A pretty average bird day was had around the village. But with it being the start of a new month, i`ll mention every species seen or heard ;
Garden (am) : Robin, Blackbird, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Rook, Cormorant 1 S Magpie, Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Greenfinch, Stock Dove 1, Starling, Collared Dove, Blue Tit, Wren.
Hillies : Great Tit, Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 (drumming).
Lake : Pied Wagtail, Carrion Crow, Mallard, Tufted Duck 27, Canada Goose, Coot (inc colour-ringed bird), Pochard 3, Common Gull 2, Shoveler 7, Moorhen, Tree Sparrow, Chaffinch, Grey Heron 1.
Spoil Heap : Long-tailed Tit, Sparrowhawk 1, Mute Swan 2 E.
TPT : Bullfinch.
Garden (pm) : Jackdaw, Goldfinch.
Birds : February - 37
We all know that birding can be unpredictable, in that you never know what`s gonna be seen. Well, the same can be said about photographing em. Some days you can`t manage a single shot (even of the common stuff) and then on others, like today, you get them to perform ;
Black-headed Gull - coming into summer plumage
Pochard
Pied Wagtail
All the above were taken with the video camera, on stills mode.
Some beautiful shots there, Dean. Great stuff!
ReplyDeleteIts amazing Dean how our local patches very. One persons 'average day' would be a red letter day to the other. For example at Shenstone...Tree Sparrow, only 2 records of single birds in the last 5 years. Common Gull, only 2 individuals recorded in the last 4 years. Yet there are birds I see almost daily that would be patch megas for you such as Corn Bunting. Interesting isnt it.
ReplyDeleteSo many more than I saw! Our BH Gulls are not showing the summer plumage yet but they are certainly showing courtship tactics, there were a lot of them wheeling about yesterday, a pretty sight.
ReplyDeleteNice to see the birds sitting for you at last Dean :-)
ReplyDeleteJeremy : Cheers.
ReplyDeleteJason : It is. Regards the species you mention. There`s a resident colony of Tree Sparrows around the lake and Common Gulls are a daily sighting during the winter months.
As for Corn Bunt, a dream bird for me, these days.
Toffeeapple : There`s only 1 or 2 BHG`s showing signs of summer plumage. Early days yet, though.
Warren : Not half, cheers.