The Big Garden Birdwatch

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Questions

1 How many people does Kate Humble say took part in last year’s birdwatch event?
2 How many children did this include?
3 When are the results for this year’s survey due?
4 How big is this birdwatch?
5 What did the 1st survey identify?
6 What has the work encouraged people to do since its introduction?
7 Can anyone join in?
8 What does Richard Bashford say it is a good excuse to do?
9 What does Kate Humble say Richard Bashford will be doing later in the programme?

Graham Madge gives the latest news on the Big Garden Birdwatch about to take place.

10 When will the Big Garden Birdwatch take place?
11 How many people is the RSPB (= the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, established in 1889) expecting to take part?
12 Is this the usual number that take part?
13 Which word indicates the songthrush was not one of the birds on the Top 20 Most Sighted Birds last year?
14 What is the website address for this survey?
15 What is the RSPB urging (= persuading) farmers to do?
16 Why?
17 Which word reveals there are large numbers of birds eating the berries in the hedgerows?
18 Participants are asked to look out for redwings and fieldfares visiting the UK. Where are these birds from?
19 Experts say these birds visit the berry-rich hedgerows for a specific reason – what is this?
20 What is happening to make them visit towns and villages more often than they did?
21 What phrase describes people who are concerned they might put on weight?
22 What advice is given to people planning to diet in the New Year?
23 What 3 foods are mentioned which are typical foods eaten over the Christmas season?
24 What will these calorie-rich foods help garden birds to do?
25 What phrase indicates that this food will be both enjoyable and valuable for birds?
26 How would restoring the UK’s quarries and mineral-workings help the UK’s birdlife?
27 Have these habitats disappeared in the last 100 years?

Just ‘yes’ or ‘no’ now!!

Dos and don’ts for the Big Garden Birdwatch

Please write down Yes and No and note down which of these 11 questions need the answer ‘yes’ and which ones ‘no’.

1 Do you note down all the birds which you see?
2 Do you need to go out of doors?
3 Did Richard Bashford’s five-year old daughter join in for the full hour last year?
4 Is this the first year of the event.
5 Has the event stayed the same?
6 Has anything changed?
7 If you don’t see birds which usually visit your garden should you include them in your record?
8 Do participants count the birds which fly over gardens?
9 Is there a best time of day to complete the survey?
10 Is it a good idea to start feeding birds in January?
11 Do participants just keep the results of their findings?

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