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First time sighting [British Bird]

(29 Posts)
MiniMoon Wed 25-Mar-26 10:50:40

We had a lovely little flock of long tailed tits in our garden last week. They visited the bird feeders and then flew off all together.
Yesterday I saw a bullfinch which is a very rare sighting here.

Luckygirl3 Wed 25-Mar-26 10:47:11

There are lots of jays in Pembrokeshire.

MayBee70 Wed 25-Mar-26 10:43:29

The one I rarely see, even though they are supposed to be quite common and I am surrounded by trees ( and they are canopy birds) is the Jay. I’ve only ever seen one. It always surprises me to read that the most common bird in this country is the wren. I know I do see them in the garden but never in the numbers that I see other birds.

beachcomber76 Wed 25-Mar-26 10:35:42

I've always noticed birds and get the usual common ones in my suburban garden: sparrows, blackbirds, thrushes. Blue tits are a favourite, see wrens and robins sometimes, a coal tit now and then, a chaffinch rarely.

But yesterday I saw a small bird I had never seen before, ever, and found out it was a long tailed tit. Gorgeous. It made my day.