Yesterday was a pretty good day and today was almost as good. All 4 Thrush species were back in the garden and this time I managed to get a picture of the Redwing
The other highlight was the appearance first thing of 2 Blackcaps, a male and a female. They made their way across the garden going from bush to bush for 5 minutes and then disappeared from sight. This small warbler which used to only be a summer visitor now regularly overwinters in Southern England. The latest RSPB estimate is that this wintering population now numbers around 3000 birds. It has been suggested that these are in fact not British breeding birds but birds which have bred further north and have come south to England for the winter.
Male and Female Blackcap photographed in the Spring when a pair visited the garden
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Common Pigeon [sp] (Columba livia)
Common Wood Pigeon [sp] (Columba palumbus)
Rose-ringed Parakeet [sp] (Psittacula krameri)
Eurasian Magpie [sp] (Pica pica)
Carrion Crow [sp] (Corvus corone)
Great Tit [sp] (Parus major)
Eurasian Blue Tit [sp] (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Eurasian Blackcap [sp] (Sylvia atricapilla)
Common Blackbird [sp] (Turdus merula)
Redwing [sp] (Turdus iliacus)
Song Thrush [sp] (Turdus philomelos)
Mistle Thrush [sp] (Turdus viscivorus)
Common Chaffinch [sp] (Fringilla coelebs)
European Greenfinch [sp] (Carduelis chloris)
Pete's Favourite Things 