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Sparrow
27-01-07, 02:49 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6304783.stm - this explains a bit about it! :)
http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/ this has all the info for recording your bird numbers. :)
Its a great way to get kids involved as well - my two sit watching for an hour counting up what they can see. Although we only get sparrows :lol: and blackbirds round here.
Sparrow
27-01-07, 03:14 PM
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Rowan @ 27th January 2007 - 3:09 PM) 231152</div>
:lol: Too early for baby sparrows to be out yet! :lol:
Did one this morning and hubby will do one tomorrow morning - (this means me as well - 'pretty coloured sparrows' are usually chaffinches and we really do NOT have Dartford warblers in our garden :unsure: )
Bless him - shortly after he retired he rang me at work and described this black and white bird walking in the garden - a wagtail!! :D[/b]
:lol: My mum gets so many different birds in her garden - even a kingfisher! There is a buzzard and a hawk that flies over most days as well.
Thanks for the link sparrow
I get loads of birds in my garden the usual sparrows starlings blackbirds magpies crows robins and have also seen reguarly a heron it is huge flew over my head and made me duck :lol:
but the most fascinating one i saw was a woodpecker stunning colours sadly it didnt stay long enough and by the time i got the camera it had gone :(
my birds are cursing me today as I have been doing a big prune of their big hedge! :lol:
tried to tell them its for they own good come spring, so I wont disturb their babies in there.
we have lots of sparrows, an assortment of different T*ts (the bird kind ;) ) blue, coal and great etc ~blackbirds and thrushes and a kestrel who appears every now and then, theres a large resiviou up the road so we also see sea gulls and some ducks and stuff :D
one of the neighbours breeds budies....does that count :lol:
Planet 24
27-01-07, 08:50 PM
We have a hawk that circles the meadows at the back of the house and then swoops down - never comes up with anything though ;)
Also lots of blackbirds and a lone pigeon that seems to have escaped from somewhere as it has a tag on its leg. Now the cats can actually go outside without fear of being kidnapped, we were worried but the cats just sit and watch the birds. :)
We have once seen a woodpecker in our garden which was beautiful.
In addition to what everyone else has said we also get jays very regularly :)
Noise Stopper
27-01-07, 09:01 PM
I was expecting a lot of big birds! Eagles Ostriches and stuff, instead it's just a load of people watching ordinary ones!!! :hihi:
Ian :nfh1:
Sparrow
27-01-07, 09:08 PM
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Noise Stopper @ 27th January 2007 - 9:01 PM) 231253</div>
I was expecting a lot of big birds! Eagles Ostriches and stuff, instead it's just a load of people watching ordinary ones!!! :hihi:
Ian :nfh1:[/b]
:lol: :hihi: :P
Noise Stopper
27-01-07, 09:12 PM
Can we come round and watch you? will there be tea and buns? :thumbs: :thumbs:
Ian :nfh1:
Sparrow
27-01-07, 09:13 PM
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Noise Stopper @ 27th January 2007 - 9:11 PM) 231256</div>
Can we come round and watch you? will there be tea and buns? :thumbs: :thumbs:
Ian :nfh1:[/b]
:P oi watch it!!!! I knew Id get stick from somebody starting a topic on bird watching!! :P
Noise Stopper
27-01-07, 09:15 PM
Or.....! We could have a NfH watch! I'll bring the binoculars and a flask and we go to various locations film them and stream it live with Bill Oddie presenting! :innocent: :lol:
Ian :nfh1:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(sp54 @ 27th January 2007 - 8:57 PM) 231252</div>
We have once seen a woodpecker in our garden which was beautiful.[/b]
We had one of those a few weeks ago , i did take a very bad picture, there quiet big really :o , we get the odd stray pheasent, loads of T*ts/ finches/ wood pidgeons( how do they get off the ground :blink: ), i dont get many sparrows or starlings, we also have a screaching owl, not a tweettwetawoo one and schreachingggggggggggggggggggg one :lol:
Sparrow
27-01-07, 09:32 PM
You take some fantastic pictures Rowan :notworthy:
nice pics peeps :)
hope we can get some good ones in the next few weeks between us all :thumbs:
smokeydeadlegs
28-01-07, 01:54 AM
Hi Sammie they tweettwetawoo as well, lol.
We have 4 GS Woodpeckers (2 are youngsters from previous years, they know where they are well off), Treecreepers, spoilt for choice here also a pair of Sparrow Hawks, get tired of chasin' them oh and this little fella, haven't the heart to chase him ~ what I believe is a Merlin, such a deadly but bonnie bird, well deadly we will just say that he tries hard, caught me a bit off guard and wrong camera !
A cracking picture Rowan ~ Well done.
:D Fabulous picture, Rowan :)
I have only ever seen one in my garden :(
On the top 20 birds list there were no Jays which surprised me a bit. We have always had Jays - does anyone else have any?
Sparrow
28-01-07, 10:26 AM
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(sp54 @ 28th January 2007 - 10:21 AM) 231379</div>
:D Fabulous picture, Rowan :)
I have only ever seen one in my garden :(
On the top 20 birds list there were no Jays which surprised me a bit. We have always had Jays - does anyone else have any?[/b]
My mum gets them in her garden sp :)
Nope, no jays round here ;)