#BGBW2025
To add to the 18 species we saw in the #BGBW2025 at the weekend, today I saw a woodpecker, a nuthatch and a delightful gold crest. First peeks of spring too.
January 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Probably the windiest and wettest #BigGardenBirdwatch I can remember! Thirty birds recorded in our garden, including a stunning Jay. Gave me some time to brush up on how to age Blue Tits - it's always good to look a bit closer at the things you think you know so well #BGBW2025
January 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
January 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
January 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
#BGBW2025 Blackbird (2), Blue Tit (2), Brambling (1), Chaffinch (6), Coal Tit (2), Dunnock (1), Great Tit (1) Long-tailed Tit (6), Magpie (1), Robin (2), Siskin (1), Woodpigeon (2). Surprised to see Brambling and Siskin @rspbscotland.bsky.social @btoscotland.bsky.social
January 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
That's a wrap #BGBW2025 I was right about 10 species, & I got 6 of them correct:

House Sparrow 5
Blackbird 3
Blue Tit 3
Great Tit 2
Dunnock 2
Robin 1

... but also:

Goldfinch 1, Coal Tit 2, Long-tailed Tit 4, Collared Dove 1

... but no Starling, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw or Magpie.

Now data entry
January 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
….. though for #bgbw2025 this chap clearly didn’t help nor did one of the local moggies 🐈‍⬛ and a squirrel 🐿️. 🧵 2/2
January 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Rubbish photo of a blue tit and grumpy robin at the feeder for this morning's #BGBW2025
January 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
#BGBW2025
Best BGBW count ever for our 2-acre wooded garden - 19 species - a Buzzard perched in a birch and at the end a pair of Ravens swooped into one of the oaks (first ever perched in garden!).
Wood Pigeon 3
Collared Dove 3
Blackbird 6
Dunnock 2
Blue Tit 2
Coal Tit 3
Great Tit 2
Nuthatch 2
1/2
January 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Species #10 Collared Dove #BGBW2025
January 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
We have regular visits from 6 LTTs plus NH, bullfinch, black cap, marsh tit, stock doves, a tree creeper and a wren, plus the usual crowd (R, BB, BT, GT, D, C, GF). Will report back later on what we actually see today! Oh, and last year, a Goldcrest 😊 (West Malvern wild garden) #BGBW2025
January 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Interesting that in my head we always get siskins and redpolls in the count, but actually, while we do always get them in the garden in winter, it's 2018 that either last made the BGBW count, and redpoll only actually once - 2014 - made it.
#BGBW2025
January 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Better than last year with 17 birds from 8 species. Still below the average of 24/9. And when compared to the 2018 peak of 50 birds from 15 species, very sad.
#BGBW2025
January 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Unbelievably, 5 minutes after finishing our Big Garden Birdwatch count, we’ve got our first *ever* garden reed bunting! #BGBW2025
January 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The birds are back. Great Tit #BGBW2025
January 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
House Sparrow and Dunnock. 8 species #BGBW2025
January 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Big garden birdwatch. House Sparrow 10. Goldcrest. Wood pigeon 4. Great Tit. Chaffinch 2. Greenfinch 3. Magpie. Dunnoch. Robin. Blackbird. Coal Tit. Jackdaw 6. #bgbw2025
January 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
January 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Am about to do the #bgbw2025. This week has produced a moment with 8 LTTits in garden - bet they won't be seen betw 11 & midday. Last week a fly-over Merlin and first Bullfinch for years - they won't be seen either, I bet.

I predict 10 species: HS, B., BT, GT, C., JD, R., MG, SG and one other?
January 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
It’s Big Garden Birdwatch Weekend.
24-26 January 2025

How many birds can you spot in your Wiltshire garden? #BigGardenBirdwatch

Sign up for #BGBW2025 with the RSPB @rspb.bsky.social

www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
January 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
It’s Big Garden Birdwatch Weekend.
🗓️ 24-26 January 2025

How many birds can you spot in your #Hampshire garden? #BigGardenBirdwatch

Sign up for #BGBW2025 with the RSPB @rspb.bsky.social

www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
January 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
It’s Big Garden Birdwatch Weekend.
🗓️ 24-26 January 2025

How many birds can you spot in your #Dorset garden? #BigGardenBirdwatch

Sign up for #BGBW2025 with the RSPB @rspb.bsky.social

www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
January 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I've signed up to #BGBW2025! I've been participating for a few years but often don't spot many birds on the day I've chosen to participate. This year, trying to make sure I have food out!
@rspb.bsky.social
January 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I've signed up to the #BGBW2025!

🗓️ Years participating: 4
📍 Watching from: West Yorkshire
🦉Fave bird: Only one?!? Barn Owl. No, puffin. Oh, and I have a growing soft spot for kingfishers.
💙What I love about the BGBW: Connecting with nature in my immediate surroundings. Noticing what's there.
January 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I've signed up to the #BGBW2025!

🗓️ Years participating: This is my first year.
📍 Watching from: South Wales.
🦉Fave bird: Pigeon.
💙What I love about the BGBW: Looking at birds.
January 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM