Little Garden Bird Watch

Friday January 23, 2015 by Peter T

Tomorrow and Sunday see the RSPB’s Big Garden Bird Watch, there is still time to register for that. (Click here for more information.) However we are suggesting that we also do an Alsop, Ballidon, Pikehall and Parwich ‘Little Garden Bird Watch’.

Great tit

The RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch involves counting the birds you see in your garden for one hour at some point over the weekend. We are suggesting a simpler note of what species our readers happen to see in our area on Saturday and/or Sunday. Just put your list in a comment to this post, or email it and any photos you happen to take to parwich@hotmail.co.uk.

Bullfinch

To identify birds you can use one of the following:

RSPB Bird Guide (Contains links, information, photos & videos on over 250 species.)
RSPB Bird Identifier (Allows you to search for birds by entering their characteristics.)

We are also compiling a page of bird photos taken locally, click here to go to this page.

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on Saturday January 24, 2015 at 10:04 am | Reply Steve J

As a challenge here’s a list of birds (in no particular order) that have been seen in and around the village over the last few weeks

Common in the garden-
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Long Tailed Tit
Robin
Blackbird
Goldfinch
Chaffinch
Dunnock
Wren
House Sparrow
Greenfinch
Bullfinch
Coal Tit

And if you’re lucky in your garden or around or above the village –
Sparrow Hawk
Buzzard
Kestrel
Song Thrush
Mistle Thrush
Redwing
Fieldfare
Jay
Magpie
Crow
Raven
Jackdaw
Rook
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Reed Bunting
Nuthatch
Tree Creeper
Greater Spotted Woodpecker
Tawny Owl
Black Headed Gull
Herring Gull
Kingfisher
Marsh Tit
Siskin
Redpoll
Tree Sparrow
Brambling

And if there’s any left – Pheasant

Good luck! 🙂
on Saturday January 24, 2015 at 3:50 pm | Reply Peter T

So far around the bird feeders today I have seen:

Pheasant
Robin
Male blackbird
Rook
Jackdaw
Collared dove
Wood pigeon
Dunnock
House sparrow
Tree sparrow
Blue tit
Coal tit
Long tailed tit
Great tit

How have you done?
on Saturday January 24, 2015 at 5:16 pm | Reply Jill Love

Did my garden birdwatch this morning
blue tit
great tit
coal tit
long tailed tit
marsh/willow tit
nuthatch
blackbird
wren
Sparrowhawk (no other birds for 20 minutes)
jackdaw
chaffinch
dunnock
robin
on Saturday January 24, 2015 at 6:13 pm | Reply Steve J

This morning in the garden

Goldfinch
Chaffinch
Brambling
Greenfinch
Blackbird
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Coal Tit
Long Tailed Tit
Jackdaw
House Sparrow
Wood Pigeon
Robin
Dunnock
on Saturday January 24, 2015 at 7:03 pm | Reply Saskia T

I spotted today:

Black bird
Chaffinch
Bullfinch
Goldfinch (couple of days ago…)
Blue tit
Great tit
Robin
Wood pigeon
House sparrow
Jackdaw
Magpie
(Song?) thrush
Pheasants and
Greater Spotted Woodpecker (on Mr & Mrs Knight’s feeder, in next-door’s garden!)

(Not seen today: my resident Dunnock and Wren)

and, on the 30th day after Christmas, 3 (French?) hens roaming in the field (not sure whose they are!).
on Sunday January 25, 2015 at 11:27 am | Reply Lynn C

During the one hour watch we saw:
1 Pied Wagtail, first winter plumage (Thank you Peter and Steve to help I.D)
2 Robin
3 Pheasant
1 Marsh Tit
2 Bullfinch
2 Nuthatch
6 Tree sparrow
3 Blue Tit
2 Blackbird
4 Chaffinch
1 Coaltit
2 Dunnock
1 Crow
1 Longtailed Tit
2 Goldfinch
2 Great tit
1 Greenfinch

(Also seen this week Great Spotted Woodpecker (photo to follow), Goldcrest, Collared Dove and a Tree Creeper)
on Monday January 26, 2015 at 1:25 pm | Reply Blog Team

John and Marion reported:

Now at Hall Gates! These were observed in our little back yard and in the sky above during an hour yesterday:

Blackbird, Blue tit, Chaffinch, Coal tit, Great tit, Jackdaw, Long-tailed tit, Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon, Wren, Crow and Nuthatch.

Also seen outside the hour:

Sparrow hawk and Tree creeper.