The Big Garden Birdwatch

[Peter Parka]

Ian, especially and any other Brits on here, you doing it this weekend? Basically its a huge annual study by the RSPB where one weekend a year as many people as possible spend one hour recording what birds they see in their garden and how many of them. It's a valuable study to moniter which species aree declining and increasing and how certain weather, like the cold snap recently has affected their numbers. I'm doing mine tomorrow as I wont have any meal worms (a favorite for the birds in my garden) till then. I'll post my personal results when I've done it.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/

 

[Peter Parka]

Just done it, not much at all really, not even my pied wagtail and robin despite the fact I put out mealworms for them which they find rather moreish. My results -
Blackheaded Gull (2)
Carrion Crow (1)
Wood Pigeon (4)
Magpie (5)
Starling (21)

*Number in brackets is the most seen together at any one time

 

[skyblue]

i saw a little fire crest in my garden today

 

[freakofnature]

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[Tuffdisc]

ics:

Go to the website:thumbup

 

[JanieDough]

I think she was hoping for more personal pictures from sky and peter

 

[JanieDough]

oh and I just went and looked at the website - that's really cool! I like the little chart they actually give you.

I want to live in Britain!

 

[freakofnature]

I think she was hoping for more personal pictures from sky and peter

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[Peter Parka]

i saw a little fire crest in my garden today

Awesome! Dont very often get them as far north as you, they occasionaly get up to London, know the've been seen at that graveyard in Stoke Newington. My dad once saw one in Harlow, years ago, so he reckons but chances are it was probably a goldcrest.

 

[JanieDough]

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thanks!