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This year the RSPB want to make it the biggest birdwatch in the world, so we've got the details on how you can get involved
We've also got suggestions of where you can visit if the nature bug grabs your fancy and we've got news of an exciting new gardening project on 大象传媒 WM, plus you can attract our feathered friends with our bird cake recipe.
听The importance of the Big Birdwatch
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| 听 |  | A chaffinch, photograph courtesy of Ray Kennedy
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The watch is all about building up an important picture of how well our garden birds are doing.
Last year, the 2002 Big Garden Birdwatch was the biggest yet with 262,000 people (including 41,000 children) taking part over one weekend in January.
More than 150,000 gardens, parks or school grounds were watched and more than four million birds were counted.
听The Top 10 birds gracing our gardens 2002
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路 Starling
路 House sparrow
路 Blue tit
路 Blackbird
路 Chaffinch
路 Greenfinch
路 Collared
路 Dove
路 Great tit
路 Wood pigeon
路 Robin
听| 听 |  | A blackbird, picture courtesy of Bob Glover
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All you need to do is spend one hour during the weekend of 25 - 26 January watching the birds in your garden, local park or school.
Just note down the largest number of each species you see at any one time.
It has to be the largest group number rather than the total number you see during the hour, because some birds may visit several times while you're watching.
You only need to record the birds in your garden, park or school grounds, too, and not the ones flying over.
It's as simple as that!
If you're not sure what birds are in your garden, the British Garden Birds website will help you identify them.
Follow the link on the left to visit the site.
To record your findings just log onto the RSPB website (linked on the left) where you'll find an online form to fill in.
Alternatively, you can call 0870 6010215 with your results.
听Parks
The area has lots of parks you can visit, either to join in the birdwatch or to walk off Sunday lunch! Follow the links on the left for information about some of them.
Falconry
If all this bird watching gives you a taste for feathered friends, then a trip to the falconry at Mary Arden's House in Stratford could be just what you need.
Follow the link on the left to see a gallery of their birds and to be in with a chance of winning some beautiful new bird stamps.
Garden centres
If peering into your garden for an hour reminds you of all those gardening jobs you need to do, then maybe you'll be in one of the area's garden centres by the end of the weekend!
If you can hold-off until next weekend, Ryton Organic Gardens just outside Coventry are holding an event for National Potato Day on 2 February.
Follow the link on the left for more information about the day.
听| 听 |  | 大象传媒 WM's Bob Brolly, soon to be in the garden
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Following the garden theme, 大象传媒 WM is launching a new gardening feature to Bob Brolly's afternoon show next Wednesday, 29 January.
The show is going to be broadcast live once a month from a garden in Stratford, where listeners can get the feel of the garden through the seasons and see it change here on the website.
Each month there will also be an array of interesting visitors to the garden.
Some you can expect to hear include: the Mayor Vince Seaman, some of the cast from the RSC's the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe, a Madonna looky and soundly likey, Arthur the scribbling sonnet and more.
Three lucky 大象传媒 WM competition winners will also be in the garden for the launch.
Listen to 大象传媒 WM on 94.8, 104 and 103.7 FM to find out more.
听Attract the birds with a special cake!
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Have a go at making a bird cake with our recipe. Better still - get the kids to help and see how much fun you can have.
Ingredients:
Vegetable suet or Lard
Seeds
Nuts
Dried Fruits
Suitable container - coconut shell or clean yoghurt pot
String
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Ideally you should mix 1 part of lard/veg suet to 2 parts of seeds/nuts/dried fruit mixture.
You can just use seeds in the bird cake, but any extras are always welcome.
Instructions:
1. Melt or soften suet
2. Pour onto the seeds/nuts/dried fruit and mix well
3. Drape the string into the container and pour in the mixture
4. Cool
5. Hang up with string
6. Enjoy watching your birds!
听Win bird of prey stamp sets
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Follow the link on the left to play the birds of prey gallery competition to be in with a chance of winning a birds of prey presentation pack.
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