{"id":16671,"date":"2026-02-28T17:01:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=16671"},"modified":"2026-02-28T17:03:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:03:03","slug":"wenvoe-wildlife-group-birdwatch-results-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=16671","title":{"rendered":"Wenvoe Wildlife Group Birdwatch Results 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WENVOE WILDLIFE GROUP BIRDWATCH RESULTS 2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Thank you to everyone who took part in this January\u2019s birdwatch. The weather was awful, but the number of individual birds seen was 439, which is up by 196! We received 23 returns (six up on last year) and 25 different species sighted (4 down on last year). Below are the results for this year, with last year\u2019s results in brackets.<\/p>\n

The top five birds last year and this year remain the same although the jackdaw has jumped from fifth to first equals with the blue tit. The great tit has dropped from 6th to 10th and the goldfinch from 9th to 13th. The blackbird has remained more common than first reports suggested, but the song thrush remains a rare bird in the parish (one sighting last year and one this). As this is only the second year for our bird watch it is hard to interpret any definite trends. However, jackdaws do seem to be on the increase particularly in the centre of the village, as do magpies and wood pigeons.<\/p>\n

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  1. = Jackdaw: 58 (last year 24 sighted. Fifth in the table last year). = Blue Tit: 58 (last year 37 sighted. First in the table last year)<\/li>\n
  2. Wood Pigeon: 51 (last year 36 sighted. Second in the table last year)<\/li>\n
  3. Long Tailed Tit: 46 (last year 26 sighted. Same position as this year)<\/li>\n
  4. Blackbird: 41 (last year 30 sighted. Third in the table last year)<\/li>\n
  5. Magpie: 32 (last year 15 sighted. Not in the top ten last year)<\/li>\n
  6. Robin: 29 (last year 21 sighted. Same position as last year)<\/li>\n
  7. = House Sparrow: 23 (last year 18 sighted. Same position last year). = Chaffinch: 23 (last year 16 sighted. Tenth equals last year)<\/li>\n
  8. Coal Tit: 21 (last year 16 sighted. Tenth equals last year)<\/li>\n
  9. Great Tit: 20 (23 last year. Tenth equals last year)<\/li>\n
  10. Dunnock: 17 (8 last year)<\/li>\n
  11. Greenfinch: 16 (4 last year)<\/li>\n
  12. Goldfinch: 10 (17 last year)<\/li>\n
  13. Feral Pigeon: 9 (2 last year)<\/li>\n
  14. Carrion Crow: 8 (12 last year)<\/li>\n
  15. Lesser Black Backed Gull: 7 (zero last year)<\/li>\n
  16. Starling: 5 (3 last year)<\/li>\n
  17. = Collared Dove: 4 (3 last year). = Wren: 4 (6 last year). = Greater Spotted Woodpecker: 4 (3 last year)<\/li>\n
  18. = Nuthatch: 2 (2 last year). = Pheasant: 2 (3 last year)<\/li>\n
  19. = Song Thrush:1 (1 last year). = Sparrowhawk:1 (zero last year)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    The species seen last year but not this were goldcrest, moorhen, mallard and snipe.<\/p>\n

    Once again thank you to everyone who took part. We now look forward to our summer birdwatch in May.
    \nWenvoe school will be taking part again this year. Let\u2019s hope it is better weather than in January!<\/p>\n

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