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The RSPB Birdwatch isn't for the whole weekend, straykitten, you just pick an hour at some point during the weekend when you've got time to look and note down just what you've seen in that hour. Otherwise you might record that you've seen 10 robins when it's just the one greedy little thing returning again and again.
Don't worry if you only get 'ordinary' birds - they're important, too. House sparrow numbers, for example, have plummeted by 50% since RSPB recording began (30 years ago if I remember rightly).
(Apologies if I'm telling you what you already know)

how do you remeber what all the birds are to note them down?

mine wont eat of me bird table stray spends to much time sat on it lol

Well my total:
2 blackbirds
1 bluetit
1 Carrion crow
2chaffinches
2 collared doves
1 goldfinch
2 Great tits
4 Green finches
2 house sparrows
2 jackdaws
1 song thrush
10 starlings
2 wood pigeons
1 pied wagtail
1 seagull and
1 Sparrow Hawk

After the last one landed in the garden the birds all disappeared!! Wonder why?

The song thrush was the biggest surprise. We have not seen a thrush in the garden for at least 8 years.

The pity is that we can't list birds that are often in the garden in the past 2 weeks we have had long tailed tits, robin, wren, blackcap, dunnock and coal tit. But not when I was doing the bird watch.

Thanks for that Ann,l had forgotten...doww,printed it off now and will fillit intonight, ldid an hr session the other day.

Today we had 4-5 chaffinch prs, they're getting less timid now. The robin, a few blackbirds male and female, a few jackdaws, a magpie,sparrow, dunnock, the 2 main tits, we sometimes get longtailed tits but not seen then for a while, same with the blackcaps and l could hear the green woodie again....ooo and a few starlings:o)

We did'nt get any nesting boxes, Vic says there's nowhere to put them that would be safe:o(

Bellblair....your garden is always so busy and with lots of birds and animals we don't get. Would love to have ago at making a willow fence. We have a weeping willow in a sort of park just round the corner,in the past l have cut branches off to make christmas door wreaths,don't think l ought to cut branches that big though!! lol

jude :o) x

This weekend is the big garden bird watch.

www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch

You can download a recording sheet on this site.

I bet all 'my' birds do a disappearing act.

Ann
Glos

Yes Jude still raining, the field to the side of the house has now got 2 drakes on it. and we had 7 hen birds and just 2 cock birds this morning.
the robins have been fighting over nest box so OH has got to build 2 more.
the blue tits have moved in thier homes. the burn is running very fast and high at the moment, so I hope that the banking does not get washed away to much. I hope to build a willow fence thingy to help stop the bank from being washed away, but I have to wait until the summer to do that.

No nothing like children ...i agree alittle like pheasant...quite expensive tho as not much meat on them.. i have also been a veggie for 9months as a bet...and yes i won

Glenys.....wat you like...lol....but l had'nt realised either:o)))

Ann - yep like duck:o))....so why don't lwant to try the others?? dunno!! lol

jude :o)

*gives Mark a clip round the ear*

Do you know, I've only just found out that, where there's more than 10 pages of a thread, you have to use the drop-down box where it says "more pages".

This may have been mentioned before, so if it has, I'm reminding you! lol
*what self really means is that self doesn't want to lose face*

Julia, good luck with the fat balls. :-))
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Jude, and duck?

Ann - l could'nt eat Pheasant either,but there again l eat chicken and love it.

jude :o)

mark, I suppose not a lot different to eating pheasant or even chicken morally both of which I have eaten.

Ann
Glos

Ohhh Mark did you really,lcould'nt:o((((

How can l forget this thread?? but l did:o((

Its beenmiserable here for a few days and not so many birds,l think they all nip out for a feed when they know l'm not looking!!lol

Bought a nyjer feeder to day £10.00 its quite tall aswell and its metal with holes in it not wire mesh or plastic, so no hole at the bottom,lets hope it works. We looked at other shops and they were £15 - £25 (Droitwich).

l am going to do a bird watch report tomorrow on the net, l did a watch for an hr the other day and l won't be here on Saturday,hope they don't mind, but then l won't tellem. Usually l find on the day its so very quiet and no birds to watch:o((

Our woodpigeon with the damaged leg is still about,he's been aroung for about 3 yrs now, so thats good.Whenl went to London Victoria coach station back in October there were loads of injured pigeons,you'd think the rspca would get in the and sort em out. What really gets me are the kids that are allowed to chase them....grrrrr

First thing this morning l heard the Green woodpecker (well 8.30am is first thing to me...lol), but l could'nt see it, he went on for about an hour, wonder what he was saying......lol

We're stillgetting 4 or 5 chaffinch prs but they are usually early thengone and 3 - 4 prs of blackbirds,more often 3 males and 1 female.

Bellblair - is it still raining there??

jude :o)

I ate Pigeon for the first time last week ,,,mmmm tasty

the Blackcap paid us another visit this lunch time, he or she seems to like the fat balls.

Raining now and the birds seem to have gone to bed early. usually they have a last frenzied feed around now. Wonder if they know we have got rough weather on the way? It doesn't look very nice out there and has turned very cold.

Beautiful sunny clear but frosty morning here in Glos this morning. Just been out to the bird table and the Blackbird is singing away. obviously has thoughts of spring!!!! At this moment on the feeders, a single goldfinch, green finches, a single sparrow and a single starling on the shop bought fat balls.

Ann
Glos

Jude you must have sent the rain and snow this way, todays weather has been sun shine rain sleet and now snow which looks as if it might settle as the temp is droping. will have to brave the elements later as the peanut feeders are nearly empty. The green finches have come back along with the gold finches.
BC I wish we could put some pic up as you could then see his lordship courting his ladies, its so funny in the mornings all they want is brekkie and he has other things on his mind, doing is one sided dance with his wing down and tail feathers in the air.
I have not seen so many fieldfare as there are at the moment,

And I agree with Julia it is a great thread.

Just put some raw fat out from pork chops. Mr blackbird sat on the fence and watched me and flew down as soon as I turned to come indoors.

We had a blackcap on the fat balls this morning and the usual goldfinches, green finches on the seeds, and starling gobbling anything in sight.

Ann
Glos