Tuesday, February 1, 2022

BIRD NEWS:670

 



A female pheasant with the wood pigeons start my next blog post. This wood pigeon is really tucking in to the seeds in the tree stump - as witnessed not only by Liz and I but a small bird in the hedge behind.



A pheasant strolls close by, with the wood pigeons and moorhen beyond. Of course, a few squirrels decided to hang out with the wood pigs too...



Alas, my close up shot did not turn out too well - this damn camera!!!!



I then spotted a reed bunting in the trees.



A blue tit and reed bunting share this photo.



The male pheasant came back!



Along with a robin! An unusual combination of bird in a single photo.



Ending the year 2021, my list of birds spotted thru the year totalled almost 100...

avocet

blackbird

barrows goldeneye

bewick swan

blackheaded gull

blacknecked grebe

blackbacked gull

bluetit

blackcap

brent goose

buzzard

coot

canada goose

cuckoo (heard not seen)

cormorant

coal tit

crow

common tern

dalmation pelican

dunnock

eider duck

farm goose

gold crest

greylag goose

grey heron

greater spotted woodpecker

great tit

great crested grebe

godwit

golden plover

grebes

green woodpecker

grey wagtail

harlequin duck

herring gull

jay

jackdaw

kestrel

longtailed tit

lapwing

longtailed duck

little grebe

magpie

mallard

marsh harrier

marsh tit

merganzer - scaly sided

moorhen

meadow pippit

mute swan

nene

nuthatch

nightingale (?)

oyster catcher

owl

pheasant

pied wagtail

peregrine falcon

radjah blackbacked shelduck

red kite

red breatsed goose

reed warbler

reed bunting

redshank

ringed plover

reed bunting

robin

rook

seagull

sandmartin

scoter

spotted flycatcher

skylark

song thrush

sparrow

starling

shoveler

stonechat

spectacled eider

shelduck

swallow

trumpeter swan

teal

turnstone

tufted duck

waterrail

wren

wood pigeon

woodwarbler

widgeon

yellow wagtail

pied wagtail



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