Male Yellowhammer and his Missus

Are they going to become regulars?

The male and female Yellowhammers reappeared today (the fifth time a Yellowhammer has been seen in the garden) - and once again it was a very brief visit and quite late on in the day (3:30PM). They seem quite nervous of the other birds in the garden and I am yet to see them feed.

I did manage a record shot of them together, but they were right at the bottom of the garden. Nice to get them together, though. Hopefully they'll keep visiting so I get more chances to get a half decent shot.

He Came Back!

The Yellowhammer returned again today ... and this time he brought the wife! Unfortunately, it was just starting to get dark when I saw them and it was completely overcast and raining. Taking a photo was not an option! Fingers crossed for tomorrow.

Yellowhammer Returns

This is only the third time I have recorded a Yellowhammer in the garden - the other two occasions were both in January this year. This time, however, I did manage to take some record shots which I had failed to do in January.

I only spotted him as I happened to look out of kitchen window whilst putting something in the kitchen sink. As a result, I saw him for only around ten seconds; in that time I had to pick up the camera, wait for it to wake from sleep mode and then just click away! The results are very poor, but I'm sure he'll be back sometime and, hopefully, he'll stay a while longer - so I might get another chance!

I didn't see him feed but he did appear to be glancing up at the small bowl of sunflower hearts placed on the top of the kitchen steps.

Shooting through a window obviously isn't ideal as it drains a lot of colour from the photo - this chap was very yellow.

A New Garden Tick - Yellowhammer!

A new garden tick today - a male Yellowhammer! Saw him only very briefly; he landed in the bottom border near the logpile, I went to grab my binoculars (which Sod's Law states will be on the other side of the room) and when I returned he was gone! The garden was very busy at the time, so he either arrived with the Goldfinch (flock of 12), Chaffinch (15) or Greenfinch (apx. 23).