A spring morning walk

Saturday 9th March 2013

It was a typical spring morning, slightly misty and so I decided to take a walk around the Tarn and see what was on my patch. I was fortunate to see both the Green and Greater Spotted Woodpeckers as well as my first sighting of Dunnock on the patch this year. Later as I got towards the wood I could hear the Greater Spotted Woodpecker drumming on a tree.

Greylag Goose [sp] (Anser anser) 2
Canada Goose [sp] (Branta canadensis) 6
Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata) 1
Mallard [sp] (Anas platyrhynchos) 30
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) 2
Common Moorhen [sp] (Gallinula chloropus) 3
Eurasian Coot [sp] (Fulica atra) 2
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 1
Common Pigeon [sp] (Columba livia) 30
Common Wood Pigeon [sp] (Columba palumbus) 6
Rose-ringed Parakeet [sp] (Psittacula krameri) 10
Great Spotted Woodpecker [sp] (Dendrocopos major) 1
European Green Woodpecker [sp] (Picus viridis) 1
Eurasian Magpie [sp] (Pica pica) 2
Carrion Crow [sp] (Corvus corone) 6
Great Tit [sp] (Parus major) 1
Eurasian Blue Tit [sp] (Cyanistes caeruleus) 2
Common Blackbird [sp] (Turdus merula) 3
European Robin [sp] (Erithacus rubecula) 2
Dunnock [sp] (Prunella modularis) 1
European Greenfinch [sp] (Carduelis chloris) 1
European Goldfinch [sp] (Carduelis carduelis) 3