Garden Bird Sightings

Here are the results of a year's staring out of the window. I have listed the species (21 different ones) seen in, or immediately over, my garden in the last year. The number following is the most of that species seen at any one time, followed in brackets by the date on which that occurred. The final number is the figure for 2010:

Blackbird 5 (14/1/11) 5

Blackcap 2 (several) 2

Blue Tit 5 (6/1/11) 3

Chaffinch 3 (20/2/11) 2

Coal Tit 1 (10/5/11) 2

Collared Dove 5 (6/3/11) 7

Dunnock 2 (several) 4

Goldfinch 6 (8/2/11) (20/2/11) 4

Great Tit 2 (several) 3

House Martin 16 (31/8/11) 17

House Sparrow 16 (18/11/11) 14

Jackdaw 2 (28/3/11) 2

Jay 1 (1/1/11) 2

Long-tailed Tit 2 (31/1/11) 5

Magpie 3 (5/1/11) (27/2/11) 2

Robin 2 (several) 2

Sparrowhawk 1 (22/2/11) 0

Starling 20 (25/3/11) 36

Swift 5 (26/6/11) 3

Wood Pigeon 3 (several) 3

Wren 1 (several) 1

Observed 2010 but not 2011:

Black-headed Gulls

Common Gull

Crow

Fieldfare

Green Finch

Herring Gull

Heron

Pied Wagtail

Redwing

Song Thrush

Swallow

The eagle, parakeet and giraffe observations noted in the book all seem to have taken place on Tuesdays which, coincidentally, is when I host the Holy Trinity leadership team meeting.