Big Garden Birdwatch

For over 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: 3
Dunnock: 2
Blue tit: 3
Coal tit: 1
House sparrow: 2
Robin: 2
Starlings: 4
Wood pigeon: 1
Crow: 1

For once the count was fairly representative of what we see most days (perhaps because of the frosty weather). Chaffinches usually feature but were absent. This month we have also seen goldfinches, bullfinches and long-tailed tits on occasions.