Garden Birds

Monday, 26 November 2012

SARA Sharpness sightings 25/11/12

With the flooding the canal has been turned all muddy and the river was at high tide and it was rainy so not a lot of birds sighted.

Marina (SARA)

view from SARA building

4 mallard ducks

1 great crested grebe
3 coots
7 mallard ducks
A few chaffinches
6 Carrion crows
Lots of herring gulls
A few Lesser black backed gulls
Alot of Black headed gulls
1 great spotted woodpecker calling in the wooded area
1 cormarant flew past
1 Gold crest

Picnic area

Redshank

1 adult male blackbird
50+ Herring gulls
50+ black headed gulls
1 great black backed gull
10+ lesser black backed gulls
10+ house sparrows
1 redshank
3 cormarants

Saturday, 24 November 2012

The Autumn walk sightings on the 24/11/12.

As lots of the fields are flooded as both rivers burst their bank several fields have lots of gulls feeding in them. Also this has been very wide spread throughout the west country of Britian and a 1st winter GREY PHALAROPE has even been sighted in a flooded field by the Yeo estuary in Somerset which is quite rare for the area. I went on the walk when it was raining so small amount of birds were sighted as a result.

There was:

A pied wagtail infront of a black headed gull

20+ great tits
10+ fieldfare
10+ redwing
5 blue tits
5 gold finches
10+ blackbirds which were adult males and adult females but No 1st winters today.
30+ rooks
10+ carrion crows
1 lesser black backed gull
50+ black headed gulls
50+ common gulls
13+ herring gulls
1 pied wagtail
40+ wood pigeons
3 collard doves
1 raven
30+ starlings
30+ jackdaws

24/11/12 garden sightings

In the morning for roughly an hour it was over cast with no rain. After that hour the rain was consistent and lots of birds were sighted before as a result of the nice start and I counted 26 different species all day.

Tree sightings

Adult male blackbird

Magpie

Adult female blackbird

2 wood pigeons and a house sparrow

Redwing

Redwing (left) with adult male and adult female blackbirds

Redwing

Long tailed tit

Great tit

3 Starlings

green finch

Adult male blackbird

This great tit was calling in the rain

1 green finch
20+ gold finches
5+ chaffinches
20+ jackdaws
3 magpies
30- 40 house sparrows
1 robin
4 blackbirds- 2 adult females and 2 adult males. No 1st winters today
30+ blue tit
20+ great tits
30+ starlings
4 wood pigeons
3 collard doves
7 Long tailed tits quickly flying and feeding together through every tree.
15+ Redwing- feeding together in a holly bush and only 1 landed in the berry bush
1 Jay- Brief
4+ Gold crests- calling together

Opposite house

10+ ferel pigeons
30+ jackdaws
2 wood pigeons
2 carrion crows
30+ starlings
1 collard dove

Flying over

All 14 lapwings

50+ gulls including common, black headed and a lesser bllack backed gull
10+ gold finches
30+ wood pigeons
10+ blue tits
10 rooks
Lots of flocks of starlings
2 adult male blackbirds
1 pied wagtial
3 Fieldfares- heard
14 Lapwings- together

Friday, 23 November 2012

A very quick 30 minute look from the garden. Sightings on the 23/11/12

Trees

30+ starlings
Several jackdaws
4 blackbirds- 2 1st winter, 1 adult male and 1 adult female
3 house sparrows
1 gold finch
4 magpies
2 wood pigeons
1 collard dove
1 robin

Fly over

150+ wood pigeons
1 redwing
200+ common gulls
3 great black backed gulls
20+ black headed gulls
1 chaffinch
2 magpies
3 collard doves
1 green finch
30+ jackdaws
2 carrion crows

Opposite house

1 carrion crow
1 wood pigeon
1 collard dove
2 magpies
20+ jackdaws

Thursday, 22 November 2012

21/11/12 and 22/11/12 sightings from the garden

After two days of rain very few birds was sighted but on the 21/11/12 in the afternoon there was some sun shine so there was an increase of sighting whereas on the 22/11/12 it was very and windy.

Brambling

Gulls

1st winter male blackbird

Sightings:

6 chaffinches in the trees on the 21st
13+ blue tits in the trees (21st)
2 1st winter blackbirds roosted in the apple tree on the 21st
3 carrion crows flew over (21st)
13+ rooks flew over (22nd)
4 mallard ducks flew over on the 21st
2 mistle thrushes flew over on the 21st
30+ jackdaws on both days
30+ starlings on both days
3 great tits on the 21st
2 green finches flew over on the 21st
20+ redwing flew over on both days
1 BRAMBLING- 1st sighting of the year and the 2nd ever time i've seen 1.
2 LINNETS flew over on the 21st
10+ fieldfares flew over (21st)
3 gold crests calling and feeding in the trees on the 21st
400+ Gulls flew over on both days but at least 350+ on the 21st whereas only 50 on the 22nd partly because of the wind and rain