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
- Little grebe (River Stort)
- Grey Heron (Little Hadham)
- Mandarin (Westland Green)
- Mallard (over garden)
- Red kite (over garden)
- Common buzzard (Little Hadham)
- Kestrel (over garden)
- Grey partridge (Westland Green)
- Red legged partridge (Wellpond Green)
- Pheasant (Westland Green)
- Moorhen (Little Hadham)
- Black headed gull (over garden)
- Herring gull (over garden)
- Common gull (Westland Green)
- Wood pigeon (garden)
- Collared dove (garden)
- Little owl (Little Hadham)
- Green woodpecker (Over garden)
- Great spotted woodpecker (Takeley)
- Skylark (Takeley)
- Pied wagtail (garden)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Kingfisher along the River Stort |
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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)
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Little egret at Grange Paddocks, Bishop's Stortford |
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Stonechat, male on Ash Valley GC |
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Cormorant over Thorley Wash |
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Sparrowhawk, at Thorley Wash |