{"id":3740,"date":"2010-01-30T08:15:45","date_gmt":"2010-01-30T08:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3740"},"modified":"2010-01-29T14:30:24","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T14:30:24","slug":"rspbs-big-garden-birdwatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/01\/rspbs-big-garden-birdwatch\/","title":{"rendered":"RSPB&#8217;s Big Garden Birdwatch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend is the weekend that the RSPB have picked for their <a title=\"Big Garden Birdwatch\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rspb.org.uk\/birdwatch\/\">Big Garden Birdwatch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All you have to do to join in and help with the data is sit down for an hour (preferably with a cup of coffee) and count the birds you see in your garden. You count the number of birds of each species that lands at any given time and then submit your findings to the RSPB. 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