Garden/Yard List 2022 (6 Viewers)

[Bismarck Honeyeater]

Nothing of any real consequence today. A few repeat species of minor import in January context. Greylag Goose, Mistle Thrush, Common Gull, Siskin and at one time 2 Little Egrets in the river. One bird is clearly dominant and always chases the other on away, when the really could social distance.

 

[KenM]

Have made a complete Kybosh of my year listing!
I should have realised earlier with my relatively low list, as compared to last year’s (same time date) comparison.
Remiss of me, thus I will attempt to list ALL as seen to date….Wren
Goldcrest
Firecrest
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Coal Tit
Long tailed Tit
Robin
Dunnock
Blackcap
Goldfinch
Chaffinch
Siskin
Grey Wagtail
Nuthatch
Great Spot.Woodpecker
Green Woodpecker
Ring necked Parakeet
Blackbird
Redwing
Song Thrush
Mistle Thrush
Wood Pigeon
Stock Dove
Collared Dove
Feral Dove
BHGull
Com.Gull
Herring Gull
LBBGull
GBBGull
Legret
Grey Heron
Cormorant
Mallard
Mandarin
Canada Goose
Grey Lag Goose
Kestrel
Sprawk
Red Kite
Common Buzzard
Tawny Owl
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Magpie
Jay
Mute Swan…thus it now currently stands at 48, apologies all round! 😮

 

[Richard Prior]

You’ll have to get yourself a decent accountant to help you Ken

 

[KenM]

You’ll have to get yourself a decent accountant to help you Ken

That wouldn’t add up Richard….too costly.😂

 

[dantheman]

Have made a complete Kybosh of my year listing!
I should have realised earlier with my relatively low list, as compared to last year’s (same time date) comparison.
Remiss of me, thus I will attempt to list ALL as seen to date….Wren

That was the main reason I did that spreadsheet thing last year - as an aid to not missing species off/double counting by mistake.

 

[connorco]

While pulling into the driveway after looking at some Black Rails earlier today I noticed bird number 44 for the year, a Red-tailed Hawk soaring above the house.

 

[Telephoto Paul]

A new garden lifer - a goldfinch came down to drink from the water on the garage roof. Also year first: starlings bathing in the same water, and a blackbird has found the Cotoneaster berries.

 

[KenM]

That was the main reason I did that spreadsheet thing last year - as an aid to not missing species off/double counting by mistake.

Being a longhand Luddite….the only spreadsheets I get involved with Dan….are the ones I make up the beds with in the morning.😂

 

[Bismarck Honeyeater]

January has gone out with a whimper, strong winds not withstanding. Bullfinch heard this morning, keeping their heads down.

I must get out a bit earlier as I got on the tail end of some Ducks. Again. Without clinching them. Gut feeling is 2 Goosander and 3 Teal but it would be nice to know, and who knows what other species might be moving from roosting to feeding sites?

Very pleased to finish the month on 61 species, five more than my previous best January. Also takes January out of the cumulative worst month spot and leaves it on 70 species.

Now to start work on February, which has 67 cumulative and an individual month best of 59…

 

[Warixenjalka]

I'm exactly the same situation than last year: 19. 2020 I had 22 at this point.

Me and my pals are wondering same thing: "When it stops snowing?"

 

[Paul Chapman]

I have been concentrating on my patch & Somerset yearlists in January with little time at home - indeed 150 miles walked in the month... But with Raven today, I did get my garden yearlist up to 30:-

1​	Robin
2​	Rock Dove
3​	Starling
4​	Woodpigeon
5​	Lesser Black-backed Gull
6​	Blue Tit
7​	Black-headed Gull
8​	Carrion Crow
9​	Mallard
10​	Dunnock
11​	Moorhen
12​	Jackdaw
13​	Herring Gull
14​	Magpie
15​	Great Tit
16​	House Sparrow
17​	Blackbird
18​	Pied Wagtail
19​	Long-tailed Tit
20​	Wren
21​	Peregrine
22​	Grey Heron
23​	Chaffinch
24​	Collared Dove
25​	Goosander
26​	Goldfinch
27​	Little Egret
28​	Sparrowhawk
29​	Coal Tit
30​	Raven

