Birds recorded in our garden throughout 2024

This is a list of birds seen in our front and back gardens throughout 2024, in 2025 I aim to write about every species on this list, the blue text links to species I’ve already written about, not all photos taken in garden.

Woodpigeon Columba palumbus

Various, very often 1x pair + 2x fledglings

Housesparrow Passer Domesticus

Flocks, individuals + fledglings

Great Tit parus major

Various, 1x successful brood, 1 newly fledged taken by a Magpie, fledgling recovered but sadly too late

Blackbird Turdus merula

Various + 1x fledged bird fed by both male and female for over a week

Starling Sturnus vulgaris

Often in a flock of 14+ with youngsters

Male and Female Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Bluetit Cyanistes Caeruleus

Various, 1x pair attempted to nest but aggressively chased from nestbox by Great tit pair which went on to raise brood. Later in year visits by Bluetits including fledglings

Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis

Visiting flocks and 1x pair repeatedly visited last year’s nest site in privet but didn’t stay

Jackdaw Corvus monedula

Usually 1, occasionally pair, often on peanut feeder

Magpie Pica pica

Often 1x pair occasionally accompanied by 1x youngster from this year. On several occasions a ‘mischief’ of Magpies numbering up to 7, often accompanied by Jackdaw and Woodpigeon

Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus.

Announced it’s presence with a song, wasn’t missed.

1x Treecreeper Certhia familiaris

Caught sneaking a couple of times.

Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus

Feeding on Fennel seeds.

Dunnock Prunella modularis

A dull bird to some but a regular brightness throughout the year.

Robin Erithacus rubecula

1x fledgling, 2 adults. Through the spring and summer soon to appear after the digging had been done.

Wren Troglodytes troglodytes

Attempted possibly successful breeding attempt as newly fledged birds seen

1x Heron Ardea cinerea

Sat on fence observing nextdoor’s fishpond!

Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto

Occasional visits by a pair

Songthrush Turdus philomelos

Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus

Several visits, once suspected of taking a fledgling Wren

Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major

Only “spotted” once…

Jay Garrulus Glandarius.

Only visited a couple of times but brightened up the garden when it did. PS they love eating acorns (so share this and their pinkness with Piglet).

Long-tailed tits Aegithalos caudatus

These little fluff balls are daily visitors, flitting between tree and feeders.

A birdie with a yellow bill
Hopped upon my window sill,
Cocked his shining eye and said:
“Ain’t you ‘shamed, you sleepy-head!”

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)

A B-H & L B-H

(Dec 2024)