I didn't bother today @wild edges. Birds were all hunkering down. It's been drier this afternoon, but the winds are still near gale force, after being in the fifties and sixties last night and this morning. I don't think tomorrow's to be too much better.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I get a large group of starlings as regular feeders, various tits, several chaffies, wood pigeons and dunnocks. I didn't do the count today because of the weather- it was quite a quite day, especially as my bird table went flying across the garden! I put it back upright and scuttled back inside. A poor little chaffinch landed on it and pecked hopefully on the dried up remnants. I did fill up another feeder with suet pellets and mealworms, but no one came. Maybe tomorrow...
I did mine on Friday morning knowing that Malik was coming on Saturday.
Shame I can’t include ones that fly over as we had four kites looking into the garden over that hour.
My resident Robin showed up in the last few minutes of the hour and the house sparrows came in massive groups of 25/30 after I’d submitted the results. 😂
Much better this morning. Frosty but clear and calm, so once the sun came up the sparrows were up in the trees enjoying the sun which made them easier to count. 52 birds of 13 species. The bullfinch pair turned up right at the last minute and the only no-show were the greenfinches.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I should really have done mine on Friday but I was otherwise engaged in the morning and then the weather came in. I managed it this morning though. Not as abundant as usual, but most of the usual suspects were in. We've not had the goldies or chaffies for a while, and the bullfinches only come in now and again. The mild winter has certainly had an effect too - by this time in January we would expect lots of birds visiting regularly due to the snow/ice/frost. This is when we should get our coldest weather, but it was more wintery in November/December.
I haven't yet submitted mine, but there's usually a bit where you can add other birds that visit even if they weren't there in 'the hour', or has that changed?
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I too did my count early, which was a good thing as the wind put most but the hardiest birds off. Missing were the Starlings ( had 20 on the front lawn last week) and the Wren. Down in numbers were the Dunnocks and Sparrows.
I've submitted mine, and while there's the bit to add a bird that's not on the list, and for adding the other things in your garden etc, there wasn't a bit for adding other birds you see at other times. I'm sure they used to have that, but maybe I'm losing the plot completely. I'm always interested to know how they use the data though. We have loads of the crow family round here, but they don't often come into the garden because there's no real need unless the ground's solid with frost and ice, which would usually be the case at the end of January. A jackdaw was swinging from the seed feeder yesterday and today, but because it wasn't there at the time, the conclusion could be that we don't have any at all. The flocks of them a few days ago, getting stirred up because of the rough weather, was quite a sight. Many of the usual winter visitors to the garden were also absent because there's plenty of food still available nearby, due to mild weather, so they have no need to use the feeders.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Birds were all hunkering down. It's been drier this afternoon, but the winds are still near gale force, after being in the fifties and sixties last night and this morning. I don't think tomorrow's to be too much better.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I didn't do the count today because of the weather- it was quite a quite day, especially as my bird table went flying across the garden! I put it back upright and scuttled back inside.
A poor little chaffinch landed on it and pecked hopefully on the dried up remnants.
I did fill up another feeder with suet pellets and mealworms, but no one came.
Maybe tomorrow...
I ♥ my garden.
The mild winter has certainly had an effect too - by this time in January we would expect lots of birds visiting regularly due to the snow/ice/frost. This is when we should get our coldest weather, but it was more wintery in November/December.
I haven't yet submitted mine, but there's usually a bit where you can add other birds that visit even if they weren't there in 'the hour', or has that changed?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Missing were the Starlings ( had 20 on the front lawn last week) and the Wren. Down in numbers were the Dunnocks and Sparrows.
I'm always interested to know how they use the data though. We have loads of the crow family round here, but they don't often come into the garden because there's no real need unless the ground's solid with frost and ice, which would usually be the case at the end of January. A jackdaw was swinging from the seed feeder yesterday and today, but because it wasn't there at the time, the conclusion could be that we don't have any at all. The flocks of them a few days ago, getting stirred up because of the rough weather, was quite a sight.
Many of the usual winter visitors to the garden were also absent because there's plenty of food still available nearby, due to mild weather, so they have no need to use the feeders.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...