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Here's mine, completed by 09:45, conspicuous by their absence this morning were the three or four Sparrows, the Dunnock and the pair of Marsh Tits, but then I rarely see both male and female Blackcap in the garden at the same time, so I guess it all evens out.:)
Blackbird 2
Blue tit 2
Chaffinch 1
Coal tit 2
Collared dove 2
Goldfinch 2
Great tit 2
Long-tailed tit 1
Robin 3
Starling 5
Woodpigeon 2
Blackcap 2
My list is always pretty similar and short - the only thing that changes is the odd visit of a ring-necked dove - other than that it's 12 Sparrows, A Robin, a Dunnock and a Blackbird. Sometimes I get a Blue Tit or 2 but I rarely get any other visitors ( I used to get a Wren & Starlings).I think that with the Sparrows actually living here is a bit of a downmarket place ;)
Do you do both front and back gardens?
Arrived back home in time to do a late afternoon count - so there was no GSW (a morning visitor) to be seen, no Crows or Wrens -and I missed the LTTs too!
However, within an hour in one visit, we DID count as many as;
3 Blackbirds (fewer than usual)
1 Blackcap (there are 4 in the area, with 3 at one time our record!)
7 Blue Tits (at least...)
2 Bullfinches (the pair of them visited on separate feeders as usual)
1 Coal Tit
4 Chaffinches (the norm)
3 Dunnocks (eating fatballs in feeder from branches nearby)
2 Great Tits
4 Greenfinches (fewer - morning and lunchtime feeders)
3 Goldfinches (fewer - morning and lunchtime feeders)
2 Magpies
1 Nuthatch
1 Robin
1 Song Thrush (a beauty!)
3 Woodpigeons
Apart from the birds, we had a Squirrel - stuffing himself at his feeder and a little opportunistic Bank Vole grabbing the droppings from the fatball and nut-feeders at the end of the pond!:)
Nice variety there Catherine.:)
Just spent half an hour looking out at the garden and most of the species I reported in the count turned up in larger numbers, plus the usuals who didn't make the count turned up. Perhaps they know what's going on.:)
I'm sure you're right, Rolf!:)
A GSW (f) turned up later - and we'd only had a male this year before that - then another Blackcap came in to get chased away by the first one - not to mention the LTTs coming in late!
I WAS really chuffed that the Bullfinches were around though - as they'd been AWOL for some time until recently!
No Buzzard though - at all....:(
No - just the front - to be honest, I don't get too much in the back garden either. I might see the Blackbirds a bit more, and the odd Starling, but most activity is in the front... but then so is most of the food :) Actually, to prove that - I have had a feeder (with a wide base that makes it easy for Robins) filled with dried grub things that are supposed to be very attractive to Robins. All I can say is that even though I only Filled it a short way up I had to chuck some away before refilling it and will probably have to chuck the end of it again. The back garden just isn't 'the place to be' :) Mind you, last January, in the snow, they were queuing up for it!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by rolf
Catherine - a lovely mix, but I agree with Rolf - you can guarantee that the day before or the day afetr there would be loads of extra birds - in fact I have vague recollections that last year on the same day but not when I was doing my count, I got something I'd never seen before!