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Post by Rosefriend on May 31, 2008 19:57:54 GMT
Taking onboard CarolAnn's suggestion regarding our own GWD Birdwatch GWD Birdwatchwe have been able to construct a poll which not only allows for 35 'entries' but allows each Member 35 votes. It is as generally inclusive as we can make it - though we know you will have some rarities that cannot be 'voted' for. So, as there is no need for anonymity in this poll, as well as voting, add a post to the thread listing your votes and add any others you would consider to be sightings you regularly make at home or maybe on the way to work. Blackbird Blue tit Bullfinch Carrion crow Chaffinch Chiffchaff Coal Tit Collared dove Dunnock Goldcrest Goldfinch Great tit Greenfinch Gull (any sort) Hawk (any sort of bird of prey) Heron House Martin House sparrow Jackdaw Jay Long-tailed tit Magpie Nuthatch Owls (any sort) Pheasant Robin Rook Starling Swallow Swift Thrushes Wagtail (any sort) Woodpeckers (any sort) Woodpigeon Wren We're sorry this is a predominantly Euro list. To all our further-flung Members: please join in, we'd like to know what you consider 'usual' too - it would be great if you could post some pics, if not of your own sightings, then maybe a web-sourced one? RF/OM |
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Post by oldmoleskins on Jun 1, 2008 10:53:03 GMT
Ok... here's my list, c/p'd from the one at the top and with 'no-shows' deleted:
Blackbird
Blue tit
Carrion crow
Chaffinch
Coal Tit
Dunnock
Goldcrest
Great tit
Hawk (any sort of bird of prey)
Jackdaw
Jay
Long-tailed tit
Magpie
Owls (any sort)
Pheasant
Robin
Rook
Starling
Swallow
Swift
Thrushes
Wagtail (any sort)
Woodpeckers (any sort)
Woodpigeon
Wren
It's something of a comfort that although the RSPB 'census day' always seems to coincide with a total lack of birds to count, when you think what you've seen through the year, the list is better...
OM.
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Post by Chuckles on Jun 1, 2008 11:24:54 GMT
It certainly is a better way of looking at it OM, the list can vary so much from one hour to the next depending on the time of day and also on a day to day basis......etc......
Blackbird
Blue tit
Carrion crow
Chaffinch
Collared dove
Goldfinch
Great tit
Greenfinch
Gull (any sort)
Hawk (any sort of bird of prey)
House Martin
House sparrow
Jackdaw
Jay
Magpie
Owls (any sort)
Pheasant
Robin
Rook
Starling
Swallow
Swift
Thrushes
Wagtail (any sort)
Woodpigeon
Wren
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Post by carolann on Jun 1, 2008 11:54:03 GMT
Here is my list, Blackbird Blue tit Carrion crow Chaffinch Coal Tit Dunnock Goldcrest Great tit House Martins Hawk (Kestrel & Sparrow Hawk) Jay Magpie's Pheasant Rook Swallow Thrushes Wagtail (Pied & Grey) Woodpeckers ( Lesser Spotted) Wood pigeon Wren Collard Doves These are on the Res at the front of the garden. Spotted Flycatcher (Rare Visitor) Moor Hen Canada Geese Little Grebe Mallards Diving Ducks. Thanks RF for setting this up.  |
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Post by Tig on Jun 1, 2008 12:48:22 GMT
Lovely idea  This is my list of regulars - Blackbird Blue tit Carrion crow Chaffinch Coal Tit Collared dove Goldfinch Great tit Greenfinch Gull (any sort) Hawk (any sort of bird of prey) Heron House sparrow Jackdaw Long-tailed tit Magpie Robin Rook Starling Swallow Swift Thrushes Wagtail (any sort) Wren I hear owls, but don't see them, and we see pheasants when we are out and about in the lanes. We have protected marshland not far from our property and often see geese, ducks and swans flying in and out. x Tig |
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Post by MamIDdau on Jun 1, 2008 13:14:36 GMT
Plenty of gulls around here.... <rolls eyes> Luckily, lots of little birds too.
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Post by Ruthie on Jun 1, 2008 16:28:26 GMT
Here's my list. We also hear Owls, lots but rarely see them. Gone are the days when I used to drive down the lane at dusk in the Autumn escorted by a Barn Owl. That WAS special! Also we do see Goldfinches and even Goldcrests but so rarely (twice this year for the first and none yet for the second) I didn't vote on them.
