Rushy Common Birdwatch

On the 28^th of January, we opened up the hide at Rushy Common to participate in the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch by counting the total number of each bird species we saw in 1 hour.  
 

During our hour long count we spotted 19 different species and 167 individual birds.

Of our 18 birdwatchers, it was great to see a mix of regular visitors and those who had never visited the reserve before.  

Here are the full results:

 

Species	Number
Blue tit	3
Canada goose	2
Carrion crow	2
Coal tit	1
Coot	38
Cormorant	14
Dunnock	1
Gadwall	4
Goldeneye	2
Great crested grebe	4
Great tit	4
Greylag goose	2
Lesser black-backed gull	8
Long-tailed tit	4
Magpie	3
Mallard	10
Robin	2
Tufted duck	13
Wigeon	50