As my sons accuse me of always dropping my year list by mid -January, I'm determined to stick with this to the end. A trip to Singapore/Borneo will give me some extra motivation to keep plugging away.
Jan 1st At home, suburban garden in Milton Keynes
1. House Sparrow
2. Blackbird
3. Carrion Crow
4. Feral Pigeon
5. Blue Tit
6. Starling
7. Greenfinch
8. Dunnock
9. Wood Pigeon
10. Collared Dove
11. Great Tit
12. Black-headed gull
13. Chaffinch
14. Magpie
2nd January At home again
15. Goldfinch
16. Robin
17. Long-tailed Tit
18. Blackcap 1 female in garden
3rd January Marston Vale, Beds.
19. Buzzard
20. Pheasant
21. Rook
22. Jackdaw
23. Redwing
24. Cormorant
25. Little Grebe
26. Tufted Duck
27. Great Crested Grebe
28. Goldeneye
29. Coot
30. Mallard
31. Great Black-backed Gull
32. Grey Heron
33. Teal
34. Wren
35. Great Spotted Woodpecker
36. Herring Gull
37. Scaup a total of 4
38. Sparrowhawk
39. Mute Swan
40. Kestrel
41. Common Gull
42. Pochard
43. Green Woodpecker
44. Greylag Goose
3rd January Caldecotte Lake Milton Keynes
45. Goosander 1 male, 2 redheads
46. Canada Goose
47. Wigeon
48. Pied Wagtail
49. Gadwall
50. Moorhen
51. Lesser Black-backed Gull
3rd January home
52. Goldcrest only seen a few times in the garden over 20 years
53. Coal Tit a first for us here. Been around since the severe weather.
Jan 1st At home, suburban garden in Milton Keynes
1. House Sparrow
2. Blackbird
3. Carrion Crow
4. Feral Pigeon
5. Blue Tit
6. Starling
7. Greenfinch
8. Dunnock
9. Wood Pigeon
10. Collared Dove
11. Great Tit
12. Black-headed gull
13. Chaffinch
14. Magpie
2nd January At home again
15. Goldfinch
16. Robin
17. Long-tailed Tit
18. Blackcap 1 female in garden
3rd January Marston Vale, Beds.
19. Buzzard
20. Pheasant
21. Rook
22. Jackdaw
23. Redwing
24. Cormorant
25. Little Grebe
26. Tufted Duck
27. Great Crested Grebe
28. Goldeneye
29. Coot
30. Mallard
31. Great Black-backed Gull
32. Grey Heron
33. Teal
34. Wren
35. Great Spotted Woodpecker
36. Herring Gull
37. Scaup a total of 4
38. Sparrowhawk
39. Mute Swan
40. Kestrel
41. Common Gull
42. Pochard
43. Green Woodpecker
44. Greylag Goose
3rd January Caldecotte Lake Milton Keynes
45. Goosander 1 male, 2 redheads
46. Canada Goose
47. Wigeon
48. Pied Wagtail
49. Gadwall
50. Moorhen
51. Lesser Black-backed Gull
3rd January home
52. Goldcrest only seen a few times in the garden over 20 years
53. Coal Tit a first for us here. Been around since the severe weather.