Garden Birdwatch (1 Viewer)

[Cheshire Birder]

Hi fellow BF members,

Firstly i'll briefly explain the idea before giving details for those who wish to take part. The original idea came from several of my colleagues on the "Very busy at the bird feeder today!" thread and it involves watching all the birds that visit the garden during a one hour period. See that thread for more info.

Here are some guideline:-

Choose any one hour period on Sunday 5th Sept. As you know your own gardens try and pick an hour that will give you the most species.

We are following the format used by the RSPB garden birdwatch form for recording (http://www.rspb.org.uk/images/bgbw_s...cm9-234831.pdf) which can be downloaded and printed.

Record all species seen during the hour. Count the maximum number of each species seen together at one time. Racing Pigeons can be listed as Feral Pigeons.

Heard records can be used provided you clearly identify the species. If in doubt don't count. Likewise flyover records are acceptable but please state flyover when posting your results.

In your reply please include the following information -

Location (including country in not in UK)
Start and End time (local time not GMT)
List each species with the maximum count next to it, also indicationg if the birds were flying over and/or heard only where appropriate.

If you can identify it, then count it. This is meant to be fun so just enjoy it.

Thanks to all those on the "Very busy at the bird feeder today!" thread for their help and support. If this trial proves successful we may extend it further.

Good luck tomorrow!!

CB

 

[Bananafishbones]

Poynton, E ast Cheshire, UK

07.15hrs - 08-15hrs

Carrion Crow 2
Jackdaw 7
Greenfinch 14
Goldfinch 6
Woodpigeon 3
Collared Dove 7
Blackbird 4
Dunnock 3
Great Tit 2
Starling 8 (50+ over)
Blue Tit 3
Magpie 1
House Sparrow 4
Robin 1
Coal Tit 1
Chaffinch 1

Over the garden area:
Black Headed gull 6

Enjoy your garden watch
Dave

 

[theconstantwalker]

Northwich, Mid Cheshire, UK

8am-9am

• Blackbird 2
• Collared Dove 2
• Dunnock 1
• House Sparrow 3
• Robin 1
• Blue Tit 3
• Coal Tit 1
• Goldfinch 5
• Great Tit 2
• Magpie 1
• Woodpigeon 2
• Sparrowhawk 1

Very quiet this morning then three quarters of an hour into the watch i saw the Sparrowhawk i suspected was around nearby. Hope you all have a better hour than me.

 

[Goyter]

Garden Watch

Fernilee High Peak UK 08.15-09.15

Nuthatch
Chiff chaff (singing)
Swallow 20+
House Martin 10
Coal Tit 4
Magpie
Chaffinch
Great Tit 5
Robin
Bullfinch
Blue Tit 3
Dunnock
Siskin 10+
Carrion Crow 3

Purely out of interest birds I would expect to see but didnt
Long-tailed Tit
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Blackbird
Wren
Willow Warbler

Hope it all goes well

 

[captaincarot]

stalybridge 10.24 -11.15

black bird 1
wood pigeon 3
mallard 8
blue tit 2
feral pigeon 21
grey wagtail 1

play abandoned after 50 minutes due to pitch invasion by local wineos

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Hopefully this is the first of two for me - First at my parents not far from Bfb.

Time - 9.15-10.15am

2 Coal Tits
3 Blue Tits
2 Great Tits
5 House Sparrows (also had c30 fly over)
1 Collared Dove
2 Carrion Crows
2 Wood Pigeons
2 Magpies
1 Jackdaw (Flyover)
1 Blackbird
1 Robin
3 Starlings (also had 20+ fly over)
2 Goldfinches (flyover)

and best of all a Sparrowhawk (very rare - only c5 garden records)

Good luck to all. Will post my own garden sightings later.

CB

 

[michael23]

From my Garden, 06:54 - 07:54,

7 Goldfinch
2 Robin
6 Pigeon
4 Dunnock
8 Greenfinch
10 Long Tailed Tit
10 Blue Tit
2 Coal Tit
4 Collared Dove
3 Chaffinch
1 Chiffchaff
2 Great Tit
1 Sparrowhawk (fly through)
1 Jay
1 Blackbird
1 Willow Tit
5 House Sparrow

 

[catbasket]

Our garden, Warnham, West Sussex, 16:45-17:45

8 blue tit
2 collared dove
4 goldfinch
5 great tit
2 greenfinch
5 house sparrow
1 nuthatch

 

[will562]

Not a solid hour so random 5-10 mins throughout the day so understand if these results won't be counted.

From the bedroom window looking into our back garden, Warwickshire/Worcestershire border.

5 Great Tit
8 Blue Tit
1 Coal Tit
5 Goldfinch but think there were more in the tree
1 Clumsy Juv Wood Pigeon, jumped in the pond lol! (But got out ok)
Housemartins

 

[theconstantwalker]

Not a solid hour so random 5-10 mins throughout the day so understand if these results won't be counted.

From the bedroom window looking into our back garden, Warwickshire/Worcestershire border.

5 Great Tit
8 Blue Tit
1 Coal Tit
5 Goldfinch but think there were more in the tree
1 Clumsy Juv Wood Pigeon, jumped in the pond lol! (But got out ok)
Housemartins

All just a bit of fun so at least you had a go.

 

[Cheshire Birder]

All just a bit of fun so at least you had a go.

Beat me to it!

CB

 

[will562]

Beat me to it!

CB

Thanks both, its quite funny actually as when i was watching, i was constantly counting in my head up to as many as i could see at one time.

 

[Disneynut1973]

6.45 - 7.45 am |=o| As no one else was up managed to position myself so I could see the front and back gardens.

2 Goldfinch
3 Blue Tit
2 Great Tit
1 Coal Tit
3 Collared Doves
8 House Sparrows
1 Magpie
2 Robins

 

[SPINNEYGAL]

Chapel En Le Frith Derbyshire Uk

930 A.M. TO 10.3O A.M.

NUTHATCH 1
BLACKBIRD 2
GREENFINCH 6 (3 JUVENILE)
ROBIN 1
BLUE TIT 5
DUNNOCK 1
HOUSE SPARROW 4 IN THAT HOUR BUT A LOT MORE LATER IN THE DAY
JACKDAw 6
CHAFFINCH 8
GOLDFINCH 10 - SEVERAL JUVENILES
COAL TITS 3
GREAT TITS 7
WREN 1



MUST DO THIS AGAIN

 

[Shirley Roulston]

I didn't see this thread, Next time you do I would like to join in. Nice to read all about the different birds, good idea CB.

 

[mary99]

12:30 - 1:30 (not a good time of day for it)

2 woodpigeon
1 collared dove
2 goldfinch
1 magpie

I could hear other birds but I can't identify by call yet

Mary

 

[bongofury]

0930-1030 (Sporadically during this time, unfortunately)

2 GSW
4 Blue Tit
2 Coal Tit
2 Great Tit
15 Starling
1 Magpie
3 Dunnock
2 Robin
1 Feral Pigeon
5 Chaffinch
6 Goldfinch
1 Carrion Crow

Apologies for late posting - family duties yesterday afternoon.

 

[Jabberwocky]

I did an hour yesterday between 0935 and 1035. A little too late for the rush hour but I was called in to work first thing.

Collared Dove 1
Woodpigeon 2
Pheasant 2
Treesparrow 30+
Housesparrow 2
Greenfinch 3
Chaffinch 4
Great Tit 2
Blue Tit 2
Stock Dove 1
Chiffchaff 1

Probably several more in the bushes but saw all the above from in the kitchen.
Only flyovers were 3 woodpigeon at once.

Lewis

 

[Cheshire Birder]

I have started my analysis of the results and I will post them in the next couple of days. Some of the results have proved interesting.

CB

 

[Mary]

South Herefordshire

Not my own garden as we were away, but as I look out of the window each morning, I did it anyway :-O (sorry it's late, doesn't matter if it's not included in the analysis)
07.30-08.30 restricted view of veg garden with old fruit trees.
1 Blackbird
4 Bluetit (love the apples!)
1 chiffchaff
3 Great tit
1 House Sparrow
1 Robin
7 Starling (also love the apples!)
1 Wood pigeon

Fly overs (adjacent sheep field)
5 Wood pigeon
1 Greater Spotted Woodpecker
20 Starling
30 Jackdaw
12 Rook
1 Crow
Numerous House Martins

In fact, except for the flyovers, fewer birds and species than I would have had at home in a suburban setting, with feeders!