The results are in...

BGBW
The Birdwatch results were released this week.... Wow! Over 600,000 of you took part in this year's Big Garden Birdwatch. Thank you. Not only does that make 2011 a record-breaking year for the number of people watching their garden birds, but your counts also revealed some exciting news about our smaller birds.

Nesting ducks
Mallards are starting to nest now and as usual, some of them are picking awkward sites on balconies or in enclosed courtyards. As the last egg is laid, the female starts to incubate. She sits very tightly, and her brown plumage blends her perfectly to the background, so they can be hard to tell if they are under bushes! Top Tips here.

Waxwings
Still lots of reports of these birds. They should soon be heading off back to Scandinavia to breed. So, keep an eye out for the last of them.

Penguin rescue
A grounded cargo vessel has been wrecked on Nightingale Island – part of the Tristan da Cunha UK overseas territory in the South Atlantic.
It threatens to create a twin environmental disaster for the island's wildlife, which includes nearly half of the world population of northern rockhopper penguin; one of the world's most threatened species of penguin. Give to the Fund Here

Thanks!