Garden / Yard List 2023 (1 Viewer)

[KenM]

Song Thrush has been singing in the grdn. seemingly every other morning of late, as for Collared Dove, they breed less than a mile away as of yet no flyovers, not surprising as I think I only had 3 or 4 flyovers last year.😩

…..a few from the garden pond etc.

 

[Jos Stratford]

Mistle Thrush have been singing on and off at dawn since just before Christmas, the Blackbird and Fieldfare not at all and Song Thrush is a summer visitor so like in Jos’ location they are currently absent.

All thrushes are predominantly summer visitors here.

Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush and Redwing are basically 100% summer visitors, Blackbird almost the same (except small numbers in coastal areas) and Fieldfares, though occasionally around in winter, also have the basic status of common summer breeder.

 

[Steve Lister]

January 10th
31. Long-tailed Tit - five discovered my feeders at dusk

Same date as last year. But Lotti was #38 then so I am seven species behind already. No Wren, Sparrowhawk or House Sparrow yet this year.

 

[Bismarck Honeyeater]

25. Scaly-naped Pigeon. Just dropped in to party central, not sure if it features in this vid?

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Proxy Garden as I’m still not home 😚

 

[Richard Prior]

Sheeesh BH, that’s my idea of hell on earth!

 

[halftwo]

Winter in the Caribbean, Richard, in a bar? Hell?!! I'll take that kind of hell!

 

[Bismarck Honeyeater]

Every afternoon a feeding party of Hirundines comes in over the hotel garden. Really fast and very low, seemingly all Swallows, but I persisted with them this afternoon and was rewarded with at least 1 Sand Martin and even better a dark (unsuccessful) Merlin that streaked through the flock.

26. Sand Martin
27. Merlin

 

[Bismarck Honeyeater]

Sheeesh BH, that’s my idea of hell on earth!

It was surprisingly fun, but I’d rather be out Birding tbh. Grenada + all inclusive hotel not my first choice, hardly any world ticks for me and low, but nice, species diversity. I would have chosen Costa Rica, but the travelling would have not gone down well with Mrs. BH, plus she would never have seen me…😉

 

[KenM]

After yesterday’s battleship grey zilch!, today started with a wild blue yonder + a slight nip to the air and with it (been conspicuous by their absence this Winter) small Wood pigeon flocks (c30-ish apiece) going North.

Then from 8.40am for the next hour or so…four Fieldfare going South (bonus birds no.41) a few Redwings East/West and North amongst them a lone Cormorant North,(no.42) then another bonus with 2 Greenfinch going South no.43.

Add the 3 Mallard streaking SW out of the blue, male Blackcap in the Sallow and male Sprawk sitting on fence (Oh so briefly) looking up at the feeders and wondering where all the poeciles have gone!
It’s been too good to last….😮

PS Wari put in another brief appearance.🤣

 

[Richard Prior]

You should Finnish January now Ken and let me catch up (starting next Tuesday).

 

[Jane Turner]

I'm up to 56 species

Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon

Carrion Crow

Starling

Robin

Herring Gull

Blue Tit

Dunnock

Cormorant

Blackbird

Ringed Plover

Dunlin

Sanderling

Common Scoter

Red-throated Diver

Great Black-backed Gull

Oystercatcher

Great Tit

Great Crested Grebe

Long-tailed Duck

Gannet

Linnet

Long-tailed Tit

Black-headed Gull

Greenfinch

Common Gull

Shelduck

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Redshank

Knot

Brent Goose

Song Thrush

Curlew

Woodpigeon

Goldfinch

Magpie

Raven

Guillemot

Wren

Pied Wagtail

Bar-tailed Godwit

Kittiwake

Grey Plover

Turnstone

Grey Wagtail

Pink-footed Goose

Blackcap

Collared Dove

Red-breasted Merganser

Wigeon

Shoveler

Eider

shag

Peregrine

Razorbill

Puffin

Fulmar

 

[Richard Prior]

Superb list already Jane, at last we have another challenger to our Lithuanian chump, er, champ!

 

[halftwo]

Oh, no! We'll all be blown out of the water by Jane!! Telescope on the sea, known migration watch point...

Welcome, Jane! 😁

 

[KenM]

You should Finnish January now Ken and let me catch up (starting next Tuesday).

Apologies….my last paragraph refers to the day’s “incidentals”, not to be added to the day score of 43. 😮👍

 

[Jane Turner]

Last year I had these two in the garden..... so am due a lean year

 

[Steve Lister]

Oh, no! We'll all be blown out of the water by Jane!! Telescope on the sea, known migration watch point...

Welcome, Jane! 😁

Mist nets in the garden too.

 

[Jos Stratford]

1. White-backed Woodpecker
2. Great Spotted Woodpecker
3. Jay
4. Great Tit
5. Blue Tit
6. Marsh Tit
7. Willow Tit
8. Yellowhammer

Storming forward, not quite...

9. Hooded Crow
10. Magpie
11. Greenfinch

Greenfinch is actually quite a good winter record on my land, six came to the feeder. Don't get most winters

 

[birdmeister]

Another easy one today.

34. White-crowned Sparrow

 

[Jane Turner]

57. Chaffinch - but I am about to do a seawatch

 

[Steve Lister]

January 12th
32. Goldcrest