Another Big Garden Birdwatch

So how did your Garden Birdwatch go?

I have to admit to being a little disappointed in my visitors today. Although I don’t appear to have been alone, for many on the RSPB community forums it was a case of the minute the snow went, the bird went with it!

http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/getinvolved/birdwatch/f/3711/t/95161.aspx

Most of my usual friends were about,  although  some of these were down on expected numbers.

The Garden seemed unusually quiet today. The weather was fine; the heavy snow of Friday evening had thawed. It was windy though and those arriving seemed easily spooked especially by gulls flying over? I assumed there may have been a Sparrowhawk about it, but if it was I didn't see it.

My Count

Starlings    6    (Usual 9+)

Blackbirds  3   (Recent 8+)

Sparrows  16+  (Normal, but difficult to count very skittish).

Blue tit  2     (This year's nestbox pair- female roosting)

Great tit  2    (Another pair for the garden)

Robins  2    (Another pair for the garden)

Dunnock 1   (Usual 2)

Pigeon 1   (Missing the rest of his pesky flock thankfully)

Goldfinch 1  (Recent 7 up to 14)

Coal tit 1     (Normal)

Jackdaw 1   (Infrequent 1/2)

Missing recent daily visitors: Wren, Grey Wagtail, Magpie, Song Thrush, Jay, Chaffinch.

A moment with the ones that stayed away.

Pondside mealworm eater - Grey Wagtail

Water louse on the menu for our pond foraging Wren

A long awaited winter visitor, arrived in the snow on
 21/01/13,  dined on apples.

Monkey nuts, a Jay's favourite  snack

Well that was my day, how about you?
Laura