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Lovely photos on that blog Shaun.

Pringles containers are a good idea, 7! you must eat a lot of pringles. Think we have enough feeders now though all hanging round our apple tree.

Thrush was back this morning, don't know if it has been around all day though as we went out to town, had an appointment with the chiropodist. When we came home I put more bread out as they'd finished the food I left this morning, and there were still 6 blackbirds in the garden. they soon finished that lot too.

Sandie, starlings make a mess in our garden, they sit up on the TV aerial and drop their 'messages' onto whatever is on the patio.

I had 14 Wood Pigeons today !.It was like a massive dinner party.I had sprinkled Bird Seed all along the length of our very long Yew hedge.The poor smaller birds didn't get a look in :-S.I won't be doing that tomorrow.I'll stick to the usual places and then hopefully they will all be happy
:-D

Happy wood pigeons though :-D

I just image the amount of poop they have left behind Ann :-S :-S.....Plus all the dog has left in the snow.When the snow eventually melts I will have to have a massive bin bag to do a collection :-( :-(..I'm not really looking forward to that lol

Don't forget the bird watch folk. :-)

quarter past nine this time last week, loads of birds. this week hardly any. Bird watch is advertised so everyone feeds them so they aren't hungry! :-D

Morning Ann, same here feeders are usually swarming but not today :-|

Wonder if I am right and it is that everyone is feeding them because it was on TV last night. Lucky birds!!

Just wondering if they can read and seen the adverts :-D. If thats so the RSPB Lodge at Sandy should be deserted this morning :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Well had a few.
1thrush
1 black cap
2 greenfinch
2 blue tit
3 blackbirds
1 seagull
3 collard doves
3 starlings
5 sparrows
2 magpies
1 chaffinch


So where are the usual robin, great tit and goldfinches hiding?


Might have another go tomorrow to compare.

Tried again today and at the same time of day the list was almost exactly the same except we had two crows more, one less magpie, no blackcap at that time, only one bluetit instead of two and two great tits instead of none. But quite consistent which is interesting. Now, had it been last weekend!!!

Hi everyone:)

This is my count.....

2 Nuthatches
1 Black cap
8 M/chaffinches......5 F/Chaffinches
A pair of Blackbirds
6 -7 Blue tits
l Coal tit
1 Dunnock
1 Robin
3 - 4 Sparrows
1 Bullfinch
1 Collared Dove

Not too bad:)

jude x :-)

wish we had nuthatches Jude, daughter has them. Yes we had long tailed tita last weekend, very frustrating. Just hope somebody in the area has charted them or they won't know they are around here. Actually the bird watch puzzles me a bit. If Mrs A writes down 3 blackbirds at 0915 and then Mrs B next door writes down 3 blackbirds five minutes later how do they know they are not the same birds Lol!!!!

I missed it again :-S :-S.Just been too busy this weekend to be able to sit and count.At this minute there are lots of Blackbirds.(One having a bath in the now thawed birdbath),and 4 Moorhens pottering around at the bottom of the garden.Other small birds feeding on the Peanut Ball.

Hello Everyone,
Here is my bird watch, disappointed going on last week.

Birdwatch 2013 done this morning = Blackbird 7,Blue tit 9,Chaffinch 1,Coal tit 3,Collared dove 0, Dunnock 1,Goldfinch 0,Great tit 5,Greenfinch 2,House sparrow 0, Long-tailed tit 0,Magpie 0, Robin 3, Starling 0,Woodpigeon 1, other species = Wren 1,Great-spotted wood-pecker 2, Jay 2, Tree-creeper 1, Fire-crest 1.Bird Watch done last Saturday = Blackbird 15, Blue tit 13, Chaffinch 3,
Coal tit 7,Collared Dove 3,Dunnock 3,Goldfinch 5,Great tit 8,Greenfinch 7, House Sparrow 0, Long tailed tit 16 to 20 job to count them, Magpie 3, Robin 9, Starling 0,Woodpigeon 7 other species = Wren 2, Gt Spotted woodpecker 3,Jay 5, Blackcap 2, Siskin 2, Bullfinch 2 and a pair of Owls making a racket in the wood . So what a difference from last week when we had all that snow.
Shaun

They say it is important to record what isn't seen as well as what is Shaun.

Never mind Jane, next time!

Amazing :-0 :-0 :-0. Birds are back in force this morning,typical :-|

Yes, yesterday and Saturday not a goldfinch in sight, this morning there are 2, same time as I did the watch. :-(

Morning:)

The chaffinches are out in force this morning with a few bluetits, nothing much else at moment:)

Shaun...you are so lucky, all those amazing birds:))

Ann....what do you mean by ..."They say it is important to record what isn't seen as well as what is Shaun."...??
Do you mean the Owls because they were heard but not seen??

jude :-)

Jude, sorry a bit of a clumsy sentence. But, when you fill in the form, all the birds you didn't see have a 0 against them, therefore they are recorded as you not having seen them. That is as important to the RSPB as seeing them. :-)