birdman
Sunday 9th May 2004, 17:35
No lifers this week on the local patch, but a nice selection that made it to the least, even though it felt a little like hard work getting to 30 species in total.
It ended nicely though, with the new ducklings being taken for a swim – and hence the sudden increase in Mallard numbers!
I am able (somewhat frustratedly) to report that, due to an optician’s appointment, I missed out on two Curlews outback yesterday, as reported back by partnyorsha, so they make in on the The List, just not My List!
Couple of probables today, Whitethroat and Blackcap – both heard singing (if that’s what they were) but just not enough song to pin them down with any reasonable certainty. Also a possible – which I have mentioned in another recent thread – with another tantalising call that would seem to be a Wood Warbler (again the “melancholy” descending tew-tew-tew-tew sound). Well it gives me something to keep looking for.
Apart from that, many of the usual suspects – mostly hidden in the abundant foliage!
Plain text = Outback day tick
Bold text = Outback year tick
Bold italic text = Outback life tick
(Number in brackets is highest number of individuals identified at one time)
Pheasant : 4 (2)
Greylag Goose : 1 (1)
Mallard : 21 (14)
Greater Spotted Woodpecker : 1 (1)
Green Woodpecker : 2 (1)
Woodpigeon : 10 (4)
Moorhen : 1 (1)
Coot : 6 (4)
Lapwing : 2 (2)
Black-headed Gull : 2 (2)
Kestrel : 3 (2)
Magpie : 4 (2)
Jackdaw : 6 (3)
Carrion Crow : 4 (2)
Blackbird : 2 (1)
Song Thrush : 1 (1)
Mistle Thrush : 5 (5)
Robin : 1 (1)
Starling : 55 (47)
Nuthatch : 1 (1)
Great Tit : 5 (2)
Blue Tit : 2 (1)
Long-tailed Tit : 1 (1)
Swallow : 5 (2)
Chiffchaff : 3 (1)
Skylark : 12 (3)
Pied Wagtail : 1 (1)
Chaffinch : 11 (3)
Yellowhammer : 3 (1)
Reed Bunting : 1 (1)
It ended nicely though, with the new ducklings being taken for a swim – and hence the sudden increase in Mallard numbers!
I am able (somewhat frustratedly) to report that, due to an optician’s appointment, I missed out on two Curlews outback yesterday, as reported back by partnyorsha, so they make in on the The List, just not My List!
Couple of probables today, Whitethroat and Blackcap – both heard singing (if that’s what they were) but just not enough song to pin them down with any reasonable certainty. Also a possible – which I have mentioned in another recent thread – with another tantalising call that would seem to be a Wood Warbler (again the “melancholy” descending tew-tew-tew-tew sound). Well it gives me something to keep looking for.
Apart from that, many of the usual suspects – mostly hidden in the abundant foliage!
Plain text = Outback day tick
Bold text = Outback year tick
Bold italic text = Outback life tick
(Number in brackets is highest number of individuals identified at one time)
Pheasant : 4 (2)
Greylag Goose : 1 (1)
Mallard : 21 (14)
Greater Spotted Woodpecker : 1 (1)
Green Woodpecker : 2 (1)
Woodpigeon : 10 (4)
Moorhen : 1 (1)
Coot : 6 (4)
Lapwing : 2 (2)
Black-headed Gull : 2 (2)
Kestrel : 3 (2)
Magpie : 4 (2)
Jackdaw : 6 (3)
Carrion Crow : 4 (2)
Blackbird : 2 (1)
Song Thrush : 1 (1)
Mistle Thrush : 5 (5)
Robin : 1 (1)
Starling : 55 (47)
Nuthatch : 1 (1)
Great Tit : 5 (2)
Blue Tit : 2 (1)
Long-tailed Tit : 1 (1)
Swallow : 5 (2)
Chiffchaff : 3 (1)
Skylark : 12 (3)
Pied Wagtail : 1 (1)
Chaffinch : 11 (3)
Yellowhammer : 3 (1)
Reed Bunting : 1 (1)