Big Garden Bird Watch

The RSPB’s Big Garden Bird Watch is the world’s largest bird survey, held every winter in the UK. With over half a million participants it provides vital information on the population of some of our favourite garden birds. Here are last years results As you can see last year the most seen bird was the…

Sighting: Leucistic Jackdaw

Leucism is a genetic condition which affects pigment. In birds this results in abnormally pale or white feathers, affecting anything from a few single feathers to transforming a whole bird pure white. https://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/gbw/gardens-wildlife/garden-birds/behaviour/plumage/leucism Leucism appears more prevalent in dark, primarily black birds, or perhaps it is just more noticeable in these species, and therefore more…