Wednesday, January 2, 2008 - My First Ever Year List!
Never having done a year list before I found it interesting to wonder what you would see first. Suddenly all those common birds that you don't really bother about are important again! 9am on New Year's Day I was standing out in my back garden in my dressing gown and jymjams just looking to see what was around. I was pleasantly surprised at what I saw without even using my bins.
001: Goldfinch
002: Collard Dove
003: Wood Pidgeon
004: Blackbird
005: Great Tit
006: Robin
007: Blue Tit
008: Dunnock
009: Magpie
010: Jackdaw
011: Carrion Crow
012: Redwing
013: Black-headed Gull
014: Lesser Black-backed Gull
015: Starling
016: Chaffinch
Later we took a traditional New Year's Day walk on Port Meadow en famille. Whilst I took my bins, we met up with another family that I knew and in order to be sociable I didn't spend too long peering out at the birds so I know I left a lot off but still managed to get:
017: green finch
018: moorhen
019: mallard
020: mute swan
021: house sparrow
022: widgeon
023: lapwing
024: golden plover
025: shovler
026: pintail
027: pied wagtail
028: gadwall
029: ruff
So 29 on the first day.
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I used to be a birder in my youth but rather lost interest in my teens as other things became more interesting. However recently I've rediscovered this interest and would like to share my sightings and thoughts in this blog.
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