Raining but went for a walk any way. Parked at end of Wendover woods. Saw Whitethroat in a rape field, Coal Tit. And Nuthatch.
A walk in the rain.
Category: Birds
Everything about birds
Quainton after Great Grey Shrike
http://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/ was reporting a Great Grey Shrike in the hills near Quainton, so I thought I would go and have a look.
Rook, Magpie, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Blackbird, Crow, Green Woodpecker, Starling, Wood Pigeon, Redwing, but Bo Great Grey Shrike!
Coach trip to Minsmere
Otmoor RSPB
Goldfinch, Whitethroat, Green Woodpecker, Skylark, Magpie, Blue Tit, Lapwing, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Chaffinch, Great Tit, Coot, Mute Swan, Moorhen, Canada Goose, Hobby, Greylag, Tufted Duck, Shoveler, Pochard, Cormorant, Mallard, Black headed Gull, Cuckoo (male and female!), Grey Heron, Rook, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Pheasant, Greenfinch, Yellowhammer, Grasshopper Warbler, Linnet.
Wet, windy, cold!
Even so got yellow wag, blackcap, gadwall, possible tern, swallow, and sand and house martin.
Rye Meads
Robin, Blackbird, Cormorant, Mustle Thrush, Greenfinch, Canada Goose, Great Tit, Teal, Green Sandpiper, Moorhen, Teal, Shoveler, Coot, Snipe, BH Gull, Blue Tit, Gadwall, Kestrel, Magpie, Chaffinch, Wren, Wood Pigeon, Bullfinch (4), Rook, LBB Gull, Common Gull, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Green Woodpecker, Long Tailed Tit, Shelduck, Lapwing.
Rainham Marsh
Wigeon, Shoveler, Gadwall, Shelduck, Mute Swan, Teal, BH Gull, Rook, Magpie, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Black Bird, Wood Pigeon, Goldfinch, Mallard, Lapwing, Moorhen, Greylag, Canada Goose, Starling, LBB Gull, Herring Gull, Stonechat’ Little Egret, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch, Cormorant, Kestrel, Pheasant, Water Pipit.
Good cafe and visitor center.
Wilstone
Kingfisher, Teal, Gadwall, BH Gull, Wigeon, Mallard, GC Gerbe, Lapwing, Coot, Mute Swan, Rook, Cormorant, Pochard.
Shardloes walk
Bright but cold day. Mallsrd, rook, Moor Gen, Gadwall, Mute Swan, GS Woodpecker, Long Tailed Tit, Robin, Red Kite, Copy, BH Gull, Herring Gull, Wren, Pheasant, Bullfinch, Coal Tit, Wood Pigeon, Magpie, Crow.
Chequers to Hamden house
Great Tit, Wood Pigeon, Robin, Blackbird, Black Headed Gull, Rook, Pheasant, Chaffinch, Red Kite.