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We settled down to do our birdwatch yeaterday afternoon. I thought it seemed a bit quiet in fact absolutely bereft of any birds at all, when suddenly a Sparrowhawk swooped down from nearby trees and settled on the birdfeeder! He sat there for a few minutes before departing and after several minutes the birds returned and we has a reasonable overall count (including the sparrowhawk)
Yes I have done it every year since it started. Sparrow numbers up, Blue Tit numbers down compared to last year. Rarest visitor was a Greater Spotted Woodpecker.
Trevor
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Dave
Binoculars???? You must have a blooming big garden
My wife does it every year and yesterdays count was:-
2 Blackbirds
2 Collared doves
2 Robins
4 Blue tits
2 House sparrows
2 Starling
2 Chaffinches
14 Long tailed tits (yes all at once!!!)
2 Coal tits
3 Great tits
1 Pied wagtail
2 Nuthatches
3 Golden eagles
2 Osprey
Blue tits were the most counted on my list but I am sure they were popping in and out of my neighbours garden, some may have been counted more than once.
My count for 4o`clock to 5 included.
3Great tits
2 Blackbirds
15 Blue tits
3 Robins
2 Wrens
9 Starlings
3 Dunnocks
5 Sparrows
3 Collared doves
3 Pigeons
1 Pheasant
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Wish I had known as we are getting our sparrows and starlings back after quite a few years absence.
Not very well publicised is it?
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Anyone do the RSPB big Garden Watch over the weekend.
I spent an hour between 2 and 3 oclock yesterday afternoon.
Glass in hand, binoculars at the ready. Birdfood in the usual feeders.
Not a single bird came into my garden.
Between 4 and 5 I counted 49
Dave p
You did it at the wrong time Dave, birds are more active first thing on a morning after a long night then late afternoon in readiness for the night. On both occasions looking to consume as much as possible.
You can't count them more than once Dave. You are only supposed to record the maximum number seen at any one instant, not all counted within the hour, There is a subtle difference.
Trevor
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