Whilst the physical location for my second stint at the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch wasn't quite as comfortable as my kitchen there did seem to be plenty more birds on display down at the WWA today.
Whilst others took part in the main working party activity the bird spotting team managed to see the following:
- Bullfinch
- Redwing
- Great spotted woodpecker
- Blackbird (2)
- Collared dove (14)
- Greenfinch
- Robin (2)
- Blue tit (3)
- Dunnock (3)
- House sparrow
- Song thrush (2)
- Jackdaw (20)
- Chaffinch (5)
- Goldfinch (1)
- Long tailed tit (5)
- Wood pigeon (6)
- Great tit (2)
- Magpie (2)
- Wren
- Mallard (6)
- Coot (2)
- Black headed gull
- Kingfisher
- Gadwalls (6)
- Little grebe (2)
- Siskin (2)
- Water rail
Pretty impressive in just an hour and certainly counting them all felt like hard work. By the end of it we felt like we deserved the refreshments just as much as those that had spent the morning digging!
It looks like the rewards were were an hour in the cold! You got a good cross-section of birds.