Big Garden Birdwatch 2017

[dogsbody]

Yes it is nearly time once again to spend a fun hour or more spotting the birds who are visiting your patch.

28th - 30th January.

https://ww2.rspb.org.uk/get-involved...=Birdwatch2017

[Kirk]

Am I allowed to simply write LOTS for the number of blackbirds.
Presently a bit overrun with the feathered fiends.

[jackarmy]

Ah, so are you on about Blackbirds, or Black Birds, theres a difference you know
Im assuming you mean jackdaws or crows as you refer to them as fiends.
Blackbirds as you know are a member of the thrush family and hardly describable as fiends , sermon over.

[Kirk]

No, blackbirds as in thrush related and 24 to a pie. For whatever reason I always have a lot, yet the garden is small and I am in a small town. Used to have one female that would tap on the door for me to feed her sultanas.

Think this morning I could easily count 14 and there was likely more.
Had to buy more food for them today and as I was stood outside I had 8 in my cherry tree waiting for me to depart, and three in the cedar that I could see. There are other places they sit and wait.
As I was stood there they were making a minor warning sort of "chuck" to each other.

The robin just came down and grabbed everything it could. The robin thinks I am mad. I let him/her eat the bugs that appear when I turn the soil over and don't munch them myself.

Last garden birdwatch I did I had 4 robins all hiding from me and each other. Situation of see robin on the left, no robin suddenly, then robin over on the right. You know it is not the same one but getting them in view at once took time.

Sometimes I think I should set the camera to a shot every 30 seconds leave it for the hour then count the things.

Once asked the RSPB person at the Birdwatch event at Rutland how I could lose the large mouthed sparrows and attract more of the small mouthed variety, as the large mouthed ones made too much noise. She had no sense of humor.

[burnie]

We had a White tailed Sea Eagle in the area recently, wonder if I throw a few fish on the bird table I might................................................................

[jackarmy]

Id love to see a photo of that Kirk, Blackbirds are pretty common but 14 in a small area i have never seen, two or three maybe, the males ate pretty territorial like the robin funnily enough,maybe the cambridgeshire massive have been on the dough

the birds i mean .

[dogsbody]

Don't forget it is this weekend.

Migrants are expected Big Garden Birdwatch: 'Charismatic migrants' expected in UK gardens - BBC News

[piskieinboots]

I am very slightly upset by the Bird Watch this year. Reason being - we've done it for many years now and always had much to report. We moved to this bungalow in Cheshire (rural location) in April 2016.

We see birds fly passed the garden but they do not stop to eat. We have food out, same as ever. Keep the food/feeders clean. Have the same two cats as we have had for coming on 9 years. We've moved the pole a couple of times to see if that helps. But nope. Nothing. No stopping at this cafe

Any ideas why they don't like to eat here?

I have robins sitting on the fence chattering when I'm working in the garden. There is a Jenny Wren often bobbing around. I wonder if I should ask the RSPB?

[Sappidis]

I am very slightly upset by the Bird Watch this year. Reason being - we've done it for many years now and always had much to report. We moved to this bungalow in Cheshire (rural location) in April 2016.

We see birds fly passed the garden but they do not stop to eat. We have food out, same as ever. Keep the food/feeders clean. Have the same two cats as we have had for coming on 9 years. We've moved the pole a couple of times to see if that helps. But nope. Nothing. No stopping at this cafe

Any ideas why they don't like to eat here?

I have robins sitting on the fence chattering when I'm working in the garden. There is a Jenny Wren often bobbing around. I wonder if I should ask the RSPB?

I've got a similar issue at home, used to get sparrows/blackbrids/finches and tits and other birds all the time.

Now we have the dog, they don't frequent the garden any more. Only one fat pigeon comes, tries to eat, knocks the food off with his tail, and the dog comes by after and eats it off the floor.

I feel like they have a partnership going on.

[BeeHappyFlutterBy]

Only one fat pigeon comes, tries to eat, knocks the food off with his tail, and the dog comes by after and eats it off the floor.
I feel like they have a partnership going on.

LOL sounds like a clever dog you have there Sappidis