ireland

i have been in ireland for the first week of easter and have seen many birds while i was there, this is what i saw:

• house sparrow
• rook
• starling
• song thrush
• blue tit
• great tit
• long tailed tit
• blackbird
• mallard
• hooded crow (new one for me)
• rock dove(new one for me)
• fulmar (new one for me)
• cormorant
• lesser black backed gull
• herring gull (new one for me)
• jackdaw
• great black backed gull(new one for me)
• chaffinch
• buzzard

i also have a few pictures with birds on this list and some pictures with birds on i am not sure of

starling

chaffinch

i think this is a herring gull but im not sure. if anyone knows please comment

house sparrow

i think this is a dunnock because of the greyness of its head but if anyone is sure please leave a comment

i think this is a cormorant

 at first i thought this was a cormorant but after i took this photo saw the board in the next picture. i am sure that the spot isn't result of rain because it wasn't raining.

seeing this board made me think that it was a black guillemot but the spot was too small and then i looked closely at the great cormorant photo and saw a small white spot in the same place as the one on the picture i took.

fulmar

rook

i don't know what this duck is but it had a yellow beak

Bray

In bray in ireland and i saw a hooded crow on the beach which is a new bird for me. I've seen tons of rooks and starlings but unfortunately I've left my binoculars in england. I will upload a photo of the hooded crow when I get back to England as at the moment I am using free wifi

northycote farm birdwatching 25/3/12

yesterday i went to northycote farm as usual and i saw quite a few birds and learnt a few more songs and got three new birds for my life list. this is what i saw

• goldfinch
• nuthatch
• greenfinch
• blue tit
• stock dove
• great tit
• pheasant
• woodpigeon
• mallard
• pied wagtail- two males, one female
• magpie
• jackdaw
• collared dove
• dunnock
• robin
• chiffchaff (new one for me)
• wren
• sparrowhawk-female doing a butterfly display
• rook
• carrion crow
• buzzard- 6 at one time
• blackbird
• linnet (new one for me)
• marsh tit (new one for me)
• great spotted woodpecker
• treecreeper
• lesser black backed gull (about 5 flew over)

this morning i had a bird that I hadn't seen in my garden before which was a pair of goldfinches.

i have some photos which i will upload tomorrow.

photo from a while ago

This is a photo i took of a robin at the stables where my moms horses are

last few days of birdwatching

On monday the motherboard in my laptop failed so I haven't been able to blog about where I've been and what I've seen, so here it is.

Brierley Hill Pools-13/2/12

• Lesser Black Backed Gull
• Coot
• Mallard
• Canada Goose
• Mute Swan
• Moorhen
• Dunnock
• Blackbird
• Great Tit
• Greenfinch
• Woodpigeon
• Goldcrest
• Blue Tit
• Magpie
• Bullfinch
• Long Tailed Tit
• Jay
• Jackdaw
• Robin
• Crow
• Black Headed Gull

Northycote Farm-14/2/12

• Magpie
• Redpoll
• Great Tit
• Blue Tit
• Dunnock
• Chaffinch
• Woodpigeon
• Greenfinch
• Robin
• Blackbird

Bartley Green Reservoir and Bromwich Woods-15/2/12

• Dunnock
• Great Tit
• Blue Tit
• Canada Goose
• Black Headed Gull
• Tufted Duck
• Pochard
• Crow
• Magpie
• Blackbird
• Grey heron-7 flew off
• Lesser Black Backed Gull
• Little Grebe
• Jay
• Robin
• Long Tailed Tit
• Goldcrest
• Nuthatch

Sandwell Valley and Forge Mill Lake/farm-16/2/12

• Sparrowhawk
• Jackdaw
• Long Tailed Tit
• Crow
• Magpie
• Woodpigeon
• Shoveler
• Canada Goose
• Teal
• Black Headed Gull
• Lapwing
• Coot
• Great Crested Grebe
• Mallard
• Lesser Balck Backed Gull
• Mute Swan
• Great Tit
• Blue Tit
• Moorhen
• Oystercatcher
• Starling
• Goldfinch
• Goosander
• Kestrel
• Pochard
• Snipe
• Pied Wagtail
• Pintail
• Goldeneye
• Wigeon
• Buzzard
• Blackbird
• Grey Heron
• Tufted Duck

Pictures While there

Greenfinch at Northycote Farm

Grey Heron at bartley green reservoir

Goosanders at sandwell valley

Oystercatcher at sandwell valley

Great crested grebe at sandwell valley

Lapwings at sandwell valley

Jason at sandwell valley

Black Headed Gulls, a coot and a male tufted duck in the background at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Mallards at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Mallards, tufted ducks and a coot at Forge Mill Lake/farm

A Canada Goose at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Female Tufted Duck at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Male Tufted Duck at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Mute Swan Signets, Mute Swan adult and a Male Mallard at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Mute Swan, Canada Goose and a coot at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Ducks and gulls at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Mute Swan at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Black Headed Gulls at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Male Mallard at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Mute Swan Signets at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Ducks, Geese and Swans at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Black Headed gull at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Male and Female Tufted Duck at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Pied Wagtail at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Ducks and Geese at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Hybrid at Forge Mill Lake/farm

Canada Goose at Forge Mill Lake/farm

northycote farm

Today I went to northycote farm to do some voluntary work again and I was told that I was going to do a bird survey. While I was at northycote farm and doing the bird survey I saw:

• Robin
• Redpoll
• Greenfinch
• Great Tit
• Goldfinch
• Blue Tit
• Pheasant
• Blackbird
• Nuthatch
• Redwing
• Coal Tit
• Dunnock
• Jackdaw
• Chaffinch
• Wood pigeon
• Black Headed Gull
• Jay
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Song Thrush
• Field fare
• Bullfinch
• Goldcrest
• Magpie
• Long Tailed Tit
• Lesser Black Backed Gull
• Cormorant (Fly Over)
• Treecreeper
• Siskin
• Buzzard

northycote farm

yesterday i went to northycote farm doing some voluntary work and while i was there i saw quite a few species of birds.The species i saw were:

• Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit
• Robin
• Kestrel
• Lesser Redpoll
• Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Goldfinch
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Jackdaw
• Crow
• Blackbird
• Dunnock
• Nuthatch
• Woodpigeon
• Stock Dove
• Pheasant
• Fieldfare
• Barn Owl
• Black Headed Gull