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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / February 2006RSPB bird count this weekend. (28/29th Jan)
http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/ Take part in the RSPB survey this weekend. You can submit the results online at their website. "The survey is very simple. All you need to do is watch your garden or local park for an hour on either Saturday 28 or Sunday 29 January, note down the birds you see and tell us the highest number of each species you see at any one time in the hour (this avoids counting the same birds twice.)" I put food out every day so get a regular amount of birds even though I have a small garden . The annoying thing is watching them fly over or sit in next door's garden as that doesn't count. <G> Alison  Signaturehttp://catinfolinks.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ http://doginfolinks.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ >http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/ >Take part in the RSPB survey this weekend. You can submit [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >doesn't count. <G> >Alison I'll try doing a "Bill Oddey" if I have a spare hour, probably tomorrow. PS: Wow -ooooow - Alison's a Webmaster/istress/person thingy, like the dog and cat sites. -- preceed with 2006 to email >http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/ >Take part in the RSPB survey this weekend. You can submit >the results online at their website. >Alison Well what can I say. It's like a watched pot that never boils.. I usually get a variety of birds in my garden from crows to wood pigeons, blackbirds, starlings blue tits finches even sea gulls. I've just sat down between 12:30 and 1:30pm after filling the bird table with wild bird food and breaking up a crust of bread and watched and noted all bird activity in my garden! Result = 1 X Blackbird I didn't even bother to report it, I was so disappointed. They'll all be there now, tucking into the grub, knowing I'm not watching but on the net......... what can you do? -- preceed with 2006 to email >> http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/ >> Take part in the RSPB survey this weekend. You can submit [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > watching but on the net......... what can you do? > preceed with 2006 to email I noticed on the RSB web site that they give you the option of counting in your garden or local park. I chose the park because there is a tidal river flowing through it, and bordering it are fields and rough grazing. I was thus able to report the presence of the normal garden type birds, plus curlew, oyster catchers, redwing, rooks, magpies, common crows, swans and mallard. Quite good selection I thought, and all genuine sightings. Last year I reported from my garden and reported one herring gull. >Well what can I say. ... >Result = 1 X Blackbird Oh dear :o( I must say, I think the time of day matters a lot - my birds seem to flock in around breakfast time and later in the afternoon leaving lunchtime a bit barren. I did my count a bit late (at 10:45) and i managed a fairly decent count (including my resident Blackcap and Goldcrest) but my frequent Bramblings didn't put in an appearance :o( Not bd though for about 10x10m of estate back garden in Reading. Cheers Chris R. > >Well what can I say. > ... [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Cheers > Chris R.>> I got a better result this year at 8.30 am than I did last year in the afternoon. I think the fact that the weather was better this time helped. Alison > I got a better result this year at 8.30 am than I did last >year in the afternoon. I think > the fact that the weather was better this time helped. > Alison Would you credit it ... since the bird count the Bramblings have come back! Today they were flouncing around my back garden eating my seeds and bread ... I could almost hear them singing "nah, nah, nah-nah naaaah!" Chris R. >> Well what can I say. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > They'll all be there now, tucking into the grub, knowing I'm not > watching but on the net......... what can you do?>> LOL That reminds me of the Kitkat ad when the photographer is waiting for the pandas to come out . Alison |
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