BGBW 2021 – how was it for you?
A fairly average BGBW with 29 individual birds of 13 species; Starling (6), House Sparrow (7), Chaffinch (2), Dunnock (1), Goldfinch (3), Collared Dove (1), Robin (1), Blackbird (2), Blue Tit (2), Coal; Tit (1), Woodpigeon (1), Reed Bunting (1) and Jackdaw (1).
Our regular Blackcap(s) wasn’t seen yesterday and didn’t turn up today despite being seen on 17 of the last 27 days. Hmmm.
But there have been two Reed Buntings in the garden today – the first of winter 2020/21. The first, before BGBW was a smart male but a female was under the feeders for a while during BGBW. That’s unimportant but satisfying. Consulting the excellent Birdtrack I see that almost all of my garden Reed Bunting records are for February and March but this is the third year in which I’ve picked them up in very late January on BGBW.
No Greenfinch, but then I have hardly seen one in the garden all month. They were very noticeable last March and April – I wonder whether they will be again this year?
A Red Kite flew over, low and looking intently into my garden, just after I stoped counting. Would I have counted it? I’d have been tempted…
I’ve submitted my records to the RSPB – sometimes I forget!
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