[Ontbirds]Peterborough CBC

[Tony Bigg]

Peterborough held its 56th annual Christmas Bird Count on Sunday December
16th. The snow storm affected the numbers of observers, species and
individual birds as it did elsewhere. 

   

33 species (plus 7 count period species) and 3263 individuals were recorded
by 21 field observers. Both of these totals were well below the averages for
the last ten years of 53 species and 9328 individuals, and the lowest number
of species since 1968. 

   

Winter 'finch' numbers were:  13 Pine Grosbeaks, 141 Common Redpolls (with 2
Hoary Redpolls seen during the count period), 77 American Goldfinch, 520
Snow Buntings, 325 Bohemian Waxwings, 7 Cedar Waxwings

   

   

Tony Bigg

Peterborough Christmas Bird Count Compiler