Ten survey sheets were received, mainly covering the period February 2012 to January 2013. Seven sheets had complete coverage, two were missing January 2013, and one was missing February, March and April 2012.
Nine sheets covered birds within and flying over gardens, whereas one sheet covered birds within and flying over a village.
The average number of species recorded in a garden was 28; the maximum was 38 species and the minimum was 20 species. The village survey recorded 38 species, as would be expected from a larger area.
Overall 57 different bird species were recorded.
The following analysis is based on a presence or absence basis. Recorders were asked to note the maximum number of each species seen in or over their survey area (or site) in each month.
Thus for instance in the above survey if a particular species was seen in every site and in every month then this could be given a maximum score.
This is a one way of judging how common, or otherwise, a resident species is over the total survey area. For summer and winter visitors no such analysis has been attempted, and only the presence ‘score’ is given. Also the sample size of ten sites is relatively small and the results should therefore be treated with caution.