The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #117366   Message #2532721
Posted By: Roger the Skiffler
06-Jan-09 - 06:42 AM
Thread Name: BS: Birdwatching 2009
Subject: RE: BS: Birdwatching 2009
We do a weekly garden bird count for the BTO* (also record stag beetles via the same site) I don't know what our annual total is but our weekly total is between 16 and 20 species. Our oddest over the years have been an escaped African Grey parrot and a small flock of (presumabley escaped) zebra finches one year. Ring necked parakeets (escapeees from the 1950s**) are now common in the area.

RtS
*British Trust for Ornithology
** allegedly escaped from a Shepperton film set. Possible Sanders of the River or similar.