Had an email from RSPB to say Garden Birdwatch starts from 12 December. Hard to believe it's almost a year since the last one. Will many of you be taking part again?
Trust me to get it wrong I just read "take part from 12 December". Thanks for correcting me as I thought it was too early. Hope the weather has improved by then.
Aww Fran , nothing wrong with being eager It is a nice reminder for anyone who has not taken part or does not know about it to learn and get registered.
I'll be having a go again although I think my count might be meagre compared to last year, we've moved to a newish build house and although its not a built up area there doesn't seem to be as many birds around does it take a while for them to 'move in'? There's a fair few trees about but young ones.
It can take a while Julia, but 'if you build it, they will come' It'll be interesting to keepa diary of it over a few years to see any increases. Create as good a space as you can for them with the right planting, and other little bits and pieces so that you get a vareity of wildlfie and insects in. That helps attract birds. Feeding consistently too. I moved back to this area five years ago, and inherited a very blank space of a garden, and now it's like Sauchiehall Sreet on the Saturday before Christmas
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We've got very few birds in the garden this year compared to the same time in other years, although the robin was about yesterday. I think many of the others may still be down on the marshes ... it's been such a good year for seeds etc there's plenty for them down there, and shelter too ... I think that when the weather begins to turn properly wintry we'll see them back although nesting time is when we see the most.
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I will be taken part, I have always done it and just love it. We have recently moved house and I have never seen so many Starlings. We have only moved 2 miles and where we lived before there were hardly any. I just love watching them sitting on the telephone wires of an evening and in the trees. My garden at the moment, (well it's not a garden really just a mess), will hopefully be a little more inviting for the birds by January.
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It'll be interesting to keepa diary of it over a few years to see any increases.
Create as good a space as you can for them with the right planting, and other little bits and pieces so that you get a vareity of wildlfie and insects in. That helps attract birds. Feeding consistently too.
I moved back to this area five years ago, and inherited a very blank space of a garden, and now it's like Sauchiehall Sreet on the Saturday before Christmas