Bird Race
Geoff,
Please find below my pathetic total for today, hope you have done better. I saw 63 birds and heard another 3 if they count. List is as follows:
Great Tit, Blue Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Tree Creeper, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Nuthatch, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Wren, Goldcrest, Reed Warbler, Chiff Chaff, Whitethroat, Whinchat, Stonechat, Reed Bunting, Pied Wagtail, Starling, Rook, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Magpie, Jay, Blackbird, Robin, Swallow, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Coot, Tufted Duck, Moorhen, Mallard, Gadwall, Shoveller, Teal, Widgeon, Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Water Rail, Woodpigeon, Lapwing, Ruff, Blacktailed Godwit, Redshank, Spotted Redshank, Snipe, Dunlin, Curlew Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Cormorant, Pheasant, Hobby, Sparrowhawk, Black Headed Gull.
Birds heard but not seen were Cetti's Warbler, Tree Pippit and Common Buzzard.
Finally, birds reported by others but not seen my myself were Tawny Owl, Barn Owl, and Sedge Warbler.
Hope others have done a lot better.
Steve P