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Contents 1 Garden Bird List 1.1 Recent Additions 8 1.2 Attracted over the years 11 1.3 Always Been around 7 1.4 Seen On the wing flying low over the garden 7 2 Local Area Birdlist 3 Birds on The Blog 4 Inspired by

Garden Bird List

A list of Bird Species confirmed seen from my East London Garden.

Total 33

Some people wouldn't count birds flying overhead although I don't use binoculars, but that tally would be

Landed: 26

Recent Additions 8

Redwing
Redpoll
Dunnock
Ring necked Parakeet
long-tailed tit
Greenfinch
Chaffinch
Greater Spotted Woodpecker

Attracted over the years 11

Wren
Wood Pidgeon
Collared Dove
Blue Tit
Coal Tit
Heron
Blackcap Warbler
Song Thrush
Goldcrest
Starling
Jay

Always Been around 7

House Sparrow
Blackbird
Robin
Carrion Crow
Feral Pigeon
Magpie
Great Tit

Seen On the wing flying low over the garden 7

Lapwing
Cormorant
Black Headed Gull
Herring Gull
Canada Goose
Mallard Duck
Swift
Mute Swan

Local Area Birdlist

Wanstead Flats: Shoveler, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Skylark, Little Grebe, Bar Headed Goose, Green Woodpecker, Barnacle Goose

Theydon Bois Pond: Egyptian Goose

North Fambridge: Avocet, Lapwing, Shellduck, Bullfinch, Little Egret, Oystercatcher

Birds on The Blog

Posts tagged "birds" from DARnet

Blue House Farm North Fambridge

Blue House Farm Bird Reserve, North Fambridge Thursday is our new day off, so we took ourselves out of London on the Eastern Railway line towards Southend and then on the little single track branch line from Wickham to North … Continue reading →

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Blue House Farm North Fambridge

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Wild parakeets seen as a threat in the UK

I think these are just one particular species of parakeet, the monk parakeet which can apparantly cause damage to electricity pylons. The ever increasing rose ringed or ring necked parakeets that we see fly overhead on a daily basis shoudn’t … Continue reading →

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Wild parakeets seen as a threat in the UK

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Tim Birkhead ‘Wisdom of Birds’ at Do Lectures

Tim Birkhead, author of ‘The Wisdom of Birds’ speaks at the DO Lectures, held last month in fforest, Wales. (Go and look at the yurts then come back and listen to the video) Thanks for subscribing to Andy Roberts blogTim … Continue reading →

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Tim Birkhead ‘Wisdom of Birds’ at Do Lectures

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Flightless Birds at Kew Gardens

I’ve bought an annual pass for Kew Gardens this years so I’ll be going more frequently, and for shorter trips. Apart from all the botany and horticulture of course, Kew is also hone to a fair bit of wildlife, some … Continue reading →

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Flightless Birds at Kew Gardens

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Greater Spotted Woodpecker

These Greater Spotted Woodpeckers have become regular visitors in my urban garden, requiring the peanut feeder to be topped up every few days. A messy eater, the woodpecker seemed to be getting through loads of nuts at each visit but … Continue reading →

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Greater Spotted Woodpecker

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Fledgling Baby Birds

It’s peak season for fledgling baby birds in our garden right now and every day seems to bring new additions to the hungry crowd. The baby great tits have been a joy to have around for the past week or … Continue reading →

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Fledgling Baby Birds

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How to Photograph Birds

Wild Bird Photography Do you like watching wild birds? I do. Wherever I travel around the UK and the world the local wildlife is at least as interesting as the built environment to me. I take a lot of photographs … Continue reading →

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How to Photograph Birds

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Big Garden Bird Watch results are out

It was one of the biggest pieces of distributed research ever conducted outside of official human population census, with over half a million people investing an hour of their time to watch garden birds and then input data via the … Continue reading →

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Big Garden Bird Watch results are out

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Shoveller Duck

  Shoveller Duck, originally uploaded by Andyrob. These Shoveller Ducks are quite interesting, on the ponds at Wanstead Flats. We first saw them arrive for winter feeding last year, about six pairs then they went away again. This year with … Continue reading →

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Shoveller Duck

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Greenfinch arrives

I just spotted a greenfinch, which is a common enough British bird, but it’s the first one I’ve seen in my East London garden. The number of species now visiting has at least doubled since I moved in here, last … Continue reading →

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Greenfinch arrives

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Hampstead Heath

I’m not sure if Hampstead Heath counts as urban but it’s in London so I suppose it must do. We found a little patch near Kenwood House where some walkers were feeding the birds and squirrels. There was not one … Continue reading →

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Hampstead Heath

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Sea Eagles in Scotland – problems of reintroducing species

Sea Eagles Release Programme Various attempts have been made over the years, some successful, to reintroduce wildlife species into areas where they have become extinct in the past. The ospreys in England are one well known example, and a similar … Continue reading →

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Sea Eagles in Scotland – problems of reintroducing species

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Heron on the Thames

Birds on river trip, originally uploaded by Andyrob. There seem to be increasing number of heron on the Thames these days, particularly around the Richmond area. They also come right into the city and can bee sen on the canals … Continue reading →

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Heron on the Thames

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Great tits cope well with climate change

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Great tits cope well with warming At least one of Britain’s birds appears to be coping well as climate change alters the availability of a key food. Researchers found that great tits are laying eggs … Continue reading →

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Great tits cope well with climate change

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Three dead swans in Dorset had Bird Flu

Join the RSPB The Swannery at Abbotsbury, down on the South Dorset coast has been hit by the deadly H5N1 virus which causes Bird Flu, with three dead swans testing positive for the deadly disease. This latest case is worrying … Continue reading →

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Three dead swans in Dorset had Bird Flu

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Song thrush

Song Thrush Pair on my Rowan Tree I think this is going to be the first bird blog here since A flock of Geese or Blackcap Warbler, because there’s rarely news and seldom photographs related to the appreciation of wildlife … Continue reading →

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Song thrush

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Wild birds not to blame

Circumstantial evidence points to bird flu spreading along transport routes of international trade rather than from migrating birds. Locals in the Suffolk town near the Bernard Mathews turkey factory report many Hungarian lorries going in and out in the past … Continue reading →

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Wild birds not to blame

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Blackcap warbler

Join the RSPB I spotted a new bird species in my inner-city/suburban garden recently, one which I couldn’t identify. I had a good view of it, so I could describe it very accurately. Eager to find out what it was, … Continue reading →

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Blackcap warbler

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Inspired by

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The latest blackbird youngster out today

squawky – latest youngster out today, originally uploaded by Laura Whitehead. [?]

Starling

Adult feathers coming through, originally uploaded by Laura Whitehead. We’ve had lots of youngster this summer, and a few of them are just starting to get their adult feathers coming through. [?]

Hedgie and blackbird

Hedgehog and blackbird, originally uploaded by Laura Whitehead. [?]

Nuthatch

Nuthatch, originally uploaded by Laura Whitehead. Nuthatch briefly appeared at the far end of the garden a long time back during the winter. Have heard it around, but not seen, until today. It appeared near the main feeding station just by the house, and stayed for a good long while, exploring and feeding. [?]

Young Bullfinch

Young Bullfinch, originally uploaded by Laura Whitehead. Every summer eagerly await the arrival of baby bullfinches. Heard one in the bushes last Friday, and the first appeared on the feeders on Saturday (a very wet day to be exploring the big outside world!). Since then another youngster appeared yesterday, (we have 6 adults in the [...] [?]

Blackbird youngster (no.6)

Blackbird youngster (no.6), originally uploaded by Laura Whitehead. This youngster has a great personality, quite feisty and independent already. He/she is already doing a great job weeding out my flower beds and gaps in the path in search of tasty worms. The other five youngsters all appeared within a close batch of time, and this [...] [?]

young greenfinch

young greenfinch, originally uploaded by Laura Whitehead. First of the young greenfinches out and about today. [?]

Young starling

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Goldfinch youngster

Goldfinch youngster, originally uploaded by Laura Whitehead. First of the goldfinch youngsters out and about today. [?]

Great tit feeding youngster

Great tit feeding youngster, originally uploaded by Laura Whitehead. [?]