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Post by purplejulia on Jan 23, 2008 22:19:25 GMT
RSPB garden birdwatch takes place this weekend. Usually happpens twice a year. They want people to spend one hour over next weekend counting number of species of birds that come into your gardens. If you can on this website you can find out more infor and print out a counting sheet. www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/I just sit down in my kitchen and watch from my window. Last year I saw 4 jays, sparrows, bluetits, coal tits etc. You are only allowed to count the num ber of species of birds you see at one time during the hour. So if you see two sparrows in the garden and they fly away and you see another sparow on its own you can't count that as 3 as one of them might be the same bird you saw before. If you are very keen you can spend as many hours as you like but only record the best numbers in just the one hour. I think it would be good fun for children to do as well. Some places have got organised watches. I went to one in a very old overgrown churchyard in 2006 - the big excitement was a nuthatch. Good luck PJ  I forgot to mention, obvious really but it is good to put out extra feeders, so if you are not feeding any birds at the moment, it might be a good idea to put some out before the weekend. I realise now I should have postged this much earlier. |
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Post by Susie Snowdrop on Jan 23, 2008 23:01:19 GMT
Thanks for the reminder! I received a letter from them a couple of week ago and completely forgot about it  S x |
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Post by Plocket on Jan 24, 2008 8:18:15 GMT
Thanks for the reminder PJ  |
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Post by purplejulia on Jan 25, 2008 10:07:26 GMT
Don't forget it is THIS WEEKEND
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Post by 4pygmies on Jan 25, 2008 14:31:47 GMT
I do this every year with my mother (she knows more than me about birds)and smallest (8). She absolutely loves it. We sit in the conservatory (have to clean the windows...). Last year she set out chairs, cleared a table top and made us bring in a tray of tea and biscuits. It is a very interesting exercise anyway as it's amazing how many different types of birds are in the garden. Please do it if you have an hour spare. You can fill in a form online.
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Post by Amo on Jan 26, 2008 9:20:53 GMT
Quite a good result this year starting the count with 10 phesants |
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Post by Dutchy on Jan 26, 2008 10:02:35 GMT
;D You must be pretty near farmfields then. Blue tits grey tis robin sparrows blackbirds.... but they don't count in the Netherlands  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jan 26, 2008 10:33:46 GMT
The NABU - Naturschutzbund Deutschland has started in the last few years to do a count a couple of times a year as well. We joined in last time - well just kept a look out and I reckon the birds didn't want to be counted - they had gone on holiday it seems.....
RF
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Post by Missredhead on Jan 26, 2008 15:43:59 GMT
I didn't get as many birds in my garden this morning as I usually do...wouldn't you know it...as soon as I registered my meagre number this morning the garden has had loads more visitors |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2008 15:46:34 GMT
I'm waiting till tomorrow the wind blew the feeding table down & any self respecting bird will have hidden away till it could fly in a straight line.
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Post by Dutchy on Jan 26, 2008 17:35:17 GMT
The NABU - Naturschutzbund Deutschland has started in the last few years to do a count a couple of times a year as well. We joined in last time - well just kept a look out and I reckon the birds didn't want to be counted - they had gone on holiday it seems..... RF So those two big fat doves in my feeding tray are really from Germany. I knew they were on honeymoon the moment I saw them ;D |
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Post by Plocket on Jan 26, 2008 18:59:27 GMT
We registered our watch today - we had pretty good results |
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Post by Shrubrose on Jan 26, 2008 19:41:53 GMT
PJ, hope you dont mind me posting this on here but for anyone who's interested in or concerned about climate change, the bill is going through parliament at the mo. The RSPB are asking for support. Only takes a minute to send an email to your MP. I've put the link below and go to 'Send a Climate Valentine' www.rspb.org.uk/ |
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Post by thecleaninglady on Jan 27, 2008 19:44:01 GMT
Have just posted my results.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2008 20:00:27 GMT
I don't know what happened to my birds but I sat down at 11am yesterday and waited and waited and waited and waited..........Nothing. Not a single bird landed in my garden in an hour, even though there was bread, seed and nuts out for them.
I was going to do the count today instead but unfortunately, we didn't get time.
FA x
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Post by Tig on Jan 27, 2008 23:55:13 GMT
Did mine today - the site was very slow though - nearly gave up |
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Post by snowowl on Jan 28, 2008 11:30:29 GMT
Just sent my survey results in.Cant wait for the overhall result chart in march.
It will be very interesting.
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Post by thecleaninglady on Jan 28, 2008 12:44:37 GMT
I think the birds knew we were waiting to count them, because, although I had a few visit my garden when I was doing my count, I didn't see as many as I normally see. Either that or they had all gone out for the day!! |
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Post by borderbabe on Jan 28, 2008 13:37:39 GMT
CLeaninglady - my birds must have joined yours on the awayday - I didn't see as many as usual. Needless to say they are all back today!
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Post by thecleaninglady on Jan 28, 2008 19:17:29 GMT
Yes, mine are back today. Well I hope they had a nice day - wherever they were!! |
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Post by SteveC on Jan 28, 2008 19:39:13 GMT
They always know they're being counted. The first year we did it we got two starlings (in an hour!). This year, we recorded 14 species - which is about half the garden's total count, but swallows and swifts are a bit unlikely at this time of year!
The web site has been speeded up a lot over the years. It took about a week before I could get on the first year we logged the results on line!
Steve
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