Tag Archives: Bullfinch

Back in the Game…

Posted on June 4, 2018 by hootbot

The relative failure of last year’s home birding meant I was pretty upset that I’d only managed to get 163 species onto my UK yearlist. My target every year is to at least beat my worst ever total – that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #my200birdyear, Amwell, avocet, birds, Birdwatching, bittern, box hill, Bramfield, Brent Goose, Bullfinch, connaught water, Dartford Warbler, Dunlin, eagle pond, epping forest, Essex, fairlop, Goldcrest, goldeneye, goosander, green sandpiper, Grey Partridge, Hertfordshire, horned lark, jack snipe, lesser redpoll, little bunting, Little Egret, Little Owl, london, London Wetland Centre, marsh tit, newlands corner, ornithology, peregrine, photography, Rainham Marshes, regents park, Sanderling, serin, shoeburyness, Shorelark, Smew, snaresbrook, staines reservoir, Stonechat, Surrey, thursley common, Turnstone, two tree island, Walthamstow, Walthamstow Reservoirs, walthamstow wetlands, water rail, woking | Leave a comment

The Missing Year

Posted on May 19, 2018 by hootbot

I didn’t update my blog at all in 2017, and there are two reasons for this. Firstly, during the first half of the year I was just a bit lazy. I fully intended to update my blog as normal, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aquatic warbler, arctic warbler, Barn Owl, barred warbler, bee-eater, biaowieza, biebrza, bison, bittern, Black-necked Grebe, black-winged stilt, bluethroat, brambling, Bullfinch, buzzard, Caspian Gull, citrine wagtail, Cley, collared flycatcher, common sandpiper, corncrake, crossbill, cuckoo, Curlew, curlew sandpiper, Dartford Warbler, dipper, elmley marshes, firecrest, forest of dean, Goldcrest, goosander, goshawk, great grey shrike, Great White Egret, green sandpiper, Greenshank, grey-headed woodpecker, hawfinch, Hobby, jack snipe, Kingfisher, lesser spotted eagle, Little Egret, Little Owl, Little Stint, mandarin, marsh warbler, montagu's harrier, naturetrek, Norfolk, Penduline Tit, peregrine, photography, poland, Pygmy Owl, red-backed shrike, red-breasted flycatcher, red-necked grebe, red-necked phalarope, Redshank, Ring Ouzel, river warbler, rosefinch, ruff, sheppey, short-eared owl, spotted eagle, spotted flycatcher, Spotted Redshank, Stiffkey