General Chat

27th January - 29th January

Any one counting this year ?

My daughter :-D

I expect I will.

I usually do it so I probably will this year too.

Yes I did:

6: Common gull
3: Jackdaw, Goldfinch, Great tit
2: Wood pigeon, Magpie, Dunnock, Black headed gull, Blue tit, Collared dove.
1: Blackbird, Moorhen, Robin, Carrion crow, Long tailed tit.

Love the moorhen Kens do you live near a pond/lake/river?

I did it this morning list is downstairs, as usual not a lot of birds, next door gets loads of goldfinches, I used to but now don't get any and we use the same feed. But I can't see all of my garden so don't really know what is in there out of sight. I just have to record what I see near the house. from memory, two house sparrows, 1 magpie, 1 robin,
1 wren, 2 great tits, 1 blue tit, 2 wood pigeons, 1 blackbird

The nearest water is a quarry lake about a quarter of a mile away. There are no buildings between our garden and the lake. The moorhen, a juvenile, has been visiting the garden every day for the last two weeks.

I didn't do it 'officially', but I had a dozen starlings in my front garden,
Fat pigeon turned up, but it's pal, skinny pigeon didn't.
House sparrow was 'sussing out' the hole in my soffit again (back of house) - they nested there last year.
The robin was there (as usual).
....and I don't feed the birds!

Did it this morning. Only 1 bluetit which is unusual, 1 robin, 2 each of wood pigeons, collared doves, blackbirds, great tits, house sparrows and green finches and 6 gold finches. There might have been others but I could only see a bit of the garden from the window where I was sitting. I’m a bit of a wuss, it was too cold outside for me.

Vera, same here - too cold for me. These were birds I saw from the window :-D