birdman
Thursday 13th May 2004, 20:20
Elsewhere on the Forums, I have explained what I did for the latter part of yesterday evening… much to the derision of some, it must be said!
However, much less controversial was my walk with partnyorsha around the outback.
It was a bit of a coolish evening, with some cloud, on the back of a similar day. We didn’t even set off until 7:20pm, and so the list we got, which was ultimately fairly lengthy in species terms, was a bit bereft of numbers and was hard work to amass… well as hard as an evening stroll can be.
For once (time of day?) neither Skylark nor Starling were first on the list - although they both made an appearance – as on leaving our house we immediately heard the first of the Yellowhammers. We never actually did see any, and much the same can be said for the vast majority of this time’s ids.
We did get views, although rather fleeting, of a couple of Green Woodpeckers, and clearly the Mallard ducklings are still being educated in the way of the world… well the way of the pond at least!
Missing from the list was another warbler - same as last time I think – definitely either Blackcap or Whitethroat, but never did suss out which.
No owls yet, not at that time it seems, but we were able to add, courtesy of a couple of very distant calls, the outback’s first Cuckoo of the year.
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)
Grey Partridge : 2 (2)
Pheasant : 4 (2)
Mallard : 18 (18)
Tufted Duck : 4 (2)
Green Woodpecker : 2 (2)
Cuckoo : 1 (1)
Woodpigeon : 10 (4)
Collared Dove : 1 (1)
Moorhen : 2 (1)
Coot : 1 (1)
Kestrel : 1 (1)
Magpie : 1 (1)
Jackdaw : 2 (2)
Carrion Crow : 2 (1)
Blackbird : 4 (2)
Song Thrush : 1 (1)
Mistle Thrush : 2 (2)
Robin : 1 (1)
Starling : 3 (1)
Nuthatch : 1 (1)
Great Tit : 1 (1)
Blue Tit : 1 (1)
Swallow : 2 (1)
Chiffchaff : 2 (1)
Skylark : 3 (1)
Meadow Pipit : 2 (2)
Chaffinch : 6 (2)
Greenfinch : 1 (1)
Goldfinch : 2 (2)
Yellowhammer : 3 (1)
However, much less controversial was my walk with partnyorsha around the outback.
It was a bit of a coolish evening, with some cloud, on the back of a similar day. We didn’t even set off until 7:20pm, and so the list we got, which was ultimately fairly lengthy in species terms, was a bit bereft of numbers and was hard work to amass… well as hard as an evening stroll can be.
For once (time of day?) neither Skylark nor Starling were first on the list - although they both made an appearance – as on leaving our house we immediately heard the first of the Yellowhammers. We never actually did see any, and much the same can be said for the vast majority of this time’s ids.
We did get views, although rather fleeting, of a couple of Green Woodpeckers, and clearly the Mallard ducklings are still being educated in the way of the world… well the way of the pond at least!
Missing from the list was another warbler - same as last time I think – definitely either Blackcap or Whitethroat, but never did suss out which.
No owls yet, not at that time it seems, but we were able to add, courtesy of a couple of very distant calls, the outback’s first Cuckoo of the year.
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)
Grey Partridge : 2 (2)
Pheasant : 4 (2)
Mallard : 18 (18)
Tufted Duck : 4 (2)
Green Woodpecker : 2 (2)
Cuckoo : 1 (1)
Woodpigeon : 10 (4)
Collared Dove : 1 (1)
Moorhen : 2 (1)
Coot : 1 (1)
Kestrel : 1 (1)
Magpie : 1 (1)
Jackdaw : 2 (2)
Carrion Crow : 2 (1)
Blackbird : 4 (2)
Song Thrush : 1 (1)
Mistle Thrush : 2 (2)
Robin : 1 (1)
Starling : 3 (1)
Nuthatch : 1 (1)
Great Tit : 1 (1)
Blue Tit : 1 (1)
Swallow : 2 (1)
Chiffchaff : 2 (1)
Skylark : 3 (1)
Meadow Pipit : 2 (2)
Chaffinch : 6 (2)
Greenfinch : 1 (1)
Goldfinch : 2 (2)
Yellowhammer : 3 (1)