Like many people in the UK I did the “Big Garden Birdwatch” last weekend watching out for birds in the garden. For whatever reason, this year was a “bad year” with the total list of birds being:
- Great Tit
- Woodpigeon
- Crow
I’m convinced that the birds know that its Garden Birdwatch weekend and hide away because in the days that have followed we’ve seen:
- Long Tailed Tits;
- Blue Tits;
- Coal Tits;
- Tree Creeper;
- Dunnock;
- Robin;
- Blackbird;
- Greater Spotted Woodpecker;
- Green Woodpecker;
- Magpies;
- Chaffinch;
- Wren;
- Thrush;
- Buzzrds (Flying over);
- Sparrowhawk (zipping in and out of the trees)
Maybe the lack of birds is because the feeders are running out of food and we haven’t been and got fresh seeds & suet in an effort to reduce our contact with others.