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All we seem to get are magpies and blackbirds,literally by the dozen, seagulls and robins this time of year...more species in the warmer months.

I thought it maybe cos my neighbours now have so many cats,and they are always trekking thro our garden to the woodland below,that was keeping the birds away. I think they have 6, lovely looking cats , I sho them away.
One of them had climbed a large tree at the bottom my garden,stalking 2 blackbirds, the birds held their ground and actually moved in on the cat and forced him down out of the tree..fascinating to watch.

Shaun, well now we know where all our birds are. I wonder if that is because your weather is so much colder than ours.

Shaun...thats great:)

l've sent an email to them and apologised:))

We've had atleast one of the robins today too and the Green Parrot the other day:)

Off to watch Countryfiles in a mo:)) :-D :-D :-D

jude ;-)

JUDE WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

GOODNESS KNOWS WHAT THE RSPB WILL THINK :-D :-D :-D :-D

What I logged at 8.30 Saturday morning.
Blackbird 5 , Blue tit 16, Chaffinch 9, Coal tit 3, Collared dove 0, Dunnock 4 ,
Goldfinch 0, Great tit 11, Greenfinch 2, House sparrow 0, Long-tailed tit 9,
Magpie 1, Robin 5, Starling 0, Woodpigeon 7.

OTHER SPECIES.
Wren 1, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2, Nuthatch 3, Redwing 2.

Hope you are al;l okay.
Must go.
Shaun

PS; IT'S SNOWING, WONT ANY? :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D ;-)

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l know, l've messed the whole thing up now :-( :-( ;-)

And I kept pushing the thread up too Jude. What re you like? The RSPB calculations will be all out now without your input :-D :-D

Oh no l forgot.....darn it:(((( :-0 :-(

We did have 3 - 4 chaffinches though, and a few blackbirds. Don't see many sparrows now, hope they come back.
Don't forget if you see Tree Sparrows (the ones with more of a while line round the neck) tell a bird site!!

Dohh l can't believe that:((((

jude :-(

Well nothing exotic - no flamingo's or pelicans.

But I did have 13 sparrows, 4 greenfinches, 6 chaffinches, 2 collared doves, 1 robin, 2 bluetits, and 3 marauding jackdaws.

I thought the other day that it's many years since I saw a bullfinch - does anyone have them?
Maybe they don't frequent North Wales.

Tec.

We did have 2 greenfinches, 4 goldfinches, one chaffinch, 2 blackbirds, 1 wren, 5 house sparrows and a pied wagtail plus a collard dove and a wood pigeon.

All done and sent off.
Not many here either Ann. We saw redwing yesterday but not this morning. No chaffinches, starlings or the waxwing that we had in abundance last year.

Like you say think there is more natural food around at the moment.

Still definately like the feeding station, so that was a great gift.

Linda xxx <3 <3 <3

Fewer than last year and not a single starling. A man from RSPB on the radio said there will be fewer birds in gardens this year as they are still out in the fields because of the milder weather.

Sitting counting the birds now.

Guess there aren't too many around this morning !!

Linda xxx <3 <3 <3

Morning All.
As you all are saying the birds go into hiding when you need to count them .we had 8 ring doves on Thursday morning on the front garden.never seen so many together ,only one today .enjoy your watching ,Keep warm .very cold here .but a bright day Barbra , :-)

Morning all:)

l hope to do the count tomorrow, Vic will be on a ramble. Madoc will hopefully be on our bed which means he won't be running to the door and frightening the birds away!!

Just been watching the parakeet, it was squawking from the top of a very big fir tree.

Island...sorry l still have two photo's to get onto my blog, the blog has a new set up, must go and have another try...oops!

jude :-D

I swear that the birds all send out messages "Bird watch weekend stay away from gardens",

Snow, just got in and the rain is very cold and lots of it lashing down.

I hope to get an hour without any disturbances to do my Bird Count.

No snow here,but it has turned blooming cold this afternoon. :-S.Brrrrrrrr!

SNOW?????????? I thought it turned a bit chilly this afternoon :-0

I can't believe how much snow has come down in an hour here.

Penblwydd hapus (to the welsh thread)

Annie

Would any of you like some SNOW, I don't mind sharing :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

WELSH THREAD ONE YEAR OLD TODAY :-D

Take Care All.
Shaun