Blue Tits missing from gardens following heatwave (BTO) (1 Viewer)

[BF Newsroom]

Latest update from the BTO: Blue Tits missing from gardens following heatwave

Garden BirdWatch has shown that some of our favourite garden species have been struggling this year, possibly due to the unusually warm spring.


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[John Nihon]

I'm a little surprised to read this as Blue Tits appear to be as common as ever in our garden. I hope that we will continue to see the little chaps around here for a long long long long time to come.

 

[Kits]

I was surprised too, as we have been inundated with blue tits,more so than usual.

 

[jogresh]

The dry Spring was amazing in my neck of the woods - leaves were literally wilting and dying on the trees. When it started to rain in late June, some trees were growing fresh new leaves from buds - bizarre. Bound to have affected invert populations for the worse.

 

[StephenHampshire]

I was surprised too, as we have been inundated with blue tits,more so than usual.

I must say we have had very high numbers in the garden over the past three or four days, as well as a great many coal tits. Out and about, there seem to be the normal number of mixed flocks of tits and lbj's at the moment too.

 

[Farnboro John]

Blue Tits are set up for boom and bust with capacity for big brood multiple times in a year, so problems early on may not translate to low numbers later.

Additionally this autumn there have been big movements through/out of Scandinavia (surprising numbers on Shetland where they are normally absent, for instance) so currently numbers may be augmented by immigrants.

John

 

[The Cumbrian]

The numbers in our garden fell right off following fledging. I was only seeing a single one a day or so. Over the last couple of weeks numbers have crept up. Three a number of times a day is now usual. Coal Tits have been numerous all year.