RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch.

[Little Sparrow]

The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch is this weekend though I doubt any memebers on the forum would not know this!

Hope the weather is sunny, cool and dry, that should bring a few birdies flocking to our gardens.

I will post my results on this thread be they good or dire.lol!

Please feel free to post your results if you participate.

[Dave H]

Originally Posted by Little Sparrow

.............................I doubt any members on the forum would not know this!

Our local birds must know this too, they seem to have disappeared!
Last year we were able to report just a few Blue Tits.

Dave

[Little Sparrow]

Originally Posted by Dave H

Our local birds must know this too, they seem to have disappeared!
Last year we were able to report just a few Blue Tits.

Dave

At least they were recorded Dave!
Hope you get a few Great Tits also this year and maybe a Dunnock or two!

[Darryl]

This is my first year, I've turned down a days overtime tomorrow to take part in this survey so I hope the local birds appreciate my sacrifice and turn up to be counted

[Darryl]

Well I counted between 8 and 9 AM and the results were a little strange
The most birds at any one time was

House Sparrow 10
Woodpigeon 9
Blackbird 4
Blue Tit 3
Great Tit 2
Long Tailed Tit 2
Magpie 2
Collared Dove 2
Coal Tit 1
Dunnock 1
Chaffinch 1
Robin 1
Jay 1

I was expecting less Woodpigeons and more Blue and Great Tits, shame the Woodpeckers, Nuthatches or Redpoll didn't show but they do tend to visit later in the day.

[Little Sparrow]

A good list there Darryl!

My count in order of appearance and taken 8.30am-9.30am.

Great Tit - 2
Blackcap (f)-1
Coal Tit - 1
Magpie -1
Robin -2
Blackbird -3
Crow -4
Feral Pigeon- 1
Woodpigeon-4
Dunnock -2
Wren -1
Blue Tit -2

I am quite pleased with the count as it is fairly indicative of my daily visitors through Winter though the Wren has only this last week been spotted almost daily. Woodpigeon count is way down as I get an average of 14+ daily, I reckon a Sparrowhawk was lurking as my garden went quiet for almost 30 minutes during the count.

I may have another go tomorrow morning and compare the counts.

[Twitcheruth]

I'll do mine tomorrow and post here.

[PeterB]

Did mine in two stints, either side of gardening. I'm sure that's not cheating too much.

Very quiet day although I am glad the Little Owl was in it's usual roost and flew past me when I went to the shed.

Blackbird 1
Blue tit 6
Carrion crow 5
Chaffinch 10
Collared dove 2
Dunnock 1
Goldfinch 10
Great tit 2
Greenfinch 1
Jackdaw 2
Robin 1
Woodpigeon 1
Wren 1
Scarcer birds
Little owl 1
Pheasant 1
Pied wagtail 1
Red-legged partridge 6

[ADRIAN K]

Here is my list from this morrning 10.05am to 11.04am

Long Tailed Tit x 5
Wood Pigeon x 3
House Sparrow x 11
Blackbird x 4
Collard Dove x 7
Magpie x 2
Feral Pigeon x 2
Blue Tit x 10
Dunnock x 5
Carrion Crow x 2
Great Tit x 7
Robin x 3

After the hour was up I also saw

Gold Finch x 4
Coal Tit x 6
Starling x 2
Song Thrush x 2

Will be donig it again tomorrow at the same time I hope weather permitting.

[ADRIAN K]

Yesterdays list was taken from the bottom of my garden today’s list is from the top of the garden where I can see all the feeding stations and the small brook that runs through the bottom of the garden (couldn’t see this yesterday as my shed is just in front of the brook).
Restocked all the feeding stations with the following Sunflower seeds black & white ones, Corn, Peanuts, Meal worms, Wild bird seed mixed, bread on floor around feeding stations, Apples cut in half around foot of tables and down by brook also one of the tables as Mixed parrot food on (Jays love this).

Here goes with today’s list.
Coal tit x 2
House sparrow x 15
Robin x 2
Great tit x 10
Blackbird x 4
Blue tit x 12
Dunnock x 6
Wood pigeon x 5
Magpie x 4
Jay x 3
Long tailed tit x 2
Collard dove x 5
Yellowhammer x 3
Chaffinch X 6
Lesser redpoll x 6
Feral pigeon x 1
Carrion Crow x 2
Black headed gull x 1
Grey heron (top of tree between mine and next doors) x 1
Greater spotted woodpecker x 1
Song thrush x 2
Siskin x 2
Starling x 5
Gold finch x 3
Sparrow hawk x 1

Fly over’s included
Red wing, Buzzard, Lesser black backed gull, Green woodpecker

Seen after count –
Pied wagtail x 1, Male Pheasant x 1, Green finch x 4, Wren x 2, Grey wagtail x 1