We hope you enjoyed your Great Garden Birdwatch at your home this January! Don’t forget to send in your results to the RSPB before 19 February. You can do it by following this link.
The garden team ready for the Great Garden Birdwatch, January 2021
Needless to say Edmund helped by staying in his bed, out of the way!
Lucy, Pete, Matt, Annette and Millie had a great hour at Fulham Palace looking for birds and jotting down what they saw! Here is a breakdown of what they identified within the hour (13.30 - 14:30) here at the Palace on Friday 29 January.
The team saw twelve different species and forty four birds in total.
The breakdown was as followed:
Pigeon 2
Wood Pigeon 4
Carrion Crow 1
Wren 1
Blue Tit 4
Dunnock 1
Gold Finch 2
Great Tit 3
Magpie 13
Robin 6
Great spotted woodpecker 1
Great spotted woodpecker, Woodland Trust image
Rose ringed Parakeet 6
All in all this is a good number and wide variety in a short space of time. The team didn’t get to see the Nuthatch or the Tree creeper but know they are around and can be seen from time to time.
Alexis spotted a bat last Saturday by the yew hedge at dusk so we know there is a hive of wildlife activity… some seen and lots more unseen! Even including a resident frog living in our compost heap drainage tank!
A mighty shadow: Looking towards the natural play area and Bishop’s Park from the Palace main lawn