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Big Garden Birdwatch
by loiswakeman @ 01/02/2007 - 14:26:15

Did you do the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch at the weekend? I did, and this is what I recorded on Sunday morning after I'd put out the bird food:

  • 1 blackbird hen and 1 nuthatch
  • 2 each of bluetits, chaffinches, dunnocks, great tits, robins and pheasants
  • 3 each of coaltits and magpies
  • 5 greenfinches
We normally have at least 6 pheasants (five hens and a cock) and three blackbirds (two hens and a cock) around at feeding time - so typically they decided to stay away while I was looking for them. I also know there are wrens, crows, rooks and thrushes about, and we often have buzzards and gulls flying over. But I was pleased the nuthatch put in an appearance as he often stays away.

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01/02/07 @ 15:37

You did pretty well then considering it was overcast at the weekend. The Nuthatch is such a pretty bird and a really fast song.

MrFlightyMrFlighty [Member]
01/02/07 @ 16:24

You saw what I said on my own entry earlier in the week. I heard far more than I saw! The mild winter seems to be the reason for the generally low count.

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