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Big Garden Birdwatch reminder
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Just a reminder that the annual great garden birdwatch survey takes place this weekend (Saturday or Sunday). It just takes an hour of your time to record the maximum number at any one time of each species of bird visiting your garden. Relax after your Sunday lunch sitting by the window observing nature (just don't fall asleep). On the RSPB website, you can download a form to fill in, and later enter your results online - all very quick and easy.
Help to find out if global warming is affecting bird numbers this winter. Mine are certaily down on the last couple of years. Use the link below to visit the RSPB site:
http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/
Help to find out if global warming is affecting bird numbers this winter. Mine are certaily down on the last couple of years. Use the link below to visit the RSPB site:
http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Hi gen & twitchers - I filled up all our bird feeders on Friday afternoon in preparation, but so far have only seen the usual flock of Blue Tits, Coal Tits, Collared Doves & Wood Pigeons
My husband said he was watching a couple of Song Thrushes turning over some leaves looking for snails early this morning! So much for Wilkinson's wild bird seed & peanuts!
My husband said he was watching a couple of Song Thrushes turning over some leaves looking for snails early this morning! So much for Wilkinson's wild bird seed & peanuts!
I didn't even bother Robinia.
Buying a huge bag of no-mess- all-husks-removed-double-yummy- scrumptious bird seed from the RSPB was doomed to failure , and I was right.
One dishevilled blackie appeared for a nibble on an apple, that's all. I'm sure the birds are hiding somwehere killing themselves laughing
Buying a huge bag of no-mess- all-husks-removed-double-yummy- scrumptious bird seed from the RSPB was doomed to failure , and I was right.
One dishevilled blackie appeared for a nibble on an apple, that's all. I'm sure the birds are hiding somwehere killing themselves laughing
Thanks for reminding everbody as I think these records are really important. We have done this for several years now. Last year our count was disappointingly low. I did my hour yesterday and this year's results were even worse - just one robin, one dunnock and one blackbird. Not being able to believe that such a low count was representative my husband did a repeat session today around breakfast time when the birds are usually very active and the results were equally dismal. If these results are reflected elsewhere in the country I think we should start to be really worried about our wildlife.
The really annoying thing was that most days I've been topping up the feeders for a lovely assortment of visitors - but today, nothing. (Apart from the 5 blackbirds that queue up for raisins from dawn til dusk & a few feral pigeons)
It would be better if the survey could be done sometime during the whole week.....Little horrors! - they're going to have to show up to feed soon & they'll have to do tricks before they get any...! :o)
It would be better if the survey could be done sometime during the whole week.....Little horrors! - they're going to have to show up to feed soon & they'll have to do tricks before they get any...! :o)
Hi Cetti & Robinia,
Sorry to hear you had such disappointing numbers of visitors. Mine weren't quite as bad but I still recorded fewer than in the last three years.
It is just as important to send in these low or nil results as they help to show realistically what is happening. If only high numbers were sent in then the RSPB would get a biassed picture of the current poor state of affairs.
Sorry to hear you had such disappointing numbers of visitors. Mine weren't quite as bad but I still recorded fewer than in the last three years.
It is just as important to send in these low or nil results as they help to show realistically what is happening. If only high numbers were sent in then the RSPB would get a biassed picture of the current poor state of affairs.
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