Taylor Birding In The UK

Friday, 20 April 2012

middleton lakes and kingsbury water park

on tuesday and thursday this week i went birding with my grandad, this is what we saw.

17/4/12- middleton lakes:

Long Tailed Tit
Chaffinch
canada goose
grey heron- lots were nesting
chiffchaff
mallard
goldfinch
great tit
coal tit
blue tit
woodpigeon
greenfinch
carrion crow
dunnock
robin
female great spotted woodpecker
rook
great crested grebe-quite a few pairs
mute swan
tufted duck
coot
black headed gull
lapwing
magpie
pheasant
wheatear
greylag
little ringed plover
pied wagtail
moorhen
blackcap
blackbird
jay

Kingsbury water park- 19/4/12

blue tit
woodpigeon
magpie
carrion crow
blackbird
jay
goldfinch
robin
mallard
canada goose
moorhen
chaffinch
tufted duck
black headed gull
dunnock
coot
swallow
great crested grebe
sand martin
house sparrow
mute swan
greenfinch
lapwing
oystercatcher
shoveler
little egret- might have seen one at middleton lakes also
lesser black backed gull
willow warbler
song thrush
blackcap
great tit
coal tit
reed bunting

From these two days birding i saw 7 new birds. they were:

wheatear
little ringed plover
swallow
sand martin
little egret
willow warbler
reed bunting

Robin at middleton lakes

wheatear

Little Egret

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

grey heron

About an hour ago there was a grey heron on a fence two doors away from me and it took off after a few minutes and flew round and landed in a tree, if it was still there now then there may have been a chance of nesting but its not unfortunately. it was amazing when it took off though.

Sunday, 15 April 2012

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

Sunday, 8 April 2012

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

Monday, 26 March 2012

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.

Friday, 2 March 2012

photo from a while ago

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

Saturday, 18 February 2012

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