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Feb 2021
7:30pm, 5 Feb 2021
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J2R
steve45, I'd love to see your list some time! I can't remember what mine stands at, something mid-30s, I think. Redpoll and siskin are two of them, though!
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Feb 2021
7:58pm, 5 Feb 2021
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flyingfinn
That's a great count Steve45. I've just totted mine up quickly and got to 33 (over 22 years), not including the overfliers like Raven, Crow, Swift and Buzzard. However, I do manage to count both Swallow and House Martin because I've had new fledglings of both sat on my gutter waiting to be fed by the parents. Maybe one or two missing but not 12. I've no grass that's mine, just a relative small area of patio and courtyard which probably limits the chances of a few species like Redwing that are otherwise common close by. Though I did manage to tempt a Fieldfare in during the bad winter a few years ago by putting out apples. The best sighting close (<50m) to the house though has to be a pair of Oystercatchers on the grass within the curtilage of the whole old farm courtyard complex that includes my place.
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Feb 2021
10:11pm, 5 Feb 2021
11,343 posts
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chunkywizard
I didn’t realise people’s lists don’t include flyovers. Half on mine are those!  (actually 7 are I think). We’ve got 40 on our list, or 33 on the ground, fence, tree etc. Also I think those are viewing from the house, rather than in the garden (although 95% are in garden)
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Feb 2021
10:33am, 6 Feb 2021
3,383 posts
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J2R
Yes, I don't count flyovers. If I did, I'd be able to add greylag and pink-foot geese, cormorant, oystercatcher, heron, buzzard, red kite. My rule is that they must be stationary (not in flight) either in my garden or on the house, or on the branches of a tree overhanging my garden.
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Feb 2021
10:34am, 6 Feb 2021
3,384 posts
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J2R
Oh yes, 3 species of gull are regular overflyers, too - black-headed, herring, and, increasingly, lesser black-backed.
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Feb 2021
10:50am, 6 Feb 2021
4,380 posts
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steve45
My list is easy to count because I do the BTO's Garden Bird Watch which keeps all one's observations along with great stats too. Costs £17 a year but makes the garden watching worthwhile and contributes to the BTO's survey re long term trends.
Just for interest I'll put my list on here sometime!
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Feb 2021
11:14am, 6 Feb 2021
4,381 posts
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steve45
House Sparrow; Blue Tit; Blackbird; Robin; Great Tit; Dunnock; Feral Pigeon; Magpie; Wren; Jackdaw; Wood Pigeon; Coal Tit; Long Tailed Tit; Collared Dove; Blackcap; Song Thrush; Goldcrest; Goldfinch; Chiffchaff; Lesser Black Backed Gull; Bullfinch; Chaffinch; Greenfinch; Carrion Crow; Great Spotted Woodpecker; Sparrowhawk; Starling; Willow Warbler; Marsh Tit; Willow Tit; Swallow; Fieldfare; Redwing; Garden Warbler; Whitethroat; Black Headed Gull; Brambling; Mistle Thrush; Nuthatch; Ring Necked Parakeet; Stock Dove; Tree Creeper; Lesser Whitethroat; Raven; Reed Warbler.
I noticed while doing this that Swallow is included--the BTO say that "flyovers" which are actively using the sky above (ie "feeding") can be included in garden counts. Ok..so the Parakeet is a bit of a weird one ! Never likely to get a Willow Tit again (just the once a decade ago) and Marsh Tit unlikely too.
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Feb 2021
11:17am, 6 Feb 2021
48,854 posts
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Derby Tup
LBBB and Reed warbler aren’t common garden birds
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Feb 2021
5:41pm, 6 Feb 2021
4,382 posts
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steve45
Just noticed..Sedge Warbler isn't there and I've had singles on a couple of occasions. A river is 400 metres away which is why the occasional Redd and Sedge turn up. As for LBBG..they breed on rooftops just two hundred metres away.
This is an urban garden in Cardiff so quite a list for an urban location I suppose.
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Feb 2021
6:17pm, 6 Feb 2021
48,861 posts
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Derby Tup
We have a tiny pond barely six feet from one of our windows in our garden and I saw a heron in it once. With our house came a small patch of ground which has a water course running through it. I’ve seen dipper in it
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