The species at the top of the list didn’t change much from previous years. If you’re a survey veteran, then see how your garden bird list compares to the national average! Over 90% of Irish Gardens If this is your first year to take part in the survey, don’t worry about knowing every single species that might appear in your garden – just familiarise yourself with the most common ones to start off. If you’re not a member, please join and support our work! But you can catch up on last year’s Irish Garden Bird Survey results with the overview below.
If you’re a BirdWatch Ireland member you’ll have already read the results of last year’s survey in your winter edition of Wings magazine. There's still time to take part in the Irish Garden Bird Survey!! See here for more details. Juvenile birds are similar to adults and also display a range of light and dark plumage variation juveniles lack black bands on the ends of their tails and wings and some paler birds show prominent dark markings on the underwing at the carpal (wing joint). Variation in adult plumage is displayed on both the upper and under sides and some birds can be extremely pale, especially in the tail and upperwing coverts. The rest of the underwings are whitish and finely barred. Adults are brown on the upperparts, body and underwing coverts and show a broad black band on the end of the tail and wing feathers. Buzzards have very variable plumages from very dark to very light. Often seen sitting on fences and telegraph posts or soaring high in the sky, where it shows a fan shaped tail and spread outer wing feathers. Has a short hooked bill suitable for eating meat.
A medium sized raptor (bird of prey) with broad wings, a compact body, short neck and medium-length tail.
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