Tuesday 28 October 2014

Thirty Five Species in Twenty Six Kilometres.

On an extremely hot October day, a twenty six kilometre saunter on my bike turned up thirty three species of birds (the owls revealed themselves during the evening). I've not done a list for while so here's one, but in no particular order except that non-passerines come first.
Perhaps just as interesting are the species which didn't show up but were around a similar area on the previous day. These include mistle thrush, chiffchaff, linnet and long-tailed tit.
Song thrushes have not been around for a while but there appears to have been a influx yesterday.
No sign of the cranes yet.

Crow
Jackdaw
Jay
Magpie
Tawny Owl
Little Owl
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Grey Heron
Moorhen
Buzzard
Kestrel
Sparrowhawk
Green woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker

Grey Wagtail
White Wagtail
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
House Sparrow Starling
Wren
Robin
Dunnock
Cirl Bunting
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Meadow Pipit
Skylark
Woodlark
Firecrest Nuthatch Short-toed Treecreeper Stonechat Blackbird Song Thrush

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