RSPB Garden Birdwatch 2021

The watch this year could be done over the weekend of the 29th, 30th and 31st January. I did mine on Sunday 31st when the weather looked more favourable. A total of 15 species was recorded, which is above the average of 10.5 for my garden. The total number of birds seen was 32, which is slightly below the average of 35.

The list is as follows:

1 Blackbird       : 8 Black-headed Gull

2 Blue Tit          : 2 Carrion Crow

1 Dunnock        : 1 Feral Pigeon

2 Great Tit        : 2 House Sparrow 

2 Jackdaw        : 1 Magpie

1 Pied Wagtail  : 1 Robin

4 Starling           : 1 Wren

3 Wood Pigeon 

Highlights were 2 Carrion Crows as these have never been recorded during a watch before, and the 8 Black-headed Gulls. Both these species were feeding on bread that I had thrown out onto the lawn.

Lowlights were the lack of birds feeding on the pole feeders this year. No Goldfinches for the 2nd year running and no Greenfinches for the 5th year running.

There have been no Chaffinches seen since 2013. Starlings had a poor year also with only 4 seen compared to the average of 12.

Attached are some graphs highlighting the decline of some of the species