Sunday, 27 January 2019

GBBW

Did you do the Great Britain Bird Watch  (RSPB) this weekend?  I love popular science stuff! 

Our garden count was:
15 hedge sparrows (usually more but it was cold and windy and they were hiding in the hedge most of the day)
3 Great tits
4 Blackbirds (after the mealworms I had scattered on the lawn)
1 Robin
2 Pigeons
3 Magpies
Just across the road in the cereal crop 15 carrion crows, 2 collard doves  and a curlew.

BBC start Winterwatch next week so more bird watching on its way.

Then the rain clouds rolled in and the sun set in a lovely way.
The TV is teasing me with a vague advert for GBSB - Great British Sewing Bee!  I can't wait!  Who knew hobbies like sewing and baking would make great TV?  I wish they would bring back the pottery version - I only did it at school but it made great watching as it was so easy for it all to go wrong.




2 comments:

  1. We had far less this year. I think this was mainly to do with the very, very windy weather we’ve been having in Devon since last night. But I still managed to count:
    4 Starlings
    2 Goldfinches
    7 Sparrows
    2 Blackbirds
    3 Collared Doves
    1 Robin
    3 Wood Pigeons
    2 Jackdaws
    1 Magpie
    3 Coal Tits
    1 Great Tit

    No doubt in a couple of days time, when it’s bit calmer, our garden will be awash with Starlings and Sparrows again!

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  2. I was watching the starlings tonight flicking to the trees in what seemed like hundreds. I hope yo take part in this bird watch in the future.

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