Annual patterns of garden use

How different species use Garden BirdWatch gardens over a year

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Participants record the maximum number of individuals seen at any one time in their garden. We then average these counts across sites to calculate the average maximum weekly count. The reporting rate is a measure of the proportion of gardens which observed that species during a particular week.

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