Garden/Yard List 2020 (3 Viewers)

Paul Chapman · Apr 4, 2020

Steve Lister said:
April 4th.

A rare afternoon session to try out the eBird app produced two nice additions

57. Sand Martin - five north and two hours later two south
58. Osprey - one hovering over a small lake that I can't see at all, unfortunately.

Osprey was my second garden lifer of the week, following the Curlew on Wednesday - had another today, unseen but doing its wonderful breeding call as it went over.

Not a bad day all in all, 37 species from the garden.

Steve

Five more than me. I basically see the last three days as an extended Osprey dip. Ospreys to the south of me. Ospreys to the north of me. Here I am stuck in the middle with Buzzards. At least my local Herring Gulls and Carrion Crows were limbering up today to alert me if one does cross the garden airspace.

All the best

Paul

Carol Rushton · Apr 5, 2020

Busy most of Saturday 4th April with domestic chores. Watched a Male Brimstone through the garden, whilst washing up.

Finally able to grab some time to do an hour of garden / sky watching up to 19:45pm . Yielded 4 additions :

22) first heard then saw a pair of Long-tailed Tits
23) a most unexpected Jay in flight- the house owner moved here in 1989 and it was their first from the garden- the nearest woods are about a mile and a half away
24) Great Black-backed Gulls - 3 seen in total, in flight
25) A male Sparrowhawk flying low , at feeder height, through. the neighbour's gardens - also a surprise, due to the time of day, as we were expecting that any would have gone to roost by 19:45pm.

So no hirundines for me today,but little time to look- hopefully tomorrow....

As I have reached my second target number , I will revise my next target up to 30.

JWN Andrewes · Apr 5, 2020

Richard Prior said:
Welcome to our world JW !

Ha! Yes, realised after posting that that we are of course all in the exact same situation!

54) Curlew calling overhead this morning.

JWN Andrewes · Apr 5, 2020

55) distant fly by Grey Heron

ClarkWGriswold · Apr 5, 2020

41. Lbbg

JWN Andrewes · Apr 5, 2020

56) Meadow Pipit over. Turning into a pretty fair day!

Welsh Peregrine · Apr 5, 2020

Redwing new for the garden today.

KenM · Apr 5, 2020

The great Bird Gods in the Sky work in strange and mysterious ways! The resident Tawny Owl popped out before leaving his roost tree (not often seen)...an omen I thought! :eek!:

Bodes well for the Common Scoter vigil tonight I thought, can honestly say that my (second night) 90 min.vigil didn't disprove the old adage that ''the silence was deafening!''

This am staring into an empty wall to wall blue, I espied a ''small contrasty ''Buzzard'' over the garden, I grabbed the camera and emptied the burst shots.

Through the viewfinder I thought ''a bit slender for a Buzby?'' soon followed by that good old Anglo Saxon WTF!! as it began to skydance momentarily, before disappearing East over the roof!

As to why it ''danced'' over forest/ride and gardens....I haven't a clue, as the habitat is hardly optimum.....Ye Gods!

Carol Rushton · Apr 5, 2020

Just managed to grab a 50 minute garden / sky watch. adding :

26) Raven

Farnboro John · Apr 5, 2020

No new birds so far today but an array of butties:

Holly Blue (settled and photographed)
Orange Tip male
Small White
Brimstone (about time!)

Also Peacock and Comma, but they weren't new. Feels like Spring!

John

Seth Miller · Apr 5, 2020

Two yard year ticks yesterday:

44) Little Egret
45) White-throated Kingfisher

Then today had an actual yard lifer!
46) Red-rumped Swallows

flock of 9 flew over heading east. Yard bird #54

Carol Rushton · Apr 5, 2020

Another 30 minutes of garden and sky- watching has generated my second addition of the day :

27) Cormorant flying east

Plus Peacock; Small Tortoishell and Brimstone Butterflies, during the day.

Steve Lister · Apr 5, 2020

April 5th.

A quieter day than yesterday, and a difficult morning with the bright sun, but...…..

59. Yellowhammer - one heard going over.

Steve

jasperpatch · Apr 5, 2020

Welcome to all the newcomers, great reading on everyone's feathered visitors.
We've finally got the start of spring migration turning up now (bang on time, just feels longer than usual!), so adding birds pretty much daily at the moment.

18 American Robin
19 Turkey Vulture
20 Sharp-shinned Hawk
21 Red-shouldered Hawk
22 Canada Goose
23 Eastern Phoebe
24 Winter Wren
25 Wild Turkey
26 Song Sparrow

Next up likely the migrant woodpeckers I'm guessing.

Paul Chapman · Apr 5, 2020

In the end 36 species today after a later start than I intended and a two hour work call in the morning. A few photo additions with Moorhen, Swallow & Lapwing. The first was reward for getting a better vantage point on the adjacent rhine from the front bedroom. Otherwise two garden year ticks:-

51 Common Gull - eight flew south - three adults & three first-summers - 05 Apr 2020
52 Green Woodpecker - after a few distant calls before in recent days, finally a clear yaffle heard - 05 April 2020

My favourite photo of lockdown attached being a Woodpigeon bringing me flowers.

Now lockdown garden list is 49 - 32 photographed & 2 heard only (Common Scoter & Green Woodpecker).

All the best

Paul

JWN Andrewes · Apr 5, 2020

Paul Chapman said:
My favourite photo of lockdown attached being a Woodpigeon bringing me flowers.

Paul

That is an excellent shot Paul!

dantheman · Apr 5, 2020

Heather? Trying to emulate that old peace dove with the Olive branch presumably.

Paul Chapman · Apr 5, 2020

JWN Andrewes said:
That is an excellent shot Paul!

Many thanks

dantheman said:
Heather? Trying to emulate that old peace dove with the Olive branch presumably.

I thought Bell Heather from a garden which at least explains why I get the odd True Lover's Knot. I think it had watched one of those home decoration programmes and was trying to spruce up its nest. :king:

Farnboro John · Apr 6, 2020

Band of rain this morning has grounded at least one migrant:

50. Willow Warbler: in a tree by the brook there's a songbird that sings.

Yesterday evening I doubled the lockdown mammal list with both Daubenton's Bat and Common Pipistrelle feeding around the houses outside the front door.

John

halftwo · Apr 6, 2020

At last:

Swallow

very briefly before disappearing low down

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