Sunday, 25 January 2009

RSPB Garden birdwatch

12 species in my pocket-handkerchief sized back garden:
Blackbird 2, Starling 8, House sparrow 5, Jackdaw 2, Collared dove 2, Dunnock 2, Great tit 2, Blue tit 1, Chaffinch 1, Robin 1, Wren 1, Siskin 1. (nothing scarce I'm afraid).

Good numbers of Lapwing and Golden plover in the fields by the Clettwr this afternoon - very mobile, due to the attentions of a Peregrine! The light was exceptionally clear after last night's rain, with stunning vistas up and down the Dyfi estuary, but no sign of the Whitefronts today.