That's a lot of folks - should provide useful information.
I don't do it but I do the BTO garden birds survey which counts maximum numbers of birds by the week.
Yesterday was rather untypical:
4 blackbirds
2 great tits
2 blue tits
2 long-tailed tits
1 coal tit
1 robin.
First time for many a year that there have been more than two blackbirds (two of them were immature). Most days the first bird seen is a dunnock which didn't turn up at all yesterday and recently chaffinches and bullfinches have returned (only see them in the winter) but not yesterday. On the other hand these were the first long-tailed tits for many months (when they sometimes descend in a twittering mass). No crows and we seldom see a starling or hedge sparrow.
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Originally Posted by goosey
By 5pm yesterday afternoon 10,000 people had logged their sightings and 400,000 birds were reported.
House sparrows were the most reported sightings but are in decline, numbers have halved in the last 25 years.
Blackbirds , Great tits and Blue tits are the most widespread birds across The Netherlands.
More Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps and wagtails have stayed in country during the last few winters, probably down to warmer winters.
Here are the top 10 most seen garden birds in this weekend’s count. Last winters placing’s are in brackets.
1.House Sparrow (1)
2.Great Tit (2)
3. Blackbird (3)
4. Blue Tit (4)
5. Chaffinch (7)
6. Jackdaw (5)
7. Starling (6)
8. Collared Dove (8)
9. Wood Pigeon (9)
10. Tree Sparrow (12)
My own sightings correspond quite well with the National findings.
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