{"id":14102,"date":"2024-03-15T14:59:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T13:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=14102"},"modified":"2024-03-15T14:59:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T13:59:19","slug":"wenvoe-garden-birdwatch-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=14102","title":{"rendered":"Wenvoe Garden Birdwatch 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9060\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=9060\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wildlife-2.jpg?fit=100%2C102\" data-orig-size=\"100,102\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wildlife 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wildlife-2.jpg?fit=100%2C102\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wildlife-2.jpg?fit=100%2C102\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9060\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wildlife-2.jpg?resize=100%2C102\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"102\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Wenvoe Wildlife Group<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">WENVOE GARDEN BIRDWATCH 2024<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Whilst we were disappointed with only 7 households taking part in our first Wenvoe birdwatch the results are still interesting and give us a small snapshot of the birds in our own community.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the total number of birds seen :<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1. Great tit: 15<br \/>\n2. Long Tailed Tit 14<br \/>\n2. Blue tit: 14<br \/>\n2. Wood Pigeon:14<br \/>\n3. Robin :9.<br \/>\n4. Carrion Crow:8<br \/>\n4. Goldfinch :8<br \/>\n5. Blackbird:7<br \/>\n5. Coal tit:7<br \/>\n6. Collared Dove: 6<br \/>\n6. Chaffinch:6<br \/>\n6. Dunnock:6<br \/>\n7. Rook:3.<br \/>\n7. Magpie:3<br \/>\n7. Herring Gull:3<br \/>\n8. Wren:2<br \/>\n8. Pheasant:2<\/p>\n<p>There was one siting of a Nuthatch, Moorhen and Greater Spotted Woodpecker. In total 20 different species of birds were recorded.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=14027\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14027\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14027\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=14027\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture10.png?fit=500%2C366\" data-orig-size=\"500,366\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Picture10\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture10.png?fit=300%2C220\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture10.png?fit=500%2C366\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14027\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture10.png?resize=500%2C366\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture10.png?w=500 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture10.png?resize=300%2C220 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the UK RSPB birdwatch results for 2023 the most seen bird was the House Sparrow but no House Sparrows were spotted in our admittedly limited sur-vey. We know there are House Sparrows in the par-ish but we are aware that nationally since 1966 22 million of them have been lost. The only bird in RSPB\u2019s list not seen in Wenvoe is the Starling.<\/p>\n<p>More analysis is being undertaken of our Wenvoe results to plot where in the village specific birds were seen and these findings will be published later.<\/p>\n<p>If during the year you spot an unusual bird in the parish please try and take a photo and send it in to the Wenvoe Wildlife Group with the date the photo was taken and a postcode or location description.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wenvoe Wildlife Group WENVOE GARDEN BIRDWATCH 2024 Whilst we were disappointed with only 7 households taking part in our first Wenvoe birdwatch the results are still interesting and give us a small snapshot of the birds in our own community. Here are the total number of birds seen : 1. Great tit: 15 2. Long Tailed Tit 14 2. Blue [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-3Fs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16671,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=16671","url_meta":{"origin":14102,"position":0},"title":"Wenvoe Wildlife Group Birdwatch Results 2026","author":"Alan Williams","date":"28th February 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"WENVOE WILDLIFE GROUP BIRDWATCH RESULTS 2026 Thank you to everyone who took part in this January\u2019s birdwatch. 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