Garden Bird Survey Update (Spring 2012)Apologies for the non-appearance of annual reports for a while, but please be assured that all records are input, analysed and immediately used for biodiversity monitoring throughout the county. As noted elsewhere, reports are planned, including hopefully a larger publication on 'Lincolnshire's Garden Birds', but in the meantime, we are at the end of the current winter season, so two requests: send me your winter form asap, and DO
download the summer form and keep recording, even if you don't normally do it. The 'hungry gap' for birds certainly extends through April and into May for seed-eaters, and all sorts of trends are appearing that we need to follow up. To take some notes from just one member's return (thanks Chris!):
This last winter saw:
tit numbers at an all-time low;
tree sparrow numbers declining drastically, but house sparrows climbing;
chaffinches now the commonest finch;
goldfinches changing their eating habits from nyger to sunflower hearts;
those expensive peanuts going uneaten;
reed buntings suddenly increasing.
Its likely that many of you have similar, or even opposite findings (its a big county) and if so, please lets be knowing. This simple survey is one of the easiest to do, but gives us a really useful insight into how our common birds are faring.
Thanks,
Anne Goodall
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