The regular reader(s?) of this blog may know that I set my eldest boy a challenge on 1st January - a challenge to try and 'tick off' eighty bird species in 2021.
By March 21st, he had reached a total of 75 and ... on Tuesday of this week (that's the 13th April) , he managed to chalk up his eightieth bird species with the sight of a swallow (the first of the year for either of us) through the car windscreen on the drive home back from the first round of golf of the year (for both of us).
Eighty birds done.
We may have to extend the target to ninety?!
1 |
Magpie |
2 |
Woodpigeon |
3 |
Carrion Crow |
4 |
Jackdaw |
5 |
Blackbird |
6 |
Song Thrush |
7 |
Robin |
8 |
Barn Owl |
9 |
Starling |
10 |
Kestrel |
11 |
Red Kite |
12 |
Fieldfare |
13 |
Cormorant |
14 |
Jay |
15 |
Mallard |
16 |
Herring Gull |
17 |
Buzzard |
18 |
Canada Goose |
19 |
Tufted Duck |
20 |
Redwing |
21 |
Black-headed Gull |
22 |
House Sparrow |
23 |
Feral Pigeon |
24 |
Blue Tit |
25 |
Great Tit |
26 |
Grey Heron |
27 |
Moorhen |
28 |
Egyptian Goose |
29 |
Pied Wagtail |
30 |
Goldfinch |
31 |
Stonechat |
32 |
Wren |
33 |
Collared Dove |
34 |
Ring-necked Parakeet |
35 |
Grey Wagtail |
36 |
Green Woodpecker |
37 |
Sparrowhawk |
38 |
Mute Swan |
39 |
Wigeon |
40 |
Coot |
41 |
Long-tailed Tit |
42 |
Dunnock |
43 |
Chaffinch |
44 |
Gadwall |
45 |
Great-crested Grebe |
46 |
Shoveler |
47 |
Greylag Goose |
48 |
Teal |
49 |
Little Egret |
50 |
Grey Partridge |
51 |
Linnet |
52 |
Meadow Pipit |
53 |
Skylark |
54 |
Yellowhammer |
55 |
Pheasant |
56 |
Rook |
57 |
Nuthatch |
58 |
Lesser black backed Gull |
59 |
Pochard |
60 |
Red-legged Partridge |
61 |
Bullfinch |
62 |
Great Spotted Woodpecker |
63 |
Goldcrest |
64 |
Tawny Owl |
65 |
Kingfisher |
66 |
Coal Tit |
67 |
Peregrine |
68 |
Common Gull |
69 |
Lapwing |
70 |
Stock Dove |
71 |
Mandarin |
72 |
Chiffchaff |
73 |
Mistle Thrush |
74 |
Siskin |
75 |
Greenfinch |
76 |
Willow Warbler |
77 |
Blackcap |
78 |
Shelduck |
79 |
Cetti's Warbler |
80 |
Swallow |