Gill Osborne
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Bit of a slow start as had to wait for Neil to get up at 10am :smoke: He was on nightshift last night, got home at 6.30am and wanted a couple of hours' kip before coming out with me....very frustrating for me as I just want to get outside!!!
Luckily though my desk looks out over trees and overgrown gardens so I've been able to see a few of the commoner species :t:
Tuesday, 1st January
1: Jackdaw
2: Blackbird
3: Chaffinch
4: Woodpigeon
5: Feral Pigeon
6: Starling
7: Collared Dove
8: Black-headed Gull
9: House Sparrow
10: Goldfinch
11: Blue Tit
Then we had to drive down to Ashington to try to find a garage open that sold bulbs as one of our headlights had gone off :smoke: Thankfully it didn't take TOO long or else I would have had to murder my husband for getting in the way of my birding!
Fifteen years we've been together!!! You would he would KNOW BY NOW that January 1st is sacred!!! :-O
12: Rook
13: Magpie
14: Kestrel
15: Mute Swan
16: Cormorant
17: Eider
18: Great Black-backed Gull
19: Redshank
20: Herring Gull
Cresswell Pond
21: Curlew
22: Mallard
23: Moorhen
24: Teal
25: Lapwing
26: Little Grebe
27: Red-breasted Merganser
28: Tufted Duck
29: Greylag Goose
30: Wigeon
31: Gadwall
32: Grey Heron
33: Snipe
34: Pink-footed Goose
35: Buzzard
36: Carrion Crow
37: Pheasant
38: Oystercatcher
39: Coot
All in all a nice start - a lot more than I thought I had seen because of the very strong wind o
Luckily though my desk looks out over trees and overgrown gardens so I've been able to see a few of the commoner species :t:
Tuesday, 1st January
1: Jackdaw
2: Blackbird
3: Chaffinch
4: Woodpigeon
5: Feral Pigeon
6: Starling
7: Collared Dove
8: Black-headed Gull
9: House Sparrow
10: Goldfinch
11: Blue Tit
Then we had to drive down to Ashington to try to find a garage open that sold bulbs as one of our headlights had gone off :smoke: Thankfully it didn't take TOO long or else I would have had to murder my husband for getting in the way of my birding!
Fifteen years we've been together!!! You would he would KNOW BY NOW that January 1st is sacred!!! :-O 12: Rook
13: Magpie
14: Kestrel
15: Mute Swan
16: Cormorant
17: Eider
18: Great Black-backed Gull
19: Redshank
20: Herring Gull
Cresswell Pond
21: Curlew
22: Mallard
23: Moorhen
24: Teal
25: Lapwing
26: Little Grebe
27: Red-breasted Merganser
28: Tufted Duck
29: Greylag Goose
30: Wigeon
31: Gadwall
32: Grey Heron
33: Snipe
34: Pink-footed Goose
35: Buzzard
36: Carrion Crow
37: Pheasant
38: Oystercatcher
39: Coot
All in all a nice start - a lot more than I thought I had seen because of the very strong wind o
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