We have almost reached the end of Big Garden Birdwatch weekend 2015 so here is a quick summary of how we got on here:
As I don’t have a garden, I did my hour yesterday morning 09.23-10.23 on the feeders behind the visitor centre. Here are my scores:
We also had a ringing demonstration from local ringer Simon Evans. A total of 81 birds of 11 species were caught.
The highlights included three bramblings:
Image credit: Lee Gregory
...And two siskins:
Image credit Les Bunyan
(Sadly we didn't get any pictures of the birds from yesterday just in case you were wondering !)
Additionally, several blue tits and great tits that had been ringed here before were retrapped. Surprisingly, this included a couple of birds that were first caught here over three years ago. This just goes to show how long some of these little birds live!
Thank you very much to everybody who visited yesterday and if you took part in the Big Garden Birdwatch, we hope you enjoyed it. Until next year!