All the best

Paul

 

[Warixenjalka]

I almost forget... I saw today two Jays. So...
#20. Jay

 

[SueO]

Grey and miserable this morning, so not a lot of time spent in the garden. A Little Egret working his stretch of river and another over. Grey Heron also over, I guess this could be a breeding bird flying back to its nest, though I don’t know where that might be.
No Kingfisher today is a bit unusual of late.
A Buzzard got chased through the garden by a couple of Crows and landed in a nearby tree. Finally a Treecreeper chose to work a tree close to where I was standing, giving me time to video it, no optics just the phone. It got a juicy bug.

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I love the Treecreepers, Woodcreepers and Nuthatches. Lucky you to have one visit.

 

[Bismarck Honeyeater]

A pretty blustery day today, not conducive to much garden watching. Highlight was a brief view of the Bullfinch(es), a new bird for February. Also a new record of 4 Little Egrets, always difficult to know if the one(s) that come and go are always the same or different, but there was one in the back river at the same time as two, well apart birds at the front, also one had just flown downriver. It’s possible more birds were around as they came and went a lot today, including chasing and vocalisation. They would be a very welcome addition if they bred nearby. Though they are going to have to up their game to beat the flock of 11 I had fly past my house in London 12 years ago, when they were much rarer.

Herring Gull over was fairly good. Also a Sparrowhawk was given a warm ‘welcome’ from the local Crows.

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[Richard Prior]

All getting very exotic in the UK nowadays!
Over here we've finally had some fresh snowfall, not a huge amount and it's quite mild too, so we were surprised to see a Fox mid-afternoon yesterday and on the 31st , but even rarer for the garden (and they were in the garden too!), four magnificent Red Deer stags at breakfast time this morning, a great start to the day!
A first ever February record of Middle Spotted Woodpecker as our wintering male is still about, actually had a four woodpecker day yesterday with Black and Green heard and three Great Spotteds vying with their smaller cousin for access to the fat ball feeder.

 

[Euan Buchan]

Been quiet in my garden nothing on the feeders but Crows and Woodpigeon were in the garden.

 

[Bismarck Honeyeater]

Highlight of the morning was a pile of poo. Otter spraint to be precise, admittedly 25m from my self-imposed boundary, but it tells me they are still around. I must go out at night with a torch and see if I can’t get them on the garden list.

Mating Rooks was a nice late winter/early Spring touch, there is more interest being shown at the nests lately. Last year we had 18 AON visible from the garden, down from 29 the previous year. I’ll do a count maybe late March, before the leaves close up but after any new nests might get built.

In other news 10 Greenfinches together was probably the largest party seen here, though quite likely we’ve had 10 or more scattered around before.

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[halftwo]

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Highlight of the morning was a pile of poo. Otter spraint to be precise, admittedly 25m from my self-imposed boundary, but it tells me they are still around. I must go out at night with a torch and see if I can’t get them on the garden list.

Mating Rooks was a nice late winter/early Spring touch, there is more interest being shown at the nests lately. Last year we had 18 AON visible from the garden, down from 29 the previous year. I’ll do a count maybe late March, before the leaves close up but after any new nests might get built.

In other news 10 Greenfinches together was probably the largest party seen here, though quite likely we’ve had 10 or more scattered around before.

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Nowt new here, but a count of 13 Greenfinches was possibly the highest.

 

[SueO]

I'm sure that some really good birds fly over before I pop out to scan, or immediately after I go back in.

 

[Steve Lister]

February 4th
44. Grey Wagtail - one over
Otherwise a very quiet morning, with a flock of 20 Goldfinches the highlight.