Thanks to all who sent in their recordings
A total of 21 gardens and 1 park were scrutinised.
SPECIES
|
NO’ OF GARDENS
SEEN IN
|
TOTAL NO’S OF
SPECIES SEEN
|
RANKING
By
no’s seen
|
RANKING
By gardens found
|
BLACKBIRD
|
20
|
50
|
1
J
|
3
|
MISTLE THRUSH
|
1
|
1
|
15 J
|
20 J
|
WREN
|
7
|
7
|
9
|
15 J
|
BLUE TIT
|
20
|
42
|
1 J
|
4
|
GREAT TIT
|
17
|
38
|
2
|
5
|
COAL TIT
|
6
|
7
|
10 J
|
15 J
|
LONG TAILED TIT
|
3
|
5
|
13 J
|
15
|
ROBIN
|
16
|
22
|
3
|
10
|
BLACKCAP
|
3
|
3
|
13 J
|
18
|
STARLING
|
8
|
33
|
8
J
|
7
|
DUNNOCK
|
12
|
17
|
5
|
12
|
HOUSE SPARROW
|
8
|
52
|
8
J
|
2
|
FERAL PIGEON
|
6
|
61
|
10
J
|
1
|
WOODPIGEON
|
14
|
26
|
4
|
8
|
COLLARED DOVE
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
14
|
GOLDFINCH
|
9
|
35
|
7
|
6
|
CHAFFINCH
|
6
|
16
|
10
|
13
|
CHIFFCHAFF
|
1
|
1
|
15 J
|
20 J
|
JAY
|
5
|
7
|
11
|
15 J
|
JACKDAW
|
4
|
18
|
12 J
|
11
|
MAGPIE
|
11
|
25
|
6
|
9
|
CROW
|
3
|
6
|
13 J
|
16
|
RING NECKED PARAKEET
|
1
|
4
|
15 J
|
17 J
|
NUTHATCH
|
1
|
1
|
15 J
|
20 J
|
GT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
|
2
|
4
|
14 J
|
17 J
|
KESTREL
|
1
|
1
|
15 J
|
20 J
|
PIED WAGTAIL
|
1
|
1
|
15 J
|
20 J
|
GREY WAGTAIL
|
1
|
1
|
15 J
|
20 J
|
LESSER BLACK BK GULL
|
2
|
2
|
14 J
|
19
|
BLACK HEADED GULL
|
1
|
1
|
15 J
|
20 J
|
HERRING GULL
|
1
|
1
|
15 J
|
20 J
|
GREY SQUIRREL
|
3
|
4
|
||
CATS
|
2
|
2
|
||
MONTY ADELIE PENGUIN
|
1
|
1
|
Once again the curse of the bird watch would appear to have fallen, in that the majority of our
watchers reported -
‘Sadly
it was one of the quietest days in the garden for a while’, ‘ the birds were mostly
staying away from my garden too’ , ‘ they
all decided to stay away despite all the lovely food’ , ‘Mine was pretty pathetic,’ ‘ Where did all our birds go?’ ‘ Did they know
about the Big Garden Bird watch and went on a go-slow?’
And for one particular unlucky individual ,
 |
| Poplar demise - K Appleton |
Settling down in a comfy chair, plate of hot buttered toast
and a nice steaming cuppa, binoculars count sheet and pen ready for the hour -Then Calamity, a buzzsaw noise from next door’s
garden, here was a team of tree surgeons taking down two one hundred ft Populars.
Oh no. If I was a bird I would vacate the area, so for mitigating circumstances
there was no point in waiting around! Poor Keith.
.JPG) |
| Watch out - K Appleton |
(On a plus point he
did share with me this photo he took of a Giant Gull at Crosby!)
To be fair, there were a few positives, ‘ delighted to see that 'my'
woodpecker turned up’, ‘ I had a lucky day’. ‘
finally, on the stroke of the hour, the blackcap!’, ‘The lady at the back encourages the gulls by putting out
bread for them and the jackdaws like it too - hence the large numbers.Happy
birding!’
Comparing our
mini watch to last years, we had more visiting blackcaps, no winter thrushes, parakeets
have crept in and Jays and Jackdaws
have arrived big time- something I've noticed myself in the last couple of year
here in west derby and yes they were missing when I did my count!.
All differences I guess could be down to weather and new recorders/their garden locations.
http://liverpoolrspb.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/a-battered-big-garden-birdwatch.html
Remember in
a world bereft of birds even a magpie would be welcome!
For those of you who have enjoyed taking part in the big garden
birdwatch and would like to record more, please consider joining the BTO garden
birdwatch , this will involve you recording your birds every week and uploading
them to the BTO. The count includes other nature sightings such as insects
& mammals and also records the type of food you put out, more recently they
have included your sightings of diseased & dead specimens.
2 comments:
Does that mean the same blackcap seen in two gardens? :)
No it just meant I'd had too much weekend Pernod!
Checked and altered.
Post a Comment