Haha, no sloping roof but good for sunbathing and vis mig watching..
I don't see any dots on the garden birdrace observers map for Wigan yet
Rob Thorpe said
Fri May 15 12:57 PM, 2020
Simon Warford wrote:
As tempted as I am to do this, standing on the sloping extension roof is the only place I can obtain a good enough vantage, and I may get seriously strange looks (more so than usual) if im out there from 5am to 9pm...
When you'd previously talked about going up on the roof, I was assuming it was a flat roof!!!
dave broome said
Fri May 15 12:30 PM, 2020
Simon Warford wrote:
As tempted as I am to do this, standing on the sloping extension roof is the only place I can obtain a good enough vantage, and I may get seriously strange looks (more so than usual) if im out there from 5am to 9pm...
It would be like the Strangeways riots all over again, water cannons would be deployed
Simon Warford said
Fri May 15 11:26 AM, 2020
As tempted as I am to do this, standing on the sloping extension roof is the only place I can obtain a good enough vantage, and I may get seriously strange looks (more so than usual) if im out there from 5am to 9pm...
Rob Thorpe said
Thu May 14 4:16 PM, 2020
There's now prizes available for this, including for: Most species identified Longest time spent searching / watching Rarest bird found Most species from indoors (for those without a garden) and a sweepstake for how many species seen across all entrants.
There's people from all over entered, including Shetland, Orkney and the Western Isles, and plenty on the east coast and down south... north west is very under-represented though!
Doc Brewster said
Tue May 12 3:58 PM, 2020
We are currently doing the BTO Garden Birdwatch, free this year for non members and members alike:
https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/gbw
-- Edited by Doc Brewster on Tuesday 12th of May 2020 03:59:23 PM
Rob Thorpe said
Tue May 12 3:29 PM, 2020
Anybody else bored enough to give this a go this weekend? I'm planning a 4am start, all being well #dedication
Rob Thorpe said
Sun May 3 5:06 PM, 2020
So, apparently there's a lockdown garden bird race happening on Saturday 16 May... check out #gardenbirdrace on Twitter for details.
Edit: or here for those non twitterers: https://curlewsfeathers.wordpress.com/
-- Edited by Rob Thorpe on Sunday 3rd of May 2020 05:15:41 PM
It's definitely on there! Look harder
I don't see any dots on the garden birdrace observers map for Wigan yet
When you'd previously talked about going up on the roof, I was assuming it was a flat roof!!!
It would be like the Strangeways riots all over again, water cannons would be deployed
Most species identified
Longest time spent searching / watching
Rarest bird found
Most species from indoors (for those without a garden)
and a sweepstake for how many species seen across all entrants.
There's people from all over entered, including Shetland, Orkney and the Western Isles, and plenty on the east coast and down south... north west is very under-represented though!
We are currently doing the BTO Garden Birdwatch, free this year for non members and members alike:
https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/gbw
-- Edited by Doc Brewster on Tuesday 12th of May 2020 03:59:23 PM
-- Edited by Rob Thorpe on Sunday 3rd of May 2020 05:15:41 PM