RSPB big garden bird watch

[Smollet]

Anyone else taking part?
My feeders fully loaded and as usual not as many birds as I usually get.

[Quantum State]

Done it a few times over the years but our feeder is so busy now it would be almost impossible.

[Smollet]

33 birds counted but no robin, great tit, goldfinch, jackdaw or magpies which are regular visitors. However a pair of LTTs made an appearance.

[knotweed]

Ours was the quietest ever. Probably didn't help that a cat walked all the way along our fence a few minutes before we started. Our neighbour's garden had magpies, starlings and jackdaws, that was about it. We normally get a lot of sparrows because they nest in the houses around here, but they haven't turned up yet.

[silentbrown]

knotweed said:

Ours was the quietest ever. Probably didn't help that a cat walked all the way along our fence a few minutes before we started. Our neighbour's garden had magpies, starlings and jackdaws, that was about it. We normally get a lot of sparrows because they nest in the houses around here, but they haven't turned up yet.

Merlin claimed to have heard crossbills this morning. Would be a first!

[bigpriest]

First time visitor to my feeders 2 years ago - a goldfinch, this time I counted 12 of them and they seem to keep the sparrows away. Allso a debut appearance from a greenfinch and a blackcap. Plenty of farmland and meadows nearby so don't tend to see too much variety.

[Smollet]

silentbrown said:

Merlin claimed to have heard crossbills this morning. Would be a first!

Merlin claimed I had a bittern in my garden. It was in fact a wood pigeon. The app is good at pointing you in the right direction but far from perfect