Bird Watch

[snuffer]

Forgive me if there is already a thread relating to this, I could not find anything.

Just wanted to remind everyone that it's Big Garden Bird Watch this weekend. Get the feeders topped up and hang out the fat balls let's see how many garden visitors we can atract.

[Headfry]

I will be out there! ta muchly for the reminder

[Buleste]

Here's the website for those who didn't know about it.

The RSPB: Big Garden Birdwatch

[HeyWayne]

Heard about it on the radiogram this morning. In Sheffield on Saturday - so hoping I'll get time on Sunday when on the plot.

[Hilary B]

I am told that last time food was put out for birds in this garden, next-door's cat climbed onto the bird table and scared them away.
I think he's too old to climb up there now, but daren't risk it. I've never seen evidence that he actually hunts birds, but I'm not taking any chances!

[The Large One]

binoculars out and space made in front of dinning room window
thanks to the post above i have now downloaded and printed the count sheet
my saturday morning ritual is to fill up the feeders so hopefully by later in the day it will be in full swing

[dogsbody]

Me too - just posted about this in Wildlife before reading this one - so sorry!!

[alex-adam]

Well, a couple of years ago I started the one hour Bird Watch.

Blackbird, a couple of Blue tits, a Dunnock,................................Sparrow Hawk !!!.............

Nothing else the rest of the afternoon.......!

[SlugLobber]

Did a bit this morning, although I didn't realise this was going on. I feed the birds at my horse field by putting mixed seed on top of the gateposts - one is more than 100 years old and makes a fab birdtable. All I got up there were finches, a blackbird and some magpies.

On the floor I had 9 pheasants. Harriet, Joy and Catelina, then their husbands and friends. It started with just Harriet, but she spread the word!

Will have the binoculars out tomorrow, for a proper looksee in my own garden.

[Bren In Pots]

I've got my sheet ready to do this in the morning, I have noticed this year that we've had a lot less birds coming into the garden to use the table and feeders.

[Thelma Sanders]

I did mine this afternoon.
About the same number of birds overall as last year, but no starlings this year. Perhaps because of the mild winter, there is still plenty of food in the fields without using the bird table.

[VirginVegGrower]

I must do mine tomorrow - been out today!

[Scarlet]

I'm doing mine tomorrow. TS, I often have loads of starlings feeding on fat balls at this time of year. I've spotted just two this week.

[susieq100]

Saw a nuthatch this morning - he visits very occasionally; mostly just tits, blackbirds, our local robin and goldfinches and chaffinches in summer.

[perkin]

Just digging out the binoculars now!