BTO/CJ Garden BirdWatch 27 Aug - 2 Sept
A low number of species recorded in the garden this week - around half the average.
There was a surprise visit from around 75 Starlings on Friday - probably foraging for leather jackets in the lawn.
We had a walk out to the lighthouse in Berwick on Friday afternoon, and stupidly I forgot to take my binoculars. Not so much happening bird-wise but I did note Common Tern (love watching them dive bomb headlong into the sea and come back up with a catch!), Eider, Common Scoter, distant Cormorant (or possibly Shag - must remember bins next time!) and a distant LBJ, on the walls surrounding the lighthouse before we reached it, which I think was a Rock Pipit but it was too far away for a positive ID.
Must go again with the telephoto lens as the terns were very close at times.
The poor garden list for the week:
Blue Tit (2)
Starling (c.75)
Chaffinch (20)
Greenfinch (11)
Woodpigeon (1)
Coal Tit (1)
Goldfinch (1)
There was a surprise visit from around 75 Starlings on Friday - probably foraging for leather jackets in the lawn.
We had a walk out to the lighthouse in Berwick on Friday afternoon, and stupidly I forgot to take my binoculars. Not so much happening bird-wise but I did note Common Tern (love watching them dive bomb headlong into the sea and come back up with a catch!), Eider, Common Scoter, distant Cormorant (or possibly Shag - must remember bins next time!) and a distant LBJ, on the walls surrounding the lighthouse before we reached it, which I think was a Rock Pipit but it was too far away for a positive ID.
Must go again with the telephoto lens as the terns were very close at times.
The poor garden list for the week:
Blue Tit (2)
Starling (c.75)
Chaffinch (20)
Greenfinch (11)
Woodpigeon (1)
Coal Tit (1)
Goldfinch (1)
Labels: BTO
posted by The Bird Woman at 9:35 PM
1 Comments:
I love Eiders. They're my favourite duck of all time!
Cheers,
Peggy
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