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November 2009

Six reports received this month, better than October but still rather sparse!

Blue Tit sightings remain similar to October, Great Tit down fractionally but an increase in Coal Tits. Chaffinch and Dunnock are unchanged, Robins down slightly but now in line with numbers at the start of the year. House Sparrow and Blackbird are both well up on the October figures. Nuthatch sightings are down. Greenfinch & Goldfinch sightings have always been erratic over the year (in fact there were no Greenfinches reported at all in October) but they are both well up this month. Both Song Thrush and Wren have dropped drastically from last months 'high' and have rarely been seen this month. Jackdaw numbers are much the same as in October. Treecreepers have returned to the list after a long absence! Siskin sightings were low in October but have seem to have returned to about the Autumn average. There is a slight increase in sightings of Great Spotted Woodpecker. Starlings have recovered from a low last month and are back at about the September levels, possibly the shift from summer to winter residents. There is small but significant rise in sightings of Carrion Crow - are they becoming more common at this time of year or is it just a feature of the gardens that have been recorded? The Long-tailed Tit has been recorded again but only in one garden, hopefully we will see them more frequently soon. Magpie has been reported again - the first records since May. Collared Dove numbers are at or near the average for the year so far but well down from the peak in June, they seem to favour very specific areas. This month also sees the first reports of Brambling this winter. Our winter visitors seem to be unusually sparse though, again, this could be due to the gardens that were reported. A recent flurry of Fieldfare, Redwing and Goldcrest sightings seems to have passed.

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.