I don't think the results will be a surprise to anybody but good to see a healthy number of the households that took part were in the Manchester area.
Thanks Nick
Nick Hilton said
Sat Nov 28 1:22 PM, 2015
BTO Goldfinch Feeding Survey
Why do we need a survey? With 70% more Garden BirdWatch participants reporting Goldfinches now than 20 years ago, its apparent that they are far more common in our gardens than they used to be, but we don't fully understand the reasons for this. How important is the food we put out or which plants we grow? Do they truly prefer nyger seed or is sunflower seed their choice treat? We need your help to find out the answers!
Using your counts we will investigate the factors behind the increase of Goldfinches and uncover their feeding habits. Understanding how birds use the resources in our gardens means that we can provide for them when times are hard.
What can you do? We want you to spend two minutes watching the Goldfinches in your garden, and tell us how many you see and what they are feeding on. We are also interested in how their feeding behaviour changes throughout the winter so if you regularly get Goldfinches you can help us by reporting more than once.
See link for further info; http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/gbw/about/background/projects/goldfinch-feeding-survey?dm_t=0,0,0,0,0&dm_i=IG4,3T4GZ,39H329,DQ1WN,1
http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/gbw/about/background/projects/goldfinch-feeding-survey/preliminary-results?dm_i=IG4,4ANH9,39H329,FPSKJ,1
I don't think the results will be a surprise to anybody but good to see a healthy number of the households that took part were in the Manchester area.
Thanks
Nick
Why do we need a survey?
With 70% more Garden BirdWatch participants reporting Goldfinches now than 20 years ago, its apparent that they are far more common in our gardens than they used to be, but we don't fully understand the reasons for this. How important is the food we put out or which plants we grow? Do they truly prefer nyger seed or is sunflower seed their choice treat? We need your help to find out the answers!
Using your counts we will investigate the factors behind the increase of Goldfinches and uncover their feeding habits. Understanding how birds use the resources in our gardens means that we can provide for them when times are hard.
What can you do?
We want you to spend two minutes watching the Goldfinches in your garden, and tell us how many you see and what they are feeding on. We are also interested in how their feeding behaviour changes throughout the winter so if you regularly get Goldfinches you can help us by reporting more than once.
See link for further info;
http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/gbw/about/background/projects/goldfinch-feeding-survey?dm_t=0,0,0,0,0&dm_i=IG4,3T4GZ,39H329,DQ1WN,1
thank you