Blackbird
Blue tit
Carrion crow
Chaffinch
Coal Tit
Collared dove
Dunnock
Great tit
Greenfinch
Gull (any sort)
Hawk (any sort of bird of prey)
Heron
House sparrow
Jay
Long-tailed tit
Magpie
Pheasant
Robin
Rook
Starling
Swallow
Swift
Thrushes
Wagtail (any sort)
Woodpeckers (any sort)
Woodpigeon
Wren
We also used to have House Martins nesting here every year (messy B**gers). I'd forgive them if they would only come back. We don't have anywhere near as many Swallows and Swifts now but do see them regularly.
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Post by Plocket on Jun 1, 2008 17:02:27 GMT
What a lovely list! I've ticked woodpeckers and owls even though we hear them rather than see them.
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Post by Weeterrier on Jun 1, 2008 17:35:54 GMT
I have just wakened up. I laid my head on a cushion on the settee 2 hours ago, and am still gaga.  So too tired for a list  I have most of those, but no jays, chiffchaff, goldcrest, nuthatch, and a sighting of goldfinches and bullfinches is met with squeals of delight. But I have ducks and moorhens in the garden sometimes, when they've been out for a stroll, and drop in for afternoon tea. |
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Post by Ruthie on Jun 1, 2008 19:41:12 GMT
Just noticed after 14 votes there are only 3 birds which are seen by all 14. Blackbird, great Tit and Magpie. And OMG house sparrow only has 9 votes!! They really are in decline then. Not here though, despite us removing their favourite roosting place, the Clematis montana. We are overrun with them!
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Post by Amo on Jun 2, 2008 7:24:37 GMT
No Siskins on the list but I bet a lot of you get them and call them Greenfinch!!  |
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Post by carolann on Jun 2, 2008 8:41:02 GMT
Our Long Tailed Tits seemed to have vanished, we have not seen any of them for a couple of months now so I didnt tick that. We have Owls, Little and Tawny in the Valley but we only hear them. Amo mine are Greenfinches but forgot to put it on my list, also the Goldfinches. Last night there where a pair of Lapwings chasing off Gulls and Crows in the field at the side of the house. We also have a pair of Oyster Catchers that visit the Res. This list is great as I can check roughly through all your locations and see what sort of birds we all have in common and what we dont. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jun 2, 2008 12:46:39 GMT
Ok here is my list
Blackbird
Blue tit
Bullfinch
Carrion crow
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Coal Tit
Collared dove
Dunnock
Goldfinch
Great tit
Greenfinch
Gull (any sort)
Hawk (any sort of bird of prey)
Heron
House Martin
House sparrow
Jackdaw
Jay
Long-tailed tit
Magpie
Nuthatch
Pheasant
Robin
Rook
Starling
Swallow
Swift
Thrushes
Wagtail (any sort)
Woodpeckers (any sort)
Woodpigeon
Wren
I have left owls out for the simple reason we hear them rather than see them. Goldcrest - not sure so I have left that out as well.
To add to the list we have
Hawfinch (a rare but welcome guest)
Redstart
White Stork
Coat Tit
Marsh Tit
Garden Warbler
Willow Warbler
Crested Tit - saw it in winter - gorgeous little thing.
plus Ducks, Swams , and Cormorants flying over.
That is all I can think of at the moment.
RF
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Post by bagpuss on Jun 2, 2008 13:01:12 GMT
Well here's my list:
Blackbird
Blue Tit (felt very lucky this year, that a family nested in one of my nesting boxes, and I was really lucky to see two of the little ones actually leave the nest and fly for the first time yesterday afternoon)
Chaffinch
Collared dove
Great tit
House sparrow
Robin
Starling
Swifts
Wood Pigeon
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Post by Chuckles on Jun 2, 2008 13:09:53 GMT
Just realised I left Hedge Sparrow off my list, we have a couple come and peck about down the path near the back door |
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Post by Ruthie on Jun 2, 2008 18:53:37 GMT
Forgot about Siskins. We see them occasionally but only in Winter.
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Post by Essexgirl on Jul 7, 2008 7:08:42 GMT
Here's mine.
Blackbird
Blue tit
Carrion crow
Collared dove
Dunnock
Fieldfare
Gull (any sort)
Hawk (any sort of bird of prey)
House sparrow
Jackdaw
Jay
Lapwing
Magpie
Robin
Rook
skylark
Starling
Swift
Thrushes
Wagtail (any sort)
Woodpeckers (any sort)
Woodpigeon
When I take the 3 minute walk down to the beach I sometims also see Terns, Redshanks,plovers and cormorants.
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Post by Tig on Jul 9, 2008 18:58:57 GMT
For the first time since we moved here over 15 years ago, today I saw a Jay in the garden, a bit wet and bedraggled and it flew off before I could snatch the camera!
x Tig
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Post by Juliet on Jul 11, 2008 22:22:08 GMT
Most of these we see regularly, though some only now & again (but enough to know they're in the area & it's not a one-off):
Blackbird
Blue tit
Carrion crow
Chaffinch
Coal Tit
Collared dove
Dunnock
Goldfinch
Great tit
Greenfinch
House Martin
House sparrow
Long-tailed tit
Robin
Starling
Thrushes
Woodpigeon
Wren
We also see swallows & swifts and occasionally herons & gulls flying over, but only in the distance. And we've twice seen a bird of prey in the garden, but I couldn't exactly call them regular visitors.
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Sept 13, 2008 17:41:39 GMT
Living so near to the city centre we don't get the variety that the country-folk do...altho we do see several very regularly.
Blackbird
Thrush
Gold Finch
Green Finch
Blue Tit
Great Tit
House Sparrow
Dunnock
Wren
Starling
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Robin
Chaffinch
The variety depends on the season...all of the above were here from April until mid-summer...but nowadays many are less frequent visitors..
We also have a local sparrowhawk that circles above now and then...I've only spotted it in the garden once this year ..
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Post by torontotrini on Sept 30, 2008 20:35:57 GMT
I'm not very good at naming the birds that come by <need-to-get-a-southern-ontario-birdbook-smiley> but I can say for sure I don't see as wide a variety as I see named here. And yes, as expected, with a few exceptions, you don't see the same ones all through the season. One thing though, I am seeing more birds coming by than when we first moved here about 4 years ago, so that's encouraging. So through the season I've seen:
robins
American goldfinch
cardinals
blue jays
house sparrows
mourning doves
some other brown birds ;D
and another fair-sized spotted brown bird once
woodpeckers
grackle (bullies; don't like them)
hummingbirds (just one pair probably nested nearby)
lots of geese, gulls and ducks (mallards and some other ones; we are a stone's throw from the lake shore (Lake Ontario)
a pair of swans once (lake)
a pair of loons on the lake and flying over our house a few times
chicadee
some starling-like birds (might be starlings)
waxbill
crows
a hawk circling overhead occasionaly
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Post by Dr Bill on Oct 2, 2008 12:00:05 GMT
Our regulars are
Great Tit
Coal tit
Blue Tit
Robin
Wren
Woodpigeon
Collared dove
Dunnock
Chaffinch
House Sparrow
Magpie
Blackbird
Song thrush
Long-tailed tit
Starling
Greenfinch
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Post by Barbara on Oct 2, 2008 14:27:12 GMT
our regulars are sparrows, starlings, blue tits, crows maggies jays, crossbills, jackdaws, mistle thrush, robins, blackbirds, wren, long tailed tit, willow warbler, wagtails, ring necked doves swifts, swallows a heron passes through on his way to the lakes in the park nearby. and i know theyre not birds, but , lots of bats, i love watching them diving about catching moths and other stuff, |
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Post by Chuckles on Nov 30, 2008 22:55:48 GMT
It certainly is a better way of looking at it OM, the list can vary so much from one hour to the next depending on the time of day and also on a day to day basis......etc...... Blackbird Blue tit Carrion crow Chaffinch Coal TitCollared dove Goldfinch Great tit Greenfinch Gull (any sort) Hawk (any sort of bird of prey) Hedge SparrowHouse Martin House sparrow Jackdaw Jay Magpie Owls (any sort) Pheasant Robin Rook Starling Swallow Swift Thrushes Wagtail (any sort) Woodpigeon Wren Saw a pair of Coal Tits today, they came right close to the back door to have a peck at a fat ball, much to quick for me to get the camera, shame really  I'd forgotten Hedge Sparrows visit so have added them them to my list. |
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Post by Tig on Dec 18, 2008 13:37:53 GMT
These are not in my garden, but I can see them from the bedroom window, they are all on the marshes behind us ..  |
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Post by Ruthie on Dec 18, 2008 15:47:14 GMT
Oooh, Christmas Dinner   |
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Post by Rosefriend on Dec 31, 2008 9:12:50 GMT
A pair of Bullfinches arrived at the Bird table this morning - I had wondered where they were as they nearly always turn up when the weather is icy. Really gorgeous birds.
RF
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2008 14:05:25 GMT
We had a jay visit the garden this week. It's the first time I've ever seen one in our garden (and only about the 3rd time I've ever seen one anywhere). It was beautiful to see. Sadly, no chance to get my camera before it flew off.
FA x
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So too tired for a list 
I'd forgotten Hedge Sparrows visit so have added them them to my list.
