Monday 8 March 2010

Birds on the journey

Heres the exact number of birds seen while on the way to Dover, across the ferry, then through France and Spain (Lifers in Caps).
1.Great crested grebe
2.Comorant
3.Shag
3.Gannet
4.Little egret
5.Grey heron
6.Mute Swan
7.Canada goose
8.Mallard
9.Red kite
10.BLACK KITE
11.GRIFFON VULTURE
12.Sparrowhawk
13.Common Buzzard
14.Common Kestrel
15.Pheasant
16.Moorhen
17.Coot
18.Lapwing
19.Black headed gull
20.Lesser black backed gull
21.Great black backed gull
22.Herring gull
23.Yellow legged gull
24.Rock dove
25.Stock dove
26.Woodpigeon
27.Collared Dove
28.Crag martin
29.Kingfisher
30.Green woodpecker
31.Meadow pipit
32.Grey wagtail
33. Pied wagtail ( and White )
34.Wren
35.Dunnock
36.Robin
37.Black redstart
38.Stonechat
39.Blackbird
40.Song thrush
41.Mistle thrush
42.Sardinian warbler
43.Blackcap
44.Chiffchaff
45.PIED FLYCATCHER
46.Long tailed tit
47.Blue tit
48.Coal tit
49.Great tit
50.Jay
51.Magpie
52.Jackdaw
53.Rook
54.Raven
55.Starling
56.House sparrow
57.Chaffinch
58.Greenfinch
59.Goldfinch
60.Linnet
All in all a pretty crap total! But I was pleased with the lifers I got anyway ;)

2 comments:

  1. Hi TJ , maybe not a large total but there are a few species such as : Crag Martin and Griffin Vulture that would cause a stampede over here :) hope you get to see many more top birds mate

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  2. Very nice post all pics are awesome here.

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