Big Garden Birdwatch

For 30 years now the RSPB has been conducting a garden birdwatch at this time of year. The public are invited to take part by watching and recording the birds they see in one hour in their garden or a park and sending in their results by post or on-line. My results for this year were
Blackbird: 1
Blue tit: 2
Dunnock: 1
Chaffinch: 4
Robin: 1
Starling: 3
Wood pigeon: 1

For several weeks now we have had goldfinches visiting the garden. Sometimes as many as six or seven at a time, but suddenly they seem to have disappeared.