Birdwatch Follow-Up

Well, I think I have discovered where all the Cambridgeshire birds go over Birdwatch weekend - to the Cotswolds!

We didn't see a huge number by some people's standards, but it was a nice bright weekend and we saw a lot more than usual.

We were going to do the Birdwatch Sunday lunchtime as we were busy on Saturday, but kept half an eye out when we were having lunch on Saturday just in case it bucketed down all day on Sunday, and on Saturday we saw:

3 Blackbirds
3 House sparrows
2 Collared doves
2 Blue tits
1 Great tit
1 Coal tit
1 Wood pigeon
1 Robin
1 Chaffinch
1 Dunnock
1 Tree sparrow

Oh - and 2 chickens, but they live in next door's garden so don't really count.

Then on Sunday when I came down for breakfast R said "there are redwings in the garden!" so we thought we'd do another count then. We saw:

5 House sparrows
4 Redwings
3 Blackbirds
2 Chaffinches
1 Collared dove
1 Wood pigeon
1 Robin
1 Blue tit
1 Magpie
1 Rook
And the same 2 chickens.

By Sunday lunchtime they had all disappeared though, so it's just as well we didn't wait and do our Birdwatch then!

The question now is, which lot of results shall we submit? And is it cheating if I submit one lot and R submits the other?!


02/02 Post edited to add the photo of the blackbird - taken, naturally, the weekend after the Birdwatch.