Today my garden definitely had a buzz about it! This morning from 8.30-9.30am I sat at my window observing the birds for a morning bird count and I saw quite a change. Ah yes… I have noticed that different times of the day show different species of birds coming into the garden so I already… Read More Sunday morning birds
A breakfast bird count followed by a garden ‘need to do’ and ‘would like to do’ list sounds like a plan for a Sunday. Although, once my coat and boots are on and I walk out into the garden ‘plans’ very quickly get forgotten. Today… I must stay strong and focused!The montage above shows the… Read More Catching up
Watching the behaviour of visiting garden birds can be quite entertaining – most of the time! It can also tell a story of what is going on if you look more closely. So let’s start with the male chaffinch below who seems to have adopted the top of my small pine tree, which is directly… Read More Tell-tale signs
For anyone who took part with the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch in January 2008 the results are now out. Below I have listed the top ten with comparison figures for 2007. You can see my top ten visiting garden birds here. Top 10 Garden Birds 20081. HOUSE SPARROW with an average of 3.6 per garden(2007… Read More Top 10 UK Garden Birds 2008
Weekend mornings are ideal to do an early morning bird count. I love to sit and have breakfast at the window watching the early frantic dashes through the garden by the visiting birds. I especially like to do this as light comes up. Today I did a count for no other reason than I hadn’t… Read More Garden Birdwatch March 2008
This morning between 10-11am I took part in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2008. It was a very windy morning as I topped up my feeders just before 9am. I have found that newly filled feeders sometimes take up to an hour for the birds to descend on them in their usual numbers.Update March 26th… Read More The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2008: Results for shirls gardenwatch
This morning’s bird count wasn’t planned. I was up early, the house was quiet and so was the garden as I opened the curtain to another beautiful October morning. I love to watch my garden awaken in the morning. I looked up my blog and saw in was the 7th March when I did my… Read More Early Bird Watch Oct 2007
The Blue Tits nesting in our Camera Nestbox have rather dominated posts recently. I thought I would address this, on behalf of the other birds in my garden, by doing a bird count over this weekend as activity in my garden has increased recently.The results below were taken on Saturday between 8.30-9.30am. Top of the… Read More Garden Birdwatch May 2007
For anyone who took take part counting birds in their garden over the weekend of 27-28 January 2007 and would like to know the results, the RSPB have just announced them. There is a brief snapshot of them in my table below. To get the full result go to http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/results/ TOP TEN GARDEN BIRDS 2007… Read More Top 10 UK Garden Birds 2007
I thought it was time to do a roll call of the early visitors to my garden. I haven’t put out any food this morning as the feeders have enough. The table still has some of the sunflower seed mix left. I want to scrape and clean it later, if it stays dry, so I… Read More Early Bird Watch 7-8 am