Big Garden Birdwatch 2011

[Buleste]

I think I must be getting everyone else's Starlings. I had 26 this year and over 30 last year and it's a nightmare to count them as well.

[Headfry]

Did my bird count Sunday morning about 9am - 10am
Grey, cold, but still morning
our garden is about 5m by 5m
This was only missing the usual, Bullfinch, Wren!


Robin = 2
Blackbird = 8
Sparrow = 6
Dunnock = 1
Starling = 2
Great Tit = 1
Blue Tit = 2
Chaffinch = 2
Goldfinch = 1
Reed Bunting = 1
Collard Dove = 1
Pigeon = 1

[WrexTheDragon]

My results are:-

Blackbird = 6
Blue tit = 4
Chaffinch = 2
Coal tit = 3
Dunnock = 3
Goldfinch = 2
Great tit = 2
Greenfinch = 2
Sparrow = 2
Robin = 2
Thrush = 2
Starling = 7
Wren = 1

The pigeons and collared doves came down after the hour.
No sign of the long-tailed tits, but they do come down just after 4:00pm, but not Sunday.

[Fenlandgrower]

Pleased to see someone else that took part have you seen the results?

[Fenlandgrower]

How do you attract the Nuthatches or are they just there?

[dogsbody]

I can answer your first question: the results aren't due out yet, end of March I believe.

Welcome to the vine.

[Buleste]

How do you attract the Nuthatches or are they just there?

Nuthatches are not one of those birds that travel far for food so they're just there if you have a lot of tree cover.

[dogsbody]

Results !!

The results are in at the rspb website.

A staggering 609,000+ people recorded over 10million birds during the weekend.

You can see both the overall national data and your local (by county) figures too.

So how do they compare with what YOU saw?

For both the overall and local mine were pretty close although some I just don't see...