher and taking feeds away at night, but ........

[@GregsWildlife]

I know rats can be a problem, but so far I've not seen any. I think the advice is to stop feeding the birds for a while so the rats run out of food and hopefully move on. Then you can start again. But I guess just try to clean up dropped food as much as possible and hope for the best.

[@adam-ud7dg]

Anyone ever seen a baby pigeon

[@GregsWildlife]

No, I haven't. I did have some baby blackbirds in the hedge in my garden.

[@BIRDWATCHINGDOTCALM]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/anOTlqNsnMqef9U Here you go Adam! They are a rare sight in NYC because of where they choose to nest.

[@paulcuffaro6008]

Starlings are a real bully bird they scare all the other birds off

[@GregsWildlife]

I've heard that, but I've not really seen it in my garden.

[@paulcuffaro6008]

Greg's Wildlife yeah it sometimes happens in our garden we don’t get starlings we get goldfinch,blue tit, great tit and just the usual garden birds,something to try on your bird feeders is sunflower hearts all birds love them

[@عبدربالنبيعبدالمجيد]

The video is very cool, but why did you put music in the video knowing that it talks about nature? Believe me, if you had not put music and let us enjoy listening to the sounds of nature, such as the sound of birds, the sound of their eating, the sound of the wind and the sound of tree leaves, the video would have become more enjoyable to watch and more natural.

[@GregsWildlife]

A lot of this video was filmed from inside my house, looking at the birds through a window, so there was not a lot of natural sounds available. But you make a good point for future videos.

[@عبدربالنبيعبدالمجيد]

@@GregsWildlife Thank you so much, but we hear music everywhere to the point that we have lost the sense of natural sounds, which negatively affected our souls. Even nature programs have become full of music. Where are the natural sounds that calm the nerves and relax the soul instead of this music that has become almost everywhere? Believe me hearing the natural sounds inside your home is better than listening to this annoying music that overshadows the sounds of nature, unfortunately.

[@azukarzuchastux8066]

Romans 10:13 New King James Version 13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

[@GregsWildlife]

I'm not interested. Thanks anyway.

[@azukarzuchastux8066]

@@GregsWildlife Joel 2:32 “And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call

[@GregsWildlife]

This really has nothing to do with birdwatching, so I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve. Let's stick to relevant comments please.

[@azukarzuchastux8066]

@@GregsWildlife Joel 2:32 “And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call

[@jaquesaulait]

Really good video, terrible music.

[@GregsWildlife]

What? You're crazy! I love this music.