I won’t be able to do a lot of bird watching today, got a fair bit to update on the finance site: Saver Scene – ISA & Savings http://www.saverscene.co.uk/ [closed June 2018 as I move to a career in gardening after studying horticulture at Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh] but what I did get to see from a quick glance were 5 different species and 15 birds, the blackbird has been a regular and has shown up the most days so far, followed by the coal tit, here’s today’s garden bird list, and a photo of the blackbird. I should say that since Christmas last night seemed to be the first night that the blackbird wasn’t singing until after midnight, it was also one of the cooler nights:
close-up photo of a blackbird, photographed by Gavin Hamilton
- Blackbird x 5
- Coal Tit x 4
- Dunnock x 2
- Greenfinch x 2
- Woodpigeon x 2
update 11.12am just grabbing a glass of water and noticed a Blue Tit outside, so
- Blue Tit x 1
A quick trip to the physio and 3 new birds species for the day.
Just had to go to the physio, loads more exercises to do almost 8 hours of work per day just on physio now! However on the way there I spotted 3 more species:
- Black-headed gull x 3
- Carrion Crow x 1
- Magpie x 2
There were a few other gulls hovering high up, but I wasn’t sure what they were so haven’t added them to the list, here’s a Black-headed Gull in winter plumage that I photographed a while back, the sun was wonderfully low offering some great colours:
Black-headed Gull – winter plumage – photographed by Gavin Hamilton
