On Saturday we did our RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, one hour between 10 and 11am. It was crisp clear and bright, several inches of snow had fallen overnight and there was the odd flurry during the hour. The snow made counting even harder than usual as we kept getting snow blindness from staring at the brightness for too long!
Anyway these are the results:
Chaffinch - 23; Goldfinch - 12; Greenfinch - 14; Brambling - 9; Siskin - 3; House Sparrow - 6; Tree Sparrow - 11; Dunnock - 2; Blackbird - 3; Mistle Thrush - 1; Song Thrush - 1; Redwing - 2; Starling - 3; Blue Tit - 2; Coal Tit - 1; Great Tit - 1; Robin - 2.
The nuthatch didn't turn up and the long tails waited until we'd finished arriving about 20 minutes after we'd finished counting but 17 different species is pretty good going.
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A phenological diary for Goathland and surrounds.
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Does what it says on the tin. An online diary of nature and garden notes based in and around Goathland, a small village in the middle of the North York Moors. We have a wide range of birds which visit the garden but being surrounded not only by moorland but also pasture land and some woodland including some lovely mature trees means we have an even greater species list that you might expect. The garden is predominantly herbaceous beds with some shrubbery areas and a fair expanse of grass.
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