http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "want to take part in Big Garden Birdwatch?" en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:52:48 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5130#post-54952 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:46:52 +0000 PS 54952@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@amir We had a nesting pair of bullfinches last year for the first time and were well chuffed when they started coming to the feeder on our kitchen window (we're a first floor flat). They are magnificent looking creatures.</p> <p>They are having a good feed on next door's trees, but haven't touched the apple and pear trees out the back (yet). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5130#post-54949 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:30:23 +0000 amir 54949@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I am always in two minds about bullfinches in my garden. On the one hand, they are right smart and nice to see. On the other, they are infamous for stripping fruit trees of their buds. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5130#post-54947 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:23:54 +0000 PS 54947@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No sign of the coal tits this year, and the wood pigeons and redwings kept their distance, so they didn't get counted.</p> <p>From memory, we had:<br /> 4 blue tits<br /> 2 blackbirds<br /> 1 robin<br /> 2 long tailed tits<br /> 1 chaffinch<br /> 3 bullfinches </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5130#post-54946 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:19:42 +0000 amir 54946@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"The RSPB big garden birdwatch: birds to look out for"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16738036" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16738036</a></p> <p>"Garden birds: Are there fewer this year?"<br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16743212" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16743212</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5130#post-54932 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:42:10 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 54932@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Every year the hour I choose seems to signal the departure of every conceivable bird from the garden. Quite a lot flying over, but not allowed to count those, and was quite strict on it being in <em>our</em> garden, so all sorts got discounted.</p> <p>Still, nice to sit with the chickens free-ranging (and remarkably 'chickens' are not included in the birdwatch).</p> <p>4 House Sparrows<br /> 1 Feral Pigeon<br /> 1 Redwing<br /> 4 Blackbirds<br /> 1 Blue Tit<br /> 2 Dunnocks</p> <p>All of the greenfinches, great tits, coal tits, robins, woodpigeons, collared doves, herring gulls, magpie, crows, bullfinches etc etc etc kept their distance. Pah.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackpuddinonnabike/6784062797/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7163/6784062797_3e085f4bca.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackpuddinonnabike/6784062797/">Twiggy Redwing</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/blackpuddinonnabike/">blackpuddinonnabike</a>, on Flickr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5130#post-54898 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:59:55 +0000 amir 54898@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>9 greenfinch<br /> 2 chaffinch<br /> 3 blackbirds<br /> 2 coaltits<br /> 2 wood pigeon<br /> 1 long tailed tit<br /> 1 house sparrow<br /> 1 song thrush<br /> 2 blue tit<br /> 1 robin</p> <p>Nice to sit down for an hour. Now to wash that red East Lothian mud of the bike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5130#post-54882 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:06:11 +0000 Min 54882@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I didn't do too badly this year, though some of my favourites stayed away it is better than pretty much everything staying away which is what usually happens!</p> <p>Goldfinch 5<br /> Blackbird 2<br /> Robin 2<br /> Blue Tit 3<br /> Dunnock 3<br /> Coal Tit 2<br /> Woodpigeon</p> <p>I got pretty consisitant bird action too rather than huge periods of nothing at all. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5130#post-54690 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:06:17 +0000 chdot 54690@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/takepart.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/takepart.aspx</a> </p>