Last year I had a really good year and saw about 40 more species than in 2005, ending up with something like 161 species. I would be surprised if I see so many in 2007, because I’m not planning to holiday in such good places as I chose last year, and we won’t be able to get up to Norfolk this winter, (although there might be a possibility right at the end of the year), so I’ll miss out on an awful lot of interesting birds.
In order of seeing them
1 January 2007
1 My first bird of the year was a robin, heard singing from the house when it was still completely dark.
At the River Mole, Surrey, by Gatwick Airport, I saw:
2 blackbird
3 moorhen
4 mallard
5 woodpigeon
6 carrion crow
7 jackdaw
8 starling
9 wren
10 magpie
11 jay
12 blue tit
On the way home
13 pied wagtail
At home
14 dunnock
15 collared dove
Holmethorpe sand pits, Merstham, Surrey
16 stonechat (a real surprise here, and a pleasing bird to see)
17 long tailed tit
18 mute swan
19 coot
20 fieldfare
21 snipe (16 of them, on a small island in the water)
22 little grebe
23 gadwall
24 tufted duck
25 black headed gull
26 treecreeper
27 great tit
28 cormorant
29 greater Canada goose
30 teal
31 feral pigeon
At home
32 goldcrest
33 goldfinch
34 house sparrow
Back at the River Mole on the 5th
35 bullfinch
36 green woodpecker
37 pheasant
In order of seeing them
1 January 2007
1 My first bird of the year was a robin, heard singing from the house when it was still completely dark.
At the River Mole, Surrey, by Gatwick Airport, I saw:
2 blackbird
3 moorhen
4 mallard
5 woodpigeon
6 carrion crow
7 jackdaw
8 starling
9 wren
10 magpie
11 jay
12 blue tit
On the way home
13 pied wagtail
At home
14 dunnock
15 collared dove
Holmethorpe sand pits, Merstham, Surrey
16 stonechat (a real surprise here, and a pleasing bird to see)
17 long tailed tit
18 mute swan
19 coot
20 fieldfare
21 snipe (16 of them, on a small island in the water)
22 little grebe
23 gadwall
24 tufted duck
25 black headed gull
26 treecreeper
27 great tit
28 cormorant
29 greater Canada goose
30 teal
31 feral pigeon
At home
32 goldcrest
33 goldfinch
34 house sparrow
Back at the River Mole on the 5th
35 bullfinch
36 green woodpecker
37 pheasant