Redpoll

Kess73

Is it just me, or is there an unusually high amount of them around over the last few weeks.

I have the regular ones, Lesser Redpoll, turning up daily in my garden numbering up to thirty at a go. I also have a lot of Artic redpoll who could number ten to twelve at any given time. I also get a number of common redpoll at the moment.

I know the other two species often join up with the Lesser redpoll in winter, but the numbers just seem a lot higher than in other years.

I still have all my regular visitors out there, Robins, Dunnocks, siskins, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Coal tits, Blue tits, Great Tits, blackcaps, blackbirds, manky starlings, wood pigeons, collared doves, magpies, and the pair of sparrowhawks.

But the amounts of redpoll really catch the eye. They are everywhere, on the ground, on wondowsills, it the trees, and they LOVE my niger feeders. Niger has to be the greatest thing in a redpoll's world going by how they flock to it. Some of them will even take it from the hand the same way the robin takes mealworm from my hand.

What I am not seeing a lot of is goldfinches, only seeing them in small numbers.

littlebug

That sounds lovely Kess. the redpolls obviously havent made it to mayo yet. (or my part anyway). There were lot of goldfinches coming to my garden a couple of months ago but not so many now.. whether they've moved on or the cat got them :mad:I don't know. There are more siskins, greenfinches, chaffinches, a few house sparrows, the occasional blue tit and coal tit, a very occasional robin and the resident blackbird.

Kess73

If you want to see Redpoll, put out some niger seed, if you do not have it out already for the goldfinches, and then sit back and watch them arrive after a few days to a week. Niger seed will also be loved by the Goldfinches.

Kaldorn

Some of dont appreciate rascism rearing its ugly head in here..pleasr refrain

Kess73

Kaldorn wrote: »

Some of dont appreciate rascism rearing its ugly head in here..pleasr refrain

Is that a joke or a wind up? Use of an appropriate smilie icon would make humour more clear.


If not, what are you on about?


The seed is called Niger seed or Nyjer seed, depending on what brand you get. There is nothing racist in my post at all, and I am bemused how anyone on a Narure & Birdwatching forum could take the name of a very common seed used for birds and try to see something like that in it.









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Kaldorn

it was a joke i thought that was fairly obvious

Ruu_Old

Kaldorn wrote: »

Some of dont appreciate rascism rearing its ugly head in here..pleasr refrain

Don't be silly. Carry on now.

Kess73

Kaldorn wrote: »

it was a joke i thought that was fairly obvious

I was not sure if what you had said was in jest or not. Plenty of trolls on the site, but thanks for replying and clearing it up. :cool: