RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2026

[DiggoryVenn]

Anyone else planning to participate in this between 23-25 January? Thought it might be good to share what we see. It's just recording what you see in your garden during one hour during that time period.

I may actually do it in my own garden and then pop to my Dad's to do it there too.

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I've given up...... No birds here and we are usually a very birdy garden!

With regards to numbers though, I thought you only noted the maximum number if birds you spot at any one time rather than the total you see over the hour?? I see on social media people are getting very confused by this.

I’ve given up too. Not a single bird yesterday or today when I tried. We at least usually have some pigeons wandering around but even they didn’t put in an appearance. I think the birds around here must have decided that they will not be counted!

@HostaCentral you’re right. It’s the maximum number of birds you see at any point, not the total, or you could be recording the same robin 30 times.

It's from B&M. £6

Those with zero results, please still log them. They are still important to the data collection.

Thank you.

I also got nothing at my Dad's yesterday - very weird.

Thanks all, see you next year 😁

A nil here too, only a pigeon flew over.

It was a nil here also. Of course, yesterday, just before dusk, I had a Robin on my new feeder, a pair of blackbirds underneath and a wren in the mixed hedge. They will all be hiding again today with this crazy wind and rain.

We usually have loads of birds but they all disappear when we do the bird count. Got a few but missing various ones that are always around.

Reminder - only a couple more days to log your results if you haven't already 🐦