Sunday 4 March 2018

OUR MINI 'RSPB BIG GARDEN BIRDWATCH' COUNT 2018



Once again we have undertaken a mini Merseyside birdwatch count:- 18 households across Merseyside, Rainford and Newton sent in their counts, which you can see in the table below. 
This year I’m pleased to say most people were happy with their counts with only a few describing their results and experiences as - disappointing with favourite birds arriving late. The response from the RSPB to ‘bad’ years was to extend the count to three days, perhaps it did the trick? 

SPECIES
No’s of gardens seen in
TOTAL No’s of birds seen
RANK
By no’s seen
RANK 
By gardens found in
Red
Amber
Green
1
BLACKBIRD
16
36
4
1st
2
WREN
5
5
15
8
3
BLUE TIT
15
29
5
2j
4
GREAT TIT
12
21
8
4
5
COAL TIT
5
7
14
8
6
LONG TAILED TIT
5
11
13
8
7
ROBIN
15
20
9j
2j
8
BLACKCAP
2
4
16
11j
9
STARLING
9
44
3
6
   R
10
DUNNOCK
10
15
11
5j
   A
11
HOUSE SPARROW
10
60
2
5j
   R
12
FERAL PIGEON
8
26
7
7
13
WOOD PIGEON
13
20
9j
3
14
COLLARED DOVE
10
17
10j
5j
15
GOLDFINCH
9
97
1st
6
16
CHAFFINCH
10
28
6
5j
17
GREENFINCH
4
17
10j
9
18
JAY
1
1
19j
12
19
JACKDAW
2
3
17j
11
20
MAGPIE
10
14
12
5j
21
CROW
3
3
17j
10j
22
GOLDCREST
3
3
17j
10j
   
23
NUTHATCH
2
2
18j
11
24
SONG THRUSH
1
1
19j
12j
   R
25
GREY WAGTAIL
3
4
16j
10j
   R
26
SPARROWHAWK
2
2
18j
11j
27
GREY HERON
1
1
19j
12j
   
28
LESSER REDPOLL
1
1
19j
12j
   R
29
PHEASANT           
1
1
19j
12j
30
MISTLE THRUSH
1
2
18j
12j
R






GREY SQUIRRELS  2 households, 4 individuals  HEDGEHOGS  0 households,  0 individuals



For those of you who have enjoyed taking part in the Big Garden Birdwatch and would like to record more, please consider joining the BTO Garden BirdWatch , this will involve you recording your birds every week and uploading them to the BTO website. The count includes other nature sightings such as insects & mammals and also records the type of food you put out, more recently they have included your sightings of diseased & dead specimens.


Many thanks to all those who took part in our little survey, I hope you find it of interest. Please free to add your comments and observations, on our blog.

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