about my blog

this is a blog about what birds i see when i go to pools/estuaries/reserves in the uk.

Saturday 28 January 2012

Birding today

Today i went birdwatching with jason and we went to two places, first we went to some pools and a wood just off brownshore lane and we also went to essington quarry pool.

altogether we saw - mute swans, little grebes, great spotted woodpeckers, starlings, redwings, a fieldfare, bluetits, chaffinches and some great tits.

Saturday 14 January 2012

Mute Swans

On the canal just there was a mute swan and three signets.

Thursday 12 January 2012

school

I was eating lunch at school today and I saw a pied wagtail just run across in front of me and I now actually realise how different it is from how other birds run on the ground. Any other bird like a robin or blue tit or blackbird hops across the groung when they are on the ground and you have to look closely because they hop really quickly but with a pied wagtail it just runs extremely fast and i find it quite amazing.

Sunday 8 January 2012

heathland and gaileys

today i went birding with my mom, we went to gaileys and we saw cormorants 10+, grey heron x3, black headed gulls 50+, pied wagtail x1, blue tit 3-5, kestrel x1. we saw a man there who told us about belvide reservoir and that we needed a permit and he told us about some heathland on cocksparrow lane, so we ate lunch and went there, we didnt see much but i saw some carrion crows and wood pigeons and i saw a yellow bird fly away and i think it was a yellowhammer.

Friday 6 January 2012