BTO Garden BirdWatch 13-19 January 2008

Horribly dull, dark, wet and windy days for what seems like forever now. Not much sunshine at all...

We either have a new Sparrowhawk visiting the garden, or he's the usual one and he's upped his game - I saw him catch two birds on Wednesday, and one on Thursday. I know he has to eat, blah blah blah, but I don't want to make it easy for him, so I'm going to try moving his target feeder down to the bottom border where he *might* find it a bit trickier. I couldn't quite make out what he caught - but I think they were Siskins on each occasion. He's also taken to sitting on top of the bird table frequently.

Still no activity in the bird box.

1. Blackbird - 10
2. Siskin - 16
3. Chaffinch - 14
4. Song Thrush - 1
5. Blue Tit - 1
6. Woodpigeon - 13 (lol)
7. Collared Dove - 3
8. Coal Tit - 1
9. Goldfinch - 4
10. Greenfinch - 9
11. Carrion Crow - 1
12. Nuthatch - 1
13. Sparrowhawk - 1
14. Wren - 1
15. Blackcap - 1 (male)

*test*

BTO Garden BirdWatch 6-12 January 2008

1. Woodpigeon - 5
2. Blackbird - 20 (yes, 20, all at once!)
3. Chaffinch - 24
4. House Sparrow - 1
5. Siskin - 10
6. Goldfinch - 7
7. Greenfinch - 6
8. Song Thrush - 1
9. Robin - 1
10. Dunnock - 1
11. Collared Dove - 1
12. Blue Tit - 3
13. Wren - 1
14. Carrion Crow - 1
15. Black-headed Gull - 1
16. Nuthatch - 1
17. Starling - 2
18. Pied Wagtail - 1
19. Blackcap - 1 (male)

Siskin (female)

Blackcap (male)

Blog might vanish for a day or two soon while I switch hosts.

Fingers crossed it returns as is!

BTO Garden BirdWatch 30 Dec - 5 Jan 2008

There was a light covering of snow for a couple of days this week.

1. Blackbird - 7
2. Goldfinch - 6
3. Greenfinch - 8
4. Blue Tit - 6
5. Chaffinch - 20
6. Woodpigeon - 4
7. Siskin - 5
8. Nuthatch - 1
9. Robin - 1
10. House Sparrow - 5
11. Black-headed Gull - 1
12. Carrion Crow - 1
13. Starling - 3

Nothing but dark, wet days so far this year, so no chance of any photos.

There's been no activity in or around the bird box.


Grrr.

Garden List 2007

In order of appearance:

1. Robin
2. Chaffinch
3. Greenfinch
4. Goldfinch
5. Wren
6. Blackbird
7. Collared Dove
8. Woodpigeon
9. Starling
10. Blue Tit
11. Sparrowhawk
12. House Sparrow
    
13. Dunnock
14. Jackdaw
15. Black-headed Gull
16. Song Thrush
17. Pied Wagtail
18. Siskin
19. Blackcap (new)
    
20. Chiffchaff
21. Long-tailed Tit
22. Great Tit
23. Yellowhammer
24. Feral Pigeon
25. Pheasant
26. Nuthatch
27. Great Spotted Woodpecker
28. Carrion Crow
29. Coal Tit
30. Fieldfare (new)

Complete Garden list = 34 (I don't count fly-overs in these lists)
2005 (when we moved here) = 25
2006 = 29
2007 = 30

I'm really bad at keep lists (I abandoned two last year despite saying I'd keep up with a general year list). The only one I am almost guaranteed to keep up to date is my garden lists.


Also, a bit of good news - depending on your point of view, admittedly - the cold weather is about to return this week, according to the weather forecast, and we may have snow on Friday!

*waits*