Fifty-plus Species

Today's continued sunshine encouraged me to go farther afield which meant the car rather than the bike. I visited the Braconne forest and the Trouve and Bandiat rivers in the hope of a few different species to add to yesterday's total. The result was a good one, pushing the total to the mid fifties over the two days. As always, a few common species eluded the trawl but the full list below shows that it is very feasible to come across over sixty winter species in Charente during a twenty four hour period.

The Winter List  Dec 21/22

Black woodpecker
Great spotted woodpecker
Lesser spotted woodpecker
Green woodpecker
Tawny owl
Hen harrier
Buzzard
Kestrel
Rook
Crow
Jackdaw
Magpie
Jay
Wood pigeon
Collared dove
Heron
Little egret
Mute swan
Mallard
Gadwall
Little grebe
Moorhen
Coot
Kingfisher
Cormorant
Lapwing
Blue tit
Great tit
Long tailed tit
Goldcrest
Firecrest
Short toed treecreeper
Nuthatch
Wren
Dunnock
Robin
Chiffchaff
White wagtail
Grey wagtail
Skylark
Meadow pipit
Water pipit
Stonechat
Siskin
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Hawfinch
Greenfinch
Blackbird
Song thrush
Mistle thrush
Field fare
Starling
House sparrow
Cirl bunting
Reed bunting