That's nice! We have a lot of birds but nothing so exotic.
"Up to" number for regulars are 8 blue tits, 6 great tits, 6 long tailed tits, 6 starlings, 4 blackbirds, 3 robins, 4 dunnocks, 4 pigeons, 4 stock doves, 4 collared doves, 2 pied wagtails, a crow, a magpie, 2 greater spotted woodpeckers, 1 green woodpecker, 2 greenfinches, assorted sparrows, a pheasant (which scolds our bewildered cat), 2 mallards and, in season, a fieldfare or two. We also have an occasional bullfinch and a sparrowhawk as a regular visitor, which treats our garden wildlife as tasty snacks.
Numbers that are hugely down in the last 12 months are greenfinches and sparrows. Our wrens have vanished. At one time sparrows used to form a line 50+ strong along the top of our fence, now we just see the odd 2 or 3. Yellowhammers were once regulars but not now and its been four years since we saw any turtle doves. We've also got several birds with mishapen overlong beaks. The cold spell last year killed off most of our long tailed tits but they made a small recovery in the summer.
Loads of skylarks nearby, so it's not all bad news.
