Slash's Pompey Patch List 2011 (1 Viewer)

[Matelot birder]

I am going to do two lists this year, firstly my local patch and then as I am in the Royal Navy, a deployment list which will be in the middle of the year when my ship heads for sunnier climes.

Firstly my local patch, this is an area around Portsdown Hill, north of the M27,
with Skew lane to the West and north and east to the yellow field you can see in the photograph.
To the very east you can see some of the chalk which anyone who knows Portsmouth will know very well.
This area also includes my back garden.

I took my first field trip today, which was a little late in the afternoon, so I only had a few species. I do expect to get a good list over the year, although I will probably miss the spring migration.

Todays's birds

1. Black-headed Gull
2. Common Gull
3. Wood Pigeon
4. Collared Dove
5. Magpie
6. Carrion Crow
7. Jackdaw
8. Rook
9. Blackbird
10. Robin
11. Wren
12. Skylark
13. Greenfinch
14. Goldfinch
15. Great Tit
16. Blue Tit
17. Dunnock

Hopefully a lot more to follow over the next year.

The Three Amigos Birding Blog
http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo

 

[Matelot birder]

The weather has been terrible lately but after going for the Smew at Blashford I decided to walk the patch. The wind was gusting at the top of the hill but I still managed to add two species.

18. Long-tailed Tit
19. Redwing

A soon as we get some better weather I will be up there more

The Three Amigos Birding Blog
http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo