BIG GARDEN BIRDWATCH 30th ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND ..SOON..

[seasprout]

I cannot find the events section, so for now i'm posting this here....


You may, or may not be aware 2009 is the 30th year that the Big Garden Birdwatch will be taking place.


The Dates Are 24th and 25th January. That's a Saturday and Sunday.

You can visit the offical website to the event, and print off your own counting sheet and an ID chart to help you identifiy your visitors during your hour.

You can also enter your results on the same site.

This early mention gives you time to stock up on birdfood for the event to encourage the birds to visit.


Please try to take the time to take part, if nothing else it gives the birds a chance to have a good feed during these very cold months.

The website...Big Garden Birdwatch

I thankyou.

[jacob marley]

I stocked up well last year but what happened it was a mild weekend and the birds kept away and now they say that the sparrows are running out .nothing to do with the weather i suppose but will have a go this year i hope it is still cold .
i have filled bird table 3 time's today already they are scoffing well ..jacob..

[jackie j]

My MIL takes part every year now they dont have a cat, they put lots of food out every day they get a lot of birds in the garden and each one has a name. The pigeons are bill and coo, another bird not sure what is tilly could be a thrush, they have tits of various breeds, sparrows, finches, to name a few. they know which one is which and its hilarious watching them.

[Two_Sheds]

I have lots of birdies, but they all seem to take a vacation on Birdwatch Weekend

[wellie]

That's because they come eat at my place Two Sheds

[wellie]

No, I jest....?!
Thank you SO much for reminding me. I truly love taking part in the annual Bird Watch. We have our dining table in the long, narrow conservatory at the front of our cottage, and I adore watching the birds each and every day. Today Trousers spotted a Heron (I kid you not) through 'nocculars, sunning itself in the Douglas Firs at the far end of the lane. And it was there for hours. Why? (see Wellie shake her head)

I've been dead cheating? Mealy Worms/Robin..... Robin/Mealy Worms...
Robin rather loves Wellie?!

[seasprout]

Bird Feed Taster Pack, limited Edition for Big Garden Bird watch

We all like a bargain so I thought i would mention this to everybody...

£24 worth of birdfood for £10 limited offer until 24th Jan and just 300 available, only 1 per household.

Contains :

3 tubs of LIVE!Meal worms
1kg Wiggly Seed Extra
1kg Wiggly Huskless Feed
1kg Wiggly Seed
1kg Niger Seed
1kg Peanuts
1 pk of Sunflower Hearts in Suet
I Round Suet Feast
1 Round Suet Feed Cage


For details link here....
January at Wiggly Wigglers

For details on the Big Garden Bird watch....here.... Big Garden Birdwatch
Get your food in before the weekend to get the birds in...

[Two_Sheds]

That's a good offer ... I already stocked up on birdseed though, and have 250 mealworms already, under my stairs.

[snuffer]

We take part every year. Mrs snuffer spends a fortune on bird feed. We buy huge sacks full from a local animal feeds shop. Mrs snuffer makes all our own fat balls and seed cakes. We even ensure that when we're away on holiday some one comes over to fill the bird feeders and put out the balls and cakes. I even visit the lottie every day when I'm out with the hounds to fill the bird feeders on there and to put out some mealworms.

We have four cats but find that if you can atract enough birds into the garden the alarm call of one will protect the rest. If all of a sudden you see all of the birds leave the feeding stations and go to hide in the hedge nine times out of ten it's because they've seen a cat.

[Hans Mum]

we've got cats too...i use a resin (i think) feeder shaped like a lampost with hangers on the top because its resin the cats cant climb up it and ive put it where the cats cant jump onto it so the birds are reasonably safe when they're feeding and as Snuffer said they alert each other when the cats are about and usually during the day my cats are inside fast asleep on one the beds

[SueA]

I do it every year & nothing interesting ever turns up on the day I do the count! I think a sparrowhawk may have eaten some of my little visitors the other week as well as I saw one fly out of the conifer & then fly off with something in it's mouth!

[Headfry]

There has always been less birds in my garden on 'bird count day'
I do wish that on the bird count from they would ask if .....
1- If you have cats?
2- How many cats pass through your garden?

Can you count birds that fly over your garden?