The garden has been quiet this week with only the usual residents present. But continuing on from last weeks Sparrowhawk show, Thursday again turned up trumps with another surprise set of visitors which required you just to be looking at the right time. At about 1630 I looked outside and the air above the garden was “full of birds” flying backwards and forwards and circling around as a party of Swallows (The first sighting for me on the patch for over 10 years) passed through. They stayed around for a matter of minutes before flying off to the south-west, no doubt headed for warmer climes.
photo by Ken Schneider (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zonotrichia/)
Common Pigeon [sp] (Columba livia)
Common Wood Pigeon [sp] (Columba palumbus)
Rose-ringed Parakeet [sp] (Psittacula krameri)
Eurasian Magpie [sp] (Pica pica)
Western Jackdaw [sp] (Coloeus monedula)
Carrion Crow [sp] (Corvus corone)
Barn Swallow [sp] (Hirundo rustica)
Pete's Favourite Things 