In the end I got 9 species down from 12 last year. The numbers were down too. I was bolstered by the appearance of a female Blackcap in the last five minutes of the hour. It's only the second time i've seen one in the garden, the last time it was a male.
3 Blackbirds
1 Blackcap
2 Blue Tits
2 Collared Doves
1 Dunnock
4 Goldfinch
6 House Sparrows
1 Robin
2 Starlings
A couple of bad pictures of the Blackcap taken through the window, by the time i'd grabbed the camera it had flown off into next doors garden.
Pretty good roundup.
ReplyDeletenellie
Hi Pam, congratulations on the Blackcap! I usually see them in my garden in the Winter but so far this time, I haven't seen one at all. This year my RSPB count was very unrepresentative of what I usually see and surprisingly Greenfinches were highest on my list this time.
ReplyDeleteyou pulled a blinder out of the bag right at the death Pam
ReplyDeleteI will post my results this week
Thanks all! I was really chuffed with the Blackcap! Managed another rarity to the garden this past weekend - a Goldcrest!
ReplyDeletePam, It is fun for me here on the other side of the ocean to see what turns up in other blogger's gardens. Thanks for stopping by my blog. I'll be going back through yours today.
ReplyDeletenellie
Hi Pam, hope your still getting to bird watch now and again.... regards
ReplyDeleteDave (Bfb)
Hi Dave, thanks for the message, I haven't checked in for a while, life has caught up with me in a big way. I've still been doing a little bird watching. Hoping to start posting again too. I need to catch up on some blogs I think! Pam
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