Big Farmland Bird Count

[farmerjim84]

Are any of you doing it this year?

Seems to be being used more and more to show the 'hidden' work we're doing. Nice and easy to do, just half an hour with some binos:

This is what the NFU put out about it:

1. Download a count sheet from the BFBC website at www.bfbc.org.uk.
2. Count your birds! On a day between 7 and 16 February, spend 30 minutes recording the species and number of birds seen on one particular area of the farm.
3. Once you've completed your count, simply submit your results at www.bfbc.org.uk.

 

[Bald Rick]

Stopped counting when I got to 5000 starlings ..

 

[Giles1]

I stopped at 5 badgers, a fox and a pile of pigeon feathers.

 

[Agrivator]

We've got more magpies than lapwings.

And more grey squirrels than rabbits.

And many of the song birds seem to disappear when they see me coming.

 

[Spencer]

Got lapwings, curlews, and great Egrets here.. good population of brown hares as well all due to farm management creating a suitable environment. But hey ho the greater good is about to stick a public footpath with right to roam/spreading room, for the coastal path right trough the middle of it all.!!! Then guess what, once joe public and Fido do away with them all.., modern farming practices will be blamed for the decline of said species....

 

[Blue.]

Is counting jackdaws in a laddertrap allowed?

 

[Treecreeper]

Apparantly, as heard on the beeb recently, that intensive agriculture is responsible for the plummeting starling population. Sure as eggs is eggs, the remainder depend and do well on it especially this time of year.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

How do you go about counting birds . They hardly going to stand in rows waiting

 

[Hindsight]

Apparantly, as heard on the beeb recently, that intensive agriculture is responsible for the plummeting starling population. Sure as eggs is eggs, the remainder depend and do well on it especially this time of year.

NO Baldrick is collecting them!

 

[som farmer]

seen 2 new ones here, this year, kites have finally reached here, the other, white egrets.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I aint saying what i seen on social media

 

[Princess Pooper]

Yes I do it every year, we have a great story to tell. Won't be doing it for a few days though, looking at the weather forecast!

 

[Man_in_black]

I did it. Less grey partridge than last year