OK – Scarlett and I did the hour-long birdwatch while enjoying a late breakfast. The idea is record the maximum number of each species seen (to avoid counting the same bird twice).
I’ve submitted the results to the RSPB website. The final score was:
- Goldfinch 4
- Blue Tit 5
- Collared Dove 2
- Blackbird 4
- Sparrow 4
- Starling 1
- Robin 1
- Great Tit 1
- Dunnock 1
Disappointingly, the Greenfinches and Chaffinches we regularly get in the garden didn’t make an appearance, nor the more unusual species such as Woodpeckers and Jays that occasionally pop in. But that’s how it goes with any sampling technique – the data all evens out if enough people do it.
Tales from the Wood - The Diary of a Badger Watching Man 