CactusD
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Hello again!
Not sure what this year will hold bird-wise, since my wife and I have an imminent arrival (see Maenad's list here). However, I'll still manage a few forays in the UK as last year, and perhaps one or two trips further afield: we'll have to see. I'll try to provide pics as I go along too, as per last year. Unless stated otherwise, pics taken with Nikon D300/600VR with or without 1.4TC/Gitzo+Wimberley tripod combo.
January so far hasn't started too badly; last year (2008-9) we were in Derbyshire for Christmas so had a slightly different start to the list.
Jan 1st started brightly with a clear, but freezing cold day, with a few garden birds followed by a trip to Boddington Reservoir, where the star birds were 32 Goosanders. Hence:
1. Blackbird
2 Starling
3. Wood Pigeon
4. House Sparrow
5. Carrion Crow
6. Chaffinch
7. Magpie
8. Black-Headed Gull
9. Blue Tit
10. Collared Dove
11. Cormorant
12. Common Buzzard
13. Common Kestrel
14. Goosander
15. Herring Gull
16. Common Gull
17. Mute Swan
18. Mallard
19. Great Crested Grebe
20. Little Grebe
21. Fieldfare
22. Bullfinch
23. Robin
24. Dunnock
Not sure what this year will hold bird-wise, since my wife and I have an imminent arrival (see Maenad's list here). However, I'll still manage a few forays in the UK as last year, and perhaps one or two trips further afield: we'll have to see. I'll try to provide pics as I go along too, as per last year. Unless stated otherwise, pics taken with Nikon D300/600VR with or without 1.4TC/Gitzo+Wimberley tripod combo.
January so far hasn't started too badly; last year (2008-9) we were in Derbyshire for Christmas so had a slightly different start to the list.
Jan 1st started brightly with a clear, but freezing cold day, with a few garden birds followed by a trip to Boddington Reservoir, where the star birds were 32 Goosanders. Hence:
1. Blackbird
2 Starling
3. Wood Pigeon
4. House Sparrow
5. Carrion Crow
6. Chaffinch
7. Magpie
8. Black-Headed Gull
9. Blue Tit
10. Collared Dove
11. Cormorant
12. Common Buzzard
13. Common Kestrel
14. Goosander
15. Herring Gull
16. Common Gull
17. Mute Swan
18. Mallard
19. Great Crested Grebe
20. Little Grebe
21. Fieldfare
22. Bullfinch
23. Robin
24. Dunnock
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