went to kew gardens today. i had found out earlier that morning that i had left my memmory card to my computer at home. this is not a good start
today i saw:
1 gery heron
4 greylag geese
6 canada geese
2 egyptian geese with 3 chicks
11 ducklings (mallard)
2 gadwall (may be feral)
10 tufted duck
4 buzzard
1 golden pheasant thrilled to bits when i saw this, it called as i was walking by and then i saw it in a rhodedendren bush. it was a bright male and he struted out as though he owned the place. now if i had that camera............
7 helmated guineafowl (definatly feral)
100 moorhens
100 coot
1 greater black backed gull (on thames)
6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 woodpigeons
100 ring necked parakeet first new bird of the holidays. at the start i only saw them flying over but as the day progressed they started eating fruit in trees and managed to get really close to 1. they also started to fly round in larger flocks
7 green woodpecker really close
2 greater spotted woodpecker it had just chased of a green and then walked round that same tree and it was less than 1m above my head and was hammering away as though i was not there.
3 swallows (specks)
1 wren- having a wash
5 mistle thrushes
10 robins
11 blackbirds
1 blackcap
1 chiffchaff
1 goldcrest was flitting around under a tree and as i watched it, it came closer until i could touch it. all the time it was acting as though it was in the trees and it was the best thing i saw today
3 long tailed tit sat in a bush collecting nesting material less than 1m away. it was so beautiful, they wernt put off at all.
3 nuthatch really close
4 jays really tame
also found some great crested newts which were really beutilful in the water
it was a good start minus the obviuse. i already had my new bird (s).
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