Sunday, 28 January 2018

Big Garden Birdwatch

Sue and I spent an hour recording the species as part of the RSPBs national census.  We managed 16 species:-
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Woodpigeon
Stock Dove
Pheasant
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Starling
Blackcap
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Siskin

Enjoyable but frustrating when our regular Nuthatch failed to appear.  Recent daily visitors, a pair of Bullfinches, also failed to show as did Ring-necked Parakeet.  A few weeks ago they were permanent adornments to the feeders but appear to have left the area (for now!).

Great Spotted Woodpecker - A garden regular . WE had two different females and a male in the hour


Blackcap - This female has been a regular for a week or so. 
Long-tailed Tit - One of seven seen.



Siskins - We saw three at one point. 

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Lesser Redpoll - Too late for the birdwatch but nice to see all the same. 

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