BTO/CJ Garden BirdWatch Survey 26 Feb - 4 March 06
We have had a mixed bag of weather this week: Bitterly cold with a mixture of rain, wind, hail, sleet and sun and we're ending the week with a covering of snow.
Wednesday saw approximately eighty Chaffinch in the garden (a new record) at the same time as twenty Greenfinch and seven Goldfinch. There may have been a few Blue Tits too but I turned cross-eyed trying to count everything!
The local Tawny Owls which hunt over the scrub to the south west of the back garden call and hoot most nights - it's quite unusual not to hear them. They have been so close on a couple of occasions that they appear to be on our roof - but we have never seen them!
We have lived in this house since May 2005, and today, for only the second time, we were visited by a Song Thrush. I hope we get a regular visiting at some point.
So, here's the complete garden list for this week:
Wednesday saw approximately eighty Chaffinch in the garden (a new record) at the same time as twenty Greenfinch and seven Goldfinch. There may have been a few Blue Tits too but I turned cross-eyed trying to count everything!
The local Tawny Owls which hunt over the scrub to the south west of the back garden call and hoot most nights - it's quite unusual not to hear them. They have been so close on a couple of occasions that they appear to be on our roof - but we have never seen them!
We have lived in this house since May 2005, and today, for only the second time, we were visited by a Song Thrush. I hope we get a regular visiting at some point.
So, here's the complete garden list for this week:
- Greenfinch (30)
- Chaffinch (c80)
- Blue Tit (2)
- Goldfinch (7)
- Wren (1)
- Robin (2)
- Blackbird (2)
- Woodpigeon (2)
- Coal Tit (1)
- Great Tit (2)
- House Sparrow (4)
- Pheasant (1)
- Starling (45)
- Siskin (2)
- Dunnock (1)
- Brambling (1)
- Jackdaw (1)
- Pied Wagtail (2)
- Black-headed Gull (13)
- Carrion Crow (4)
- Song Thrush (1)
Labels: BTO
posted by The Bird Woman at 9:35 PM
2 Comments:
I wish i had the time and more so the " patience " to count all the individual birds in my garden.
Your dedication is a CREDIT to your blog.
Keep up the good work.
Thanks, Dean. The only species which take any effort are the Greenfinch and Chaffinch (sometimes Starlings). It helps that the kitchen overlooks the back garden - sometimes it takes me a few hours to empty the dishwasher because of the distraction outside ;o) Also, generally, most of the work is done by Wednesday ... Most species have put in an appearence by then so I'm just glancing out hoping for a new tick! Shouldn't be long before the garden quietens down - then I hope to feature some butterflies over the spring/summer months.
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