Friday 25 January 2013

BIG GARDEN BIRDWATCH


BLUE TIT AT THE SNOWY NOOK



All set for the Big Garden Birdwatch?

Had my first Fieldfare visitor to the garden last Monday, other group members reporting mixed results: Margaret and Mark had a mixed flock of 24+ Redwings and Fieldfares- impressive, and Tomo had a fox! o.k its not a bird, but it's worthy of a mention. Not all good news though, another of our group  David reports a concerning drop in the overall numbers of his garden visitors and just his usual garden species, despite the weather. Again a shortage of Thrushes.

Guardian article about missing Mistle Thrushes :   http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/25/mistle-thrush-numbers-decline?INTCMP=SRCH


Snowed in or washed away, either way you should have plenty of opportunity to sit in your window seat and watch the bird world go by. So top up your feeders, and get counting...and don't forget to tell us what turns up...or not!


http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/

Laura

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