Further hard weather effects
15 Jan 2010
Unsurprisingly the effects of the weather on our birds have continued to dominate the reports you are sending in. A notable increase of thrushes visiting gardens has already been detected in Garden BirdWatch results. Redwings and Fieldfares (such as the individual captured in this unique image) have topped the GBW charts in terms of increase in garden occurrence, going up by 283% and 267% respectively, compared to the same time period over the previous 4 winters. One enterprising observer even carried out an apple preference experiment, concluding that Golden Delicious was the favoured variety for the Fieldfares in his garden! Elsewhere a Black-throated Thrush created a stir by visiting a garden in Newholm near Whitby.
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