| RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch | The RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch takes place on the 27th and 28th of January 2007. Do you want to spend an hour in your own back garden or a local park and record the birds that you see? To get involved, contact the Radio Sheffield Action Desk for a form on 0114 267 54 44 |
Whether you live in the country, city, a house or flat, we want to know about your experiences. Do you hand feed a blackbird every day, or wait for the swifts to come back every year? Perhaps you've found an injured bird in your garden and nursed it back to health?Here at BBC Radio Sheffield we're supporting the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch which takes place on the 27th and 28th of January 2007. The idea is to spend an hour in your own back garden or a local park and record the birds that you see.  | | A goldfinch, copyright Mike Read |
For a form you can contact the Action Desk on 0114 2675444, or visit the RSPB website: www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch Jeff Goacher's tame blackbird"Our neighbour used to have a blackbird in his garden that would come into his house to be fed. "It was brilliant to see. It would loiter around the back door until he opened it and then fly in and take dried fruit from the kitchen table. "John went into hospital last year and was insistent that we look after it. "He's now moved to a residential home, and the blackbird comes and waits at our back door every morning for its breakfast instead.  | | Blackbird |
"He loves hearing how it's been joined by a starling, a couple of sparrows and a rival blackbird which are almost hand tame, because of him." Do you have a story like this about the birds in your garden? If so, send them in via the form below. We'd also love to see your pictures - email them to south.yorkshire@bbc.co.uk with the subject line 'BIRDWATCH' | 
