A great day for birds as 27 species were sighted today

Flying over

• 1 carrion crow
• 4 pied wagtials
• 20+ black headed gulls
• 1 great black backed gull
• 1 lesser black backed gull
• 40+ herring gulls
• 2 male blackbirds- Different to ones in the trees
• 10+ rooks
• 3 chaffinches
• 13+ wood pigeons
• 3 collard doves
• 3 goldfinches
• 30+ starlings
• 30+ jackdaws
• 40+ REDWING
• 20+ FIELDFARE
• 1 kestrel- 1st sighting of the year

Trees

                                                                   Female blackcap

                                                                    Blue tit

                                                         1st winter male blackbird

                                                            Female house sparrow

                                                                             Dunnock

                                                                          Redwing

                                                            Male house sparrow

                                                                               Redwing

Can you spot the Gold crest?

Gold crest in the tree a closer view

• 7 blue tits
• 3 goldfinches
• 15+ starlings
• 4 collard dove
• 1 wood pigeon
• 5 jackdaws
• 7 chaffinches
• 20+ house sparrows
• 1 dunnock
• 1 robin
• 3 magpies
• 5 blackbirds- 3 adult males, 1 1st winter male and a female
• 1 REDWING
• 2 GOLD CREST
• 1 Black cap- Female

Opposite house

                                                             Female blackbird

• 10+ ferel pigeons
• 1 female blackbird- Same female as in the trees
• 5 black headed gulls
• 20+ jackdaws
• 1 carrion crow
• 3 collard doves
• 1 wood pigeon

9/11/12 sightings of the whole day

Birds I've seen:

• 3 magpies- Home
• Hundreds of gulls- Everywhere
• 6 Ferel pigeons- home
• Lots of corvids such as jackdaws, rooks and carrion crows
• 7 redwing- Everywhere including 5 at home
• Lots of wood pigeons
• House sparrows
• Chaffinches
• Starlings
• Gold finches
• Collard doves
• 5 Pied wagtials

8/11/12 sightings

Flying over

• 1 male blackbird
• 3 magpies
• Lots of gulls
• 40+ jackdaws
• Several wood pigeons
• 15+ rooks
• 2 carrion crows
• 40+ starlings
• 7 REDWING- NO night sightings and no migrants calling
• 5 FIELDFARES

Opposite house

• 1 black headed gull
• 3 males blackbirds
• 30+ jackdaws
• 30+ starlings
• 5 ferel pigeons
• 1 collard dove
• 2 wood pigeons

Trees

• 2 male blackbirds
• 3 great tits
• 15+ house sparrows
• 4 chaffinches
• 30+ starlings
• 4 magpies
• 5 blue tits
• 4 goldfinches
• 1 wood pigeon
• 20+ jackdaws
• 1 carrion crow
• 1 green finch

7/11/12 quick sightings

A second frost of the winter this morning as well as lots of birds around.

Flying over

Part of a large flock of REDWING

• 30+ common and herring gulls
• 1 lesser black backed gull
• 5 chaffinches
• 30+ jackdaws
• 20+ rooks
• 7 wood pigeons
• 30+ starlings
• 4 magpies
• 1 male blackbird
• 3 carrion crows
• 2 house sparrows
• 2 collard doves
• 1 Great spotted woodpecker
• 1 MEADOW PIPIT
• 30+ REDWINGS

Trees

                                                                     3 magpies

                                                                         Starlings

JAY

• 3 magpies
• 4 wood pigeons
• 30+ sralings
• 13 house sparrows
• 20+ blue tits
• 7 great tits
• 2 Male blackbirds
• 2 wood pigeons
• 8 chaffinches
• 5+ jackdaws
• 1 robin
• 1 collard dove
• 3 GOLD CRESTS
• 1 JAY

Opposite house

• 10+ ferel pigeons
• 20+ starlings
• 10+ jackdaws

A very short 10 minute look outside, Also all birds sighted today aswell

Birds sighted at my house:

• 1 robin at the top of the tree but soon got scared by the starlings
• 1 magpie scaring all the obvious birds in the apple tree
• 30+ starlings in the trees, feeding in the nearby gardens and flying around the houses
• 1 wood pigeon flew over
• 1 chaffinch flew from the berry tree to the apple tree
• Lots of Jackdaws
• A small number of ferel pigeons
• Gulls
• 7 LONG TAILED TITS flew quickly past my bedroom window this morning together

Other sightings today

• Black headed gulls
• Herring gulls
• Wood pigeons
• 5 fieldfares
• 3 redwing
• 1 great black backed gull
• 7 long tailed tits
• Chaffinches
• Several male and female blackbirds
• Rooks
• Jackdaws
• Carrion crows
• Ferel pigeons
• Collard doves
• Blue tits
• Common gulls
• Starlings
• Magpies
• Robins

5/11/12 sightings

A quick few minutes sightings

Flying over

Part of a large of gulls

 

• 1 chaffinch
• 100+ starlings
• 3 wood pigeons
• 5 rooks
• 5 carrion crow
• 20+ jackdaws
• 3 magpies
• 2 collard doves
• 1 CORMARANT
• 5 REDWING
• 2 FIELDFARE
• 250+ Gulls
• 100+ Rooks

Trees

                                                            Female chaffinch

• 3 goldfinches
• 20+ house sparrows
• 1 male blackbird
• 1 wood pigeon
• 1 collard dove
• 30+ starlings
• Jackdaws and magpies
• 15- 20 chaffinches

Opposite house

• Jackdaws, magpies and the very common ferel pigeons were all sighted as well as 2 carrion crows, 3 wood pigeons, 2 collard doves and a black headed gull.

The same Autumn walk as yesterday with a BIG change.

Although today I went for the same walk as yesterday, I went later than yesterday and this was a BIG change to the birds I saw.

Birds sighted:

Buzzard

• 4 house sparrows
• 1 buzzards
• 3 robins
• 6 gold finches
• 1 chaffinch
• 20+ jackdaws
• 10+ carrion crows
• 1 male blackbird
• 2 blue tits
• 5 wood pigeons
• 40+ Rooks
• 6 REDWING
• 1 FIELDFARE
• 100+ Starlings
• 6 CORMARANTS
• Possibly 3-7 REDPOLL in a tree. Hard to tell because of fading light and no photographs
• 200+ Gulls such as herring, black headed and common gulls but no great or lesser black backed gulls in the flocks.

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