Bird List: 2021 Updated 25.02.21

 Worth keeping a list of this year's bird species. Last year I was at least 60 species off my average for the year, which was understandable. Just a few visits to Norfolk and 1 to Dungeness, all the rest were Little Hadham and Stortford based birds. Total reached 154sp. See if I can improve on this in 2021 when hopefully, a Spring trip to Norfolk may be feasible in late April/early May.

Updated 25.02.21

1. Little grebe (River Stort)
2. Grey Heron (Little Hadham)
3. Mandarin (Westland Green)
4. Mallard (over garden)
5. Red kite (over garden)
6. Common buzzard (Little Hadham)
7.  Kestrel (over garden)
8.  Grey partridge (Westland Green)
9. Red legged partridge (Wellpond Green)
10. Pheasant (Westland Green)
11.  Moorhen (Little Hadham)
12.  Black headed gull (over garden)
13.  Herring gull (over garden)
14.  Common gull (Westland Green)
15.  Wood pigeon (garden)
16.  Collared dove (garden)
17.  Little owl (Little Hadham)
18.  Green woodpecker (Over garden)
19.  Great spotted woodpecker (Takeley)
20.  Skylark (Takeley)
21. Pied wagtail (garden)

Grey wagtail

22. Grey wagtail (Little Hadham)

23. Robin (garden)

24. Blackbird (garden)

25. Fieldfare (Little Hadham)

26. Redwing (Garden)

27. Mistle thrush (Little Hadham)

28. Long tailed tit (Little Hadham)

29. Coal tit (garden)

30. Blue tit (garden)

31. Great tit (garden)

32. Nuthatch (Little Hadham)

33. Yellowhammer (Little Hadham)

34. Chaffinch (garden)

35. Goldfinch (garden)

36. Bullfinch (Little Hadham)

37. Linnet (Little Hadham)

38. House sparrow (Little Hadham)

39. Starling (garden)

40. Jay (Little Hadham)

41. Magpie (garden)

42. Reed bunting (Little Hadham)

Common buzzard

43. Raven (Millennium Wood)

44. Rook (over garden)

45. Carrion crow (over garden)

46  Jackdaw (garden)

47. Dunnock (garden)

48. Wren (garden)

49. Coot (Exnalls)

50. Greenfinch (Clinton's)

51. Song thrush (Bush Wood)

52. Sparrowhawk (Grange Paddocks)

53. Goldcrest (Thremhall Park)

54. Tree creeper (Thremhall Park)

Goldcrest

55.  Cormorant (Little Hadham)

56. Tawny owl (heard, Little Hadham)

57. Kingfisher (Bishop's Stortford)

58. Siskins (Bishop's Stortford)

59. Barn owl (Little Hadham)

60. Snipe (Little Hadham)

61. Canada goose (Little Hadham)

62. Lapwings (Little Hadham)

Kingfisher along the River Stort

Lapwings. 

63. Little egret (Bishop's Stortford) 

64. Lesser Black backed gull (Harlow)

65. Stonechat (Ash Valley Golf Course)

66. Cetti's warbler (Throley Wash)

Little egret at Grange Paddocks, Bishop's Stortford

Stonechat, male on Ash Valley GC

Cormorant over Thorley Wash

Sparrowhawk, at Thorley Wash

Answers to the quiz

 

Goldcrest

Here we have the definitive answers to the Festive Bird Quiz.

1. Yellowhammer
2.  Wryneck
3.  Wood pigeon
4.  Whooper swan
5. Waxwing
6.  Turnstone
7.  Tufted duck
8. Tree creeper
9.  Stonechat
10.  Sparrowhawk
11.  Snow bunting
12.  Smew
13.  Short eared owl
14.  Shelduck
15.  Ruff
16.  Rose ringed parakeet
17.  Robin
18.  Red legged partridge
19.  Reed Bunting
20.  Redshank
21.  Red kite
22.  Mute swan
23.  Moorhen
24.  Meadow pipit
25.  Magpie
26.  Long tailed tit
27.  Little egret
28.  Linnet
29.  Lapwing
30.  Kestrel
31. Jay
32.  Great spotted woodpecker (juvenile)
33.  Grey wagtail
34.  Goldfinch
35.  Goldcrest
36.  Greylag goose
37.  Great crested grebe
38.   Firecrest
39.  Curlew
40.  Coot
41.  Common tern and Black headed gull
42.  Chiffchaff
43.   Chaffinch
44.  Canada Goose
45.  Bullfinch
46.  Bluethroat
47.  Black tailed godwit
48.  Barn Owl
49.  Avocet
50.  Shoveler
51. White stork
52.  Blackbird
53.  Dunnock
54.  Blackcap
55.  House sparrow
56. Bee eater
57.  Hoopoe
58. Nightingale
59.  Black redstart
60.  Chough.

Festive Bird Quiz.

 How about a Bird Quiz for that time between meals and drinks over the next few days? You know, that time at 10.00am on Boxing Day when it seems perfectly natural to pour a glass of wine, eat chocolates whilst gorging upon nuts left around the lounge in bowls. 

Good luck, have a go. This can be cut and pasted in to Word for a print off. Feel free to share with friends to add a competitive edge. All birds I have seen locally, Norfolk or Kent

Answers, if required via text 07805571551 but I shall add them on the next blog post tomorrow if anyone wants them.

Merry Christmas.

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