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Old February 8th 12, 02:39 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Dave Cornwell[_4_] Dave Cornwell[_4_] is offline
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Default garden birds and continental cold

JT wrote:
OK a bit OTish, but here in Dorridge Solihull, where pressure at 1043.8
at midnight and current temp of 0.8C, I have had a record count of
garden birds.
Front garden a 3m crab apple at 1130 had on it and under it a flock of
38 redwings, two fieldfares, three song thrushes and four blackbirds. In
the back garden on my four feeders and below on the floor, as I type, 13
blackbirds, two collared doves, three woodies, SIXTEEN goldfinches,
three greenfiches, a robin and a pair of dunnocks, just waiting for
neighbourhood sprawk to make a meal of it.

Had bugger all for the big garden bird watch.

JT
Dorridge

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Similar here as well. Had virtually nothing compared to last year on The
Big Garden Birdwatch, now loads a week later. Highlight - my first ever
Redpoll on the Nyjer feeder. Also lots of Snow Buntings on Shoeburyness
beach and I got rare pictures of them in the snow (for the South).
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Dave