Sometimes birdwatching is being in the right place at the right time. On the way to Canterbury in Kent for a meeting I saw 2 turtle doves (My first of the year) flying alongside the A2 at Broughton St.
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Photo by Gary Huston (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gary-huston/with/2502728276/)
At Lunchtime I took the opportunity to get out and went for a walk alongside the River Stour where it flows though the centre of the city. Had seen Grey Wagtail here last time Sue and I stayed in Canterbury and was rewarded with some very good views of a female hawking for insects over the river.
This was another first for the year. So a trip for a meeting ended up giving me two year ticks.
Mallard [sp] (Anas platyrhynchos)
Common Kestrel [sp] (Falco tinnunculus)
Common Moorhen [sp] (Gallinula chloropus)
European Herring Gull [sp] (Larus argentatus)
Common Pigeon [sp] (Columba livia)
Common Wood Pigeon [sp] (Columba palumbus)
European Turtle Dove [sp] (Streptopelia turtur)
Common Swift [sp] (Apus apus)
Carrion Crow [sp] (Corvus corone)
Eurasian Blackcap [sp] (Sylvia atricapilla)
Common Starling [sp] (Sturnus vulgaris)
Common Blackbird [sp] (Turdus merula)
European Robin [sp] (Erithacus rubecula)
House Sparrow [sp] (Passer domesticus)
Grey Wagtail [sp] (Motacilla cinerea)
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