Some of my winter guests every year, photographed through my window. Of course Robin is my absolute favourite – and I have two of them. They eat on different sides of the house, this one outside my room and the other one outside my kitchen window. Fighters they are, so better stay apart…
Every year in January there is a national bird count, and everyone who has a feeder or a garden can participate and count their birds during three days and then report the results. For the last ten years the birds have been declining and some species are not here anymore. This is a fact all over the world. But, it is interesting to participate and follow your own reports as well as from the whole country over the years. Some years there is an invasion of a certain species, and this year we had a massive invasion of the Common Redpoll all over the Sweden.
Leya 
We have an annual garden birds count here and as in Sweden the numbers of some species are declining while others are on the up – parakeets in the case of the latter in London! It’s lovely to see you enjoying the same birds that we do, the robins, blue tits and great tits 🙂 All are among my favourites!
Parakeets? Ok, you have a bit higher temperatures than we do, but still! Interesting.
They started to appear some years ago. One theory says they were escaped pets, another (which I rather like!) that they escaped from the set of the African Queen which was filmed in part at Shepperton Studios 🙂
Wow…exciting!
Dear Ann-Christine
beautiful winter pictures. We haven’t had a winter yet, but it’s not too late.
We have a lot of robins, black birds and blue tits visiting our feeders.
Thanks
The Fab Four of Cley
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I am glad to hear about the birds, they bring us smiles and joy, and we do something good for them.
All the best for the weekend
Ann-Christine
for you as well
The Fab Four of Cley
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Beautiful photos, not easy to capture birds as they move so quickly. I love the blue tits and great tits, so colourful.
I love them too – and luckily I have a number of them!
Beautiful photos.
I only recently realised that many birds stay in the winter instead of migrating or overwintering to the south.
I hope their numbers recover.
Yes, more of them stay since the winters are milder nowadays. Let’s hope for better days.
It’s bad news that birds are declining, but I think your garden may be a favourite hotspot!
I try to make it so. I have blue tits and blackbirds and two other species spending their whole lives here.
We have had a decline in small bird numbers….but the Robin battles on regardless.
They do, and we are happy they are😊
These are beautiful! We tend to have more common little birds hopping around our patio, but will see robins and more colourful birds when we’re out walking.
And you are walking!
I see robin in Turkiye too. I didn’t see blue and yellow bird. I like it. Great photos.
Thank you – robins are lovely birds.
Delightful!
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BEAUTIFUL
Thank you
You got some beautiful winter birds, Ann-Christine! They look like having extra layers of feathers to keep them warm.
They do puff them up to contain the warmth.
Pretty photos!!
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Wonderful birds, colors, and images! What are those cute yellow birds with the blue head?
The snow really brings out their color, Ann-Christine! Gorgeous.
It does, thank you. They shine!
Such beautiful photos, Ann-Christine. They look cold, but it’s understandable. The European robin is so pretty.
Thank you, they look like little balls because the layers of fethers will keep them warm.
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Congratulations read and thank you for pushing the count and bird reporter. Some of them are migratory birds that are probably losing their natural habitat due to deforestation or environmental pollution and therefore have been reducing their population or disappearing.
Yes, unfortunately.
Beautiful photos of lovely little birds 😍
Thanks Brian! Not as colourful as yours, but sweet.
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