Charts
are difficult to read as they have had to be reduced in size
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the maps) and the chart will reload in a new page at full size
and be much clearer.
September
2009
September has seen a small, but very welcome, rise in the number
of reports received. Two are from close to the centre of Moffat
and just shows that there is a good selection of urban birds
to be seen.
This time of year seems to suffer from very variable amounts
of birds. Presumably this is due to young birds dispersing and
there being a good supply of food 'in the wild' so they do not
have to rely on our gardens,
The number of Blue Tit sightings is up considerably from August,
Great Tit sightings is also up though to a lesser extent. Coal
Tit sightings are down quite a bit. Chaffinches remain roughly
unchanged there have been reports that the flock sizes are smaller
this year so perhaps they haven't had the best of breeding seasons.
Robin sightings have increased substantially. Dunnock, House
Sparrow, Blackbird & Nuthatch sightings have all dropped.
Greenfinch and Goldfinch reports have rocketed, roughly double
the August figure. Wren numbers are down but perhaps they will
reappear later as the vegetation dies down and they become easier
to see. Jackdaws reports are up - but mainly 'in town' as reflected
by the two new reports.
Siskin, Woodpecker and Starling continue to drop. Fair numbers
of Pied Wagtails are being seen. Crows are much less common
in the gardens now. Collared Doves seem to be fairly steady.
A welcome return to the Long-tailed Tit - only one sighting
but they should be back in our gardens again soon.
Two new birds have joined the list - Red-legged Partridge was
seen in a garden at Nethermill and Meadow Pipit has been recorded
on a few days in the Beattock area.
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:
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reporting point
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sighting location for selected bird.
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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
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