Happy New Year from the team at Bird Spot HQ!
It’s the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch this month, the UK’s biggest wildlife survey. And to celebrate we’re giving one lucky Bird Spotter the chance to win a copy of British Birds: A Pocket Guide.
Part of the brilliant WILDGuides series, this little book is packed full of hundreds of stunning photographs and detailed descriptions to help you identify not only the birds in your garden but also those found further afield.
To enter all you need to do is tell us which is the best bird that has ever visited your garden. Enter your answers in the comments below, and we’ll pick a winner at random using the wonderful wheel of names.
The competition closes at 11:59 pm on the 8th January 2020 and you can see the full competition Ts&Cs here.
Good luck!
This competition is now closed. Congratulations to Mrs D McCandless – we hope you enjoy the book.
Don’t worry if you weren’t able to enter – check back soon for another chance to win.
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A wood pigeon who sat on my water feature last summer to cool off.
Lots of beautiful birds but 9 long tail tits was lovely to see.
We had a kestrel attack a wood pigeon in our back garden! We heard the thud and next thing he was flying off with his catch in his claws and nothing but a pile of feathers left behind!
A male and female bullfinch. They are such beautiful birds and the black on their heads is so black.
A waxwing (in East Lothian, Scotland) a couple of years ago, a bit off course i think.
My little wren that comes to say hello x
A Kestrel. Took us both by surprise when we saw each other! The pigeon it left behind took some cleaning up…
Long Tail Tits
Wren
Woodpecker but years ago I did see a kingfisher before the housing development at the back of my house was built. It was a field and a drainage ditch before!
A sparrow hawk
Green Woodpeckers
In 2017 we had blue tits nesting in one of the nest boxes and we welcomed four out of a clutch of nine into the garden. This year we had sparrows and I was fortunate enough to watch them hatch and fledge. We put a camera in the box. It is such a joy to watch them all in high summer. We’ve been lucky to see so many different birds visit our garden but the highlight was the sparrowhawk that flew in and perched on the top of the fence while hunting it’s intended quarry.
Dunnock picking up all the loose seeds off my feeders
We get flocks of starlings, and although they do make a bit of a mess and they squabble at the feeder I do love seeing them, esp as their numbers have declined so much. When they come down they also encourage the blue tits and goldfinches to come in too.
Goldcrest
Long Tail Tit
Coal tits, 10am 1/1/20
I have a Nuthatch who usually goes for the black sunflower seeds
A humble Dunnock. When we first moved here 3 years ago very few birds visited. We put up feeders and eventually noticed a single, very shy dunnock. We have planted the garden to attract birds and now have an array of birds, including families of dunnock, that are not as shy as they used to be. I have a soft spot for them.
Goldfinch
I get magpies, craws as well as sparrows blackbirds , starlings , bluetits and odd magpies and the odd robin come visit my garden which myslf and my 90 yr old Mother love to watch them feeding 🙂
..Our Son and Partner put out in the garden multiple bird feeders because we all love the birds ..on 22nd of DECEMBER after lunch we counted an amazing 21 ..yes 21. beautiful GOLDFINCHES amongst the flock feeding ..
Hard to pick, I love them all! Great spotted woodpecker is a frequent visitor and the long tailed tits flock regularly. Although these have more of a ‘wow’ factor I actually really love the blackbirds, real characters and like when they nest in my garden.