So I had planned to do my Big Garden Birdwatch on Saturday morning, what I hadn’t expected was the rain! I have to admit I’ve done two counts this weekend and submitted the best! The reason being neither was a good representation of the normal garden visitors. Saturday afternoon are the figures I have used. Sunday morning only produced 3 individual birds and 2 species!!! As you can see this years numbers are well down on previous years. The wind and rain really has affected numbers, if it had been last weekend I would have had all the regulars plus 4 greenfinches and a siskin too!! Lets hope next year the weather is kinder.
| 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
| Coal tit | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Blue tit | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Great tit | 1 | 1 | ||
| Long-tailed Tit | 1 | |||
| Blackbird | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Woodpigeon | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
| Goldfinch | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| Blackcap | 1 | 1 | ||
| Greenfinch | 1 | |||
| Robin | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Collard dove | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Starling | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| House sparrow | 3 | 1 | ||
| Dunnock | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pied wagtail | 1 | |||
| Siskin | 2 | |||
| Chaffinch | 1 | |||
| Total no. of species | 6 | 13 | 11 | 11 |
| Total no. of birds | 12 | 35 | 28 | 16 |
| Weather | Wind, rain |
In addition to the birds in the garden in the past 12 months there have been hedgehogs, a fox and a squirrel visit. All of whom get fed – the fox helps herself to anything that has been left by the birds or the hedgehogs in the summer!
