HOW MANY DID YOU SEE THIS WEEKEND?

Excellent... that looks like a total 4 birds. :o)

Brill blog :o))

I like your swan/duck pot holders!!

I vote to count them...very cute blog! :o)

I have counted them for a number of years and felt this year there were much fewer birds about -- especially small ones like finches and linnets etc.

Pamg I have never seen a linnet and we seem to get hardly any finches, our neighbour who is a keen birder ( lives over the road), he puts lots of different food out and attracts a huge variety of birds, I think all the birds were at his place!!
Healerwitch glad you liked it........;*))
Lol TT and Clarice...
Sewingkilla our youngest daughter bought them for hubby for Christmas, would like to put some ivy in them, what do you think?

we've got hawthorn/mixed hedge around a field and used to have a lot more linnets and yellowhammers than now but although there are stables across the road there is no arable farming which may be the reason -- I do leave nettles, thistle and teasles for the goldfinches ( thats my excuse!) and they are just beautiful

I haven't been able to sit for an hour, but I have been down the garden several times, and I have been looking from the kitchen living room and conservatory - not one single solitary bird ! - Not one !

Those swans are beautiful. Last year I had nil points for my birdwatch as there was torrential rain the whole day! I have fared better this year but the long-tailed tits and goldfinches failed to come during the allotted time!! Can someone tell me how to count starlings - they just won't stand still!

Enjoyed your blog, DD and I vote to count ALL the birds in your garden :)

love the wire swans dotty, well at least you did your count and saw some, i did pretty well i guess :o)

A t least you had some visit Dottyd...maybe we should have sent you some of our s..w....to boost numbers,you understand !! Lol

Ah - not fair! I wanted to join in - the website refused to let me register. I did tell you I wasn't a techie! ;-(((((

maybe it was busy when you tried barbara :o(

Although it is not many I counted 27, I havent registered yet I will do that tommorow. I think it is allright to do it then.I like the wire swans as well Dottydaisy2.(You can just imagine the birds sitting around laughing at us all trying to count them)

Thanks all, Mavis I think 27 is excellent, glad you liked the planters, will look better when planted up properly.

~the RSPB count isn't how many you saw in total over the hour but the maximum number of each type you saw~for instance I had loads of goldfinches coming and going but the maximum was eight together at the same time~ I don't think they make it clear what you have to do~

Arlene I agree it was a little confusing, luckily our birder friend explained to us how to go about it.

~problem is I think quite a few will have got it wrong which means their results will be out of true~a bit more publicity on what they want would have been helpful!

Sandra - that could well have been why - maybe it'll allow me to register if I try again?

think you should barbara, let me know if you do :o))

I didn't actually count any birds for an hour but I did see quite a few seagulls swooping down over the grass patch in front of the balcony. But then that is true of most days around 8am! I saw a few Starlings as well as a few other birds during the morning but they are hardly still enogh for you to see them & identify, them let alone count them!