The RSPB run Big Garden Birdwatch today - It was grey and wet, yesterday would have been an easier day, but Adie had a Judo competition in High Wycombe, so we were out all day. I did this between around 8.45 and 9.45am, it felt like a slow start but gradually some birds appeared and the final total was 1 more than last year at 27. There were 4 of last years birds not seen (Buzzard, Raven, Redpoll and Wren) with 5 more seen (Great spotted Woodpecker, Carrion Crow, Goldcrest, Pied Wagtail, House Sparrow), numbers overall were similar, but there was a much larger Siskin flock last year and I have not seen any Lesser Redpolls around since the autumn. The Brambling that turned up today was the first one this Winter, although I had many more around last year.
2017 2016
Buzzard - 1
Pheasant 9 1
Jackdaw 5 12
Magpie 1 1
Raven - 1
Woodpigeon 3 3
Stock Dove 3 3
Blackbird 10 8
Song Thrush 2 2
Robin 3 1
Dunnock 1 1
Wren - 1
Blue Tit 3 5
Great Tit 2 2
Coal Tit 1 2
Marsh Tit 1 1
Long-tailed Tit 1 2
Chaffinch 14 16
Goldfinch 6 8
Siskin 5 20
Greenfinch 1 5
Brambling 1 3
Bullfinch 1 1
Redpoll - 4
Nuthatch 2 2
Starling 4 1
GS Woodpecker 1 -
Carrion Crow 2 -
Goldcrest 1 -
Pied Wagtail 1 -
House Sparrow 1 -
Species Total 27 26
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