This is the journal of my endeavours to grow a range of fruit, veg and flowers from seed, grow organically, and my attempts to create a personal paradise with 1/2 acre of maintained gardens and 1/2 acre wild meadows. Northern Ireland's average daily high temperatures are 18 °C (64 °F) in July and 6 °C (43 °F) in January. Soil type: Clay

Sunday 27 January 2013

Bird Watch and 1st Snowdrop

It was a very windy weekend. I took part in the RSPB Garden Bird Watch 2013 over the weekend from the warmth of the indoors. Pictured left: our resident robin. 

I counted the following birds this year:
1 robin;
1 crow;
2 magpies;
1 coal tit;
3+ great tits.

The snow melted this weekend and I spotted the first of the snowdrops with flowers forming, however, I managed to delete all the photos taken over the weekend from my camera so I'll have to show the snowdrop photos later this week when I take some new photos.The robin photo is one I took last year. Don't you hate it when you delete photos by accident!  

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  1. Mark Willis27 January 2013 at 11:08

    Oh, what a shame about the photos! At least they will be replaceable, since it wasn't a one-off event that you were photographing. I look forward to seeing the second batch.

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  2. Egretta Wells blog27 January 2013 at 11:37

    It seems really early for the first snowdop of the year! Will look forward to the photo later! Love your resident robin.

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  3. Sue Garrett27 January 2013 at 12:15

    We have buds forming on our snowdrops too.

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  4. Jennifer Tetlow28 January 2013 at 03:11

    I did the Birdwatch too and so enjoyed it - despite blizzard sleet! Very windy - I think it kept some birds away. No sign here of any snowdrops - look forward to your pics!

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  5. Jo28 January 2013 at 04:17

    How annoying, still, I'm sure you'll have plenty more opportunities to photograph your snowdrops. The robin looks nice and rotund. We had a scraggy one which visited us a couple of years ago, but this year's resident robin must be eating more as he's a fat little fellow.

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  6. Mal28 January 2013 at 13:20

    Snowdrops budding here too. Rather too close to the bird table they get pecked by the birds and then I tread on them (by mistake) while recharging the bird feeders.

    With your background picture and your bird count I'm thinking you are in a VERY exposed spot.

    ps We have no day 1 pictures from the hospital for one of my daughters. It turned out there was no film in the camera - Oops!

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    1. Kelli29 January 2013 at 04:55

      Good guess Mal. The site I'm on is quite exposed indeed which makes it very windy.

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  7. HolleyGarden28 January 2013 at 18:13

    Snowdrops! How fun! And even more fun is the robin. It is the first sign of spring!

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