New Year Birding 2008.........

Tuesday 1st January 2008


New Year daffodils - seen in Fair Oak - Hampshire

I decided to go back to Blashford to-day, and after a few very enjoyable hours, I was able to add a Bittern, Black-necked Grebe, Great White Egret and Cattle Egret to my 2008 list......


Blashford fungi

Here is the list of all the birds I saw to-day, the first bird of my year was a goldfinch seen in my back garden.


1. goldfinch
2. blue tit
3. starling
4. magpie
5. rook
6. blackbird
7. mistle thrush
8. robin
9. stonechat
10. mute swan
11. cattle egret
12. bittern
13. coot
14. canada goose
15. grey heron
16. great tit
17. great spotted woodpecker
18. nuthatch
19. chaffinch
20. greenfinch
21. coal tit
22. song thrush


23. siskin

24. tufted duck
25. gadwall
26. wigeon
27. cormoront
28. great crested grebe
29. sparrowhawk
30. pochard
31. little grebe
32. black headed gull
33. ruddy duck
34. great white egret
35. kingfisher
36. peregrine
37. black necked grebe
38. mallard
39. shoveler
40. lapwing
41. feral pigeon
42. pied wagtail
43. wood pigeon

Happy New Year to you all........