Friday Bird List

[rowanwitch]

Thought I'd have a wander round my neighbourhood and see what was about . Gave myself 30 minutes.
House sparrows
Blue tits,
great tits,
long tailed tits,
robin,
wren,
blackbirds,
starlings,
magpie,
carrion crow,
jackdaw,
Jay,
common buzzard,
kestrel,
then by reservoir, great crested grebe,
mallard,
coot,
mute swan (juv),
little grebe,
herring gull,
black headed gull,
lesser black backed gull,
golden eye,
Common cormorant
Feral pigeon
Wood pigeon
Collared dove
Fly over Canada geese and grey heron.
Also heard gold crest, and chaffinch
Not bad really

[Chipchopper]

Thats a good range of birds Rowan, especially with a bird of prey around!

[-SharonA-]

Being a Londoner I only recognise pigeons. But whenever I go abroad I marvel at the birds I see, unfortunately I don't know I what they are.
Some are brightly coloured, and their sounds!!

[Tilly2]

Goldcrests make a lovely sound, don't they?
Did you not see any ducks?

[Tilly2]

Oh, yes. The golden eye, sorry.

[hellywelly4]

Wonderful, rowan , I'm quite jealous!

[rowanwitch]

Quite often the common birds go unnoticed but sometimes I like to do a quick patch list to keep my eye in. We should have a few more on the reservoir later in the winter but Bartley Res. was Bill oddie's childhood patch and he writes of weeks without a single bird. It's not that much better now because the sailing club tends to drive them away.

[goodgoalie]

This afternoon saw a beautiful Red Kite hovering low over my head - this year's been the first I've seen them here in the north Cotswolds

[rowanwitch]

Love red kites, or Stokenchurch pigeons as we christened them after a trip down the M40 when we saw over a hundred.