RSPB Garden Birdwatch - 30th & 31st January 2010

**catherine nicol** · 25-Jan-10, 19:14

RSPB Garden Birdwatch is just about upon us.

View the following link on how to take part and how to download and record the birds in your garden

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

Please join in as this information is of vital importance to establishing trends and what is still around in your local area. This will be especially important following the big freeze we have just had.

They reckon Blue Tits all but diappeared during the last big freeze so it will be great to hear that they have survived this time thanks to everyone putting out food and water for the little critters.

Thanks, have fun

**Liz** · 25-Jan-10, 20:05

Thanks for the link Catherine.

I must remember to take part this year as forgot last time.

Think I might do it some afternoon when there are a lot of birds in my garden as during previous Garden Birdwatche's hardly any birdies arrived!

**the_count** · 25-Jan-10, 21:33

I might pop down to st johns pool for my hour lol never get anything in our garden except crows and seagulls lol

**catherine nicol** · 30-Jan-10, 15:50

Did an hour today and was surprised by the number of starlings

1 x Redwing
9 x Chaffinches
2 x Blackbirds
4 x Rooks
10 x Jackdaws
14 x House Sparrows
60 x Starlings
2 x Collared Doves
1 x Robin
1 x Song Thrush

The maximum number of Starlings of late has been 40 but awesome number this morning when I opened the curtains.

Yesterday was a first for a Redwing in my garden so was very surprised to see it back again today. Counted it as a Starling initially when I was doing my count and once I had my total I studied them individually and discovered one of the Starlings had a leg ring but couldn't read the number as too small and one of the gang was the Redwing. Great surprise bird in the flock.

Will do an hour again tomorrow and see if there is any difference.

Have fun and remember to report your findings.

**Liz** · 30-Jan-10, 15:58

I've been trying to count the birds today but they keep flying away!

I've seen loads of Starlings as well Catherine.

**WeeBurd** · 30-Jan-10, 21:00

I did an hour over lunchtime today - it was definitely quieter than usual though

...

Jackdaw 4
Herring Gull 2
Starling 13
Common Gull 5
Chaffinch 13
Rook 4
Blackbird 2
Song Thrush 1
Greenfinch 10
Goldfinch 2
Siskins 2

Mind you, 13 is an all time record for chaffinches in our garden at one time!

**kas** · 31-Jan-10, 19:54

Well we had results like no other year. The garden has been taken over by Chaffinches and Blackbirds and not a single visit from a House Sparrow. However they were filling their faces in next doors garden. No Wren, No Goldfinch, No Dunnock, No Song Thrush, No Blue Tit and NO ROBIN!!!

36 Chaffinches
34 Starlings (only because I put out home made fatballs)
16 Blackbirds (all scrapping like mad)
10 Greenfinches
2 Collared Doves
2 Hodded Crows
and a visit from the neigbourhood villian Mrs Sparrowhawk. (She took off on sight of me with the camera)

**Liz** · 31-Jan-10, 23:58

Not so many of the little birds as usual.

6 Collared Doves
30 Starlings
20 House Sparrows
5 Greenfinches
7 Chaffinches
2 Blackbird
1 Robin

**Leanne** · 01-Feb-10, 00:05

I've had about 40 crows (they eat the horse poo in the field)
2 sparrows
4 robins
12 collared doves
about 6 housemartins (resident to my barn)
I've seen the local sparrow hawk this morning
And I am currently looking at the barn owl that lives in one of our barns

**Kevin Milkins** · 01-Feb-10, 01:47

Originally Posted by Leanne

I've had about 40 crows (they eat the horse poo in the field)
2 sparrows
4 robins
12 collared doves
about 6 housemartins (resident to my barn)
I've seen the local sparrow hawk this morning
And I am currently looking at the barn owl that lives in one of our barns

House Martins?

**Leanne** · 01-Feb-10, 09:33

Originally Posted by Kevin Milkins

House Martins?

The things that make little nests that look like concrete in buildings...

**Kevin Milkins** · 01-Feb-10, 10:04

Originally Posted by Leanne

The things that make little nests that look like concrete in buildings...

Is your barn in Africa?

**Iffy** · 01-Feb-10, 10:09

Over the last couple of days we've had -

Blue tits x2
Robin x1
Redwing x1

and the usual starlings, sparrows and blackbirds

**Anji** · 01-Feb-10, 18:38

This afternoon we've had:

Three robins
Two blackbirds
Three chaffinches
One thrush
One blue tit
and too many starlings, sparrows and greenfinches to count.

OH says we had a golden eagle as well, but that's a bare faced lie!

**doyle** · 01-Feb-10, 20:24

Downloaded our results from yesterday:
7 blackbirds
2 blue tits
15 chaffinches
2 coal tits
6 collared doves
1 dunnock
4 goldfinches
2 great tits
13 greenfinches
18 house sparrows
2 robins
12 starlings
1 woodpigeon
1 wren