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Charts are difficult to read as they have had to be reduced in size to fit on screen. You can, however, click on any chart (not the maps) and the chart will reload in a new page at full size and be much clearer.

July 2009

Down to only six reports this month. These six have been consistent contributors and they deserve a special 'Thank You' for their diligence.

This month, the reports seem to indicate a distinct drop in the distribution of Blue Tits, Great Tits, Chaffinches, Robins, Blackbirds, Greenfinches and Goldfinches. Dunnock shows an increase in sightings and House Sparrows are still widespread. Song Thrush is down but this is expected. Nuthatch and Siskin are down on last month, reported in only two and three gardens respecively this month. Carrion Crow is down a bit so less of a danger to the smaller birds! Pied Wagtail has made a strong showing, though. Collared Doves seem to be down a little, less widespread than previously.
Last month I remarked that fewer birds seemed to be seen on a daily basis and this trend has continued. It is difficult to attribute this to any particular reason. Perhaps they are just less visible among all the summer vegetation but one should also expect that the added population of young birds should offset this.

 

The same information in a different form -

Now the maps (new ones covering a wider area). We have included only selected species. If anyone out there would like to see more species listed, please get in touch and we will see what we can do.

You can change this map view to show the locations where some selected birds were seen and not seen. The symbols used are:

reporting point

sighting location for selected bird.

The choice of display is from the following options -

All locations Nuthatch Collared Dove House Sparrow Siskin Long-tailed Tit (none)

To give an indication of how common all these birds are, here are some more charts - they are not easy to make out as we have to reduce their size considerably to fit the web page! However, choose a chart from the list and then clicking on the chart to open it in a new window. Internet Explorer users may have to magnify it to full size to see it clearly.