Monday, January 16, 2012

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.

1 comment:

Ray Barnes said...

My garden is urban and tiny but I have seen all of those you list apart from swift and house martins and in addition the following:
cock pheasant, wagtail, heron, great spotted woodpecker, reed buntings,
Goldcrest robins, greenfinches, house sparrows and great tits.
I am a member of BTO and take part in the garden birdwatch scheme which is a daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly count.
It only takes a few seconds to spot and record them and they are part of the national count each year.
Fascinating, useful and a source of infinite pleasure.