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"want to take part in Big Garden Birdwatch?"
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Posted 12 years ago #
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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!
Goldfinch 5
Blackbird 2
Robin 2
Blue Tit 3
Dunnock 3
Coal Tit 2
WoodpigeonI got pretty consisitant bird action too rather than huge periods of nothing at all.
Posted 12 years ago # -
9 greenfinch
2 chaffinch
3 blackbirds
2 coaltits
2 wood pigeon
1 long tailed tit
1 house sparrow
1 song thrush
2 blue tit
1 robinNice to sit down for an hour. Now to wash that red East Lothian mud of the bike.
Posted 12 years ago # -
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 our garden, so all sorts got discounted.
Still, nice to sit with the chickens free-ranging (and remarkably 'chickens' are not included in the birdwatch).
4 House Sparrows
1 Feral Pigeon
1 Redwing
4 Blackbirds
1 Blue Tit
2 DunnocksAll of the greenfinches, great tits, coal tits, robins, woodpigeons, collared doves, herring gulls, magpie, crows, bullfinches etc etc etc kept their distance. Pah.
Twiggy Redwing by blackpuddinonnabike, on FlickrPosted 12 years ago # -
"The RSPB big garden birdwatch: birds to look out for"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16738036
"Garden birds: Are there fewer this year?"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16743212Posted 12 years ago # -
No sign of the coal tits this year, and the wood pigeons and redwings kept their distance, so they didn't get counted.
From memory, we had:
4 blue tits
2 blackbirds
1 robin
2 long tailed tits
1 chaffinch
3 bullfinchesPosted 12 years ago # -
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.
Posted 12 years ago # -
@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.
They are having a good feed on next door's trees, but haven't touched the apple and pear trees out the back (yet).
Posted 12 years ago #
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