Had another busy day getting the finance pages updated for the Australian website, Aussies often have to pay for standard bank accounts but they can get a bank account for free (I did the whole time I was living there) if they just look around such as: best Australian bank accounts, no fees (now closed as I move into gardening as a profession). The reason I mention this is because I was so busy doing that and the savings account updates I didn’t get a great bird list today, not even coal tits! However here is the list from the garden and skies above during a pretty clear and sunny day in Edinburgh:
- Blackbird x 2
- Blue Tit x 1
- Carrion crow x 20+ fly over
- Collared Dove x 2
- Dunnock x 3
- Magpie x 2 – my parents were surprised by the colours and striking look of magpies in the UK, and were also pleasantly surprised to hear they don’t swoop you during breeding season, I’ve had my ear lobe ripped open by an Aussie one – Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) Not a Corvid like European Magpies. My hand has been hit pretty hard by a Tern here in the UK, but nothing like the Aussie magpies!
- Starlings x 15 fly over
- Woodpigeon x 3
