With Theo in the vets for neutering today, I took Ted for a walk an hour or so before returning for Theo. And our destination this afternoon was Radipole Lake, my first visit here this year.
As expected there were quite a few new bird species for my 2024 list, with seven highlighted in red below:
Birds Recorded:
1 Little Grebe
6 Cormorant
2 Mute Swan
1 Shelduck
Mallard
Gadwall
Teal
1 Shoveler
Tufted Duck
1 Pochard
Water Rail
Moorhen
40+ Coot
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
2 Great Black-backed Gull
1 Common Gull
Wood Pigeon
Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
4 Cetti's Warbler
3 Chiffchaff
1 Goldcrest
4+ Bearded Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
1 Siskin
Goldfinch
From top to bottom: An adult winter Black-headed Gull, Common Gull and bottom two adult winter Mediterranean Gulls
Ted and Theo:
Tufted Duck
1 Pochard
Water Rail
Moorhen
40+ Coot
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
2 Great Black-backed Gull
1 Common Gull
Wood Pigeon
Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
4 Cetti's Warbler
3 Chiffchaff
1 Goldcrest
4+ Bearded Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
1 Siskin
Goldfinch
Just the one Shelduck seen by the Observation Centre.
And a mixture of Gadwall, a drake Shoveler (far left), Coots and two Herring Gulls.
Teal
A very smart looking drake Shoveler
A female Pochard
A lone Siskin landed just above my head on the Buddleia Walk.
Ted and Theo:
Dad can I come off the lead soon!!
And Theo recovering from his op.