Local children took part in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch again this year having made birdfeeders at a CW Beavers meeting with leader Liz Hall
The world’s largest garden wildlife survey asks young participants to observe birds and wildlife in their gardens
The notes submitted all helps conservation of some of Britain’s much loved bird species, especially those that are becoming a rarer sight. Records of wildlife like badgers, foxes, muntjac deer, frogs and toads are also encouraged. Garden visits by starlings and greenfinches have declined by 79 and 59 per cent retrospectively since the first Birdwatch in 1979.
Chorleywood Beavers George Addison and Milly Vickers took part as well as with Milly’s brother Arthur, a Cub Scout.
We saw robins, jackdaws, blackbirds, magpies, goldfinch, black headed gulls, a crow and a dunnock.” says Milly
‘I really enjoyed bird watching, especially looking out for birds that are hard to spot or endangered.” adds George, “ It took a lot of patience but I saw lots of different birds, my favourites were a Red Kite, the Long-tailed tits and the Goldfinches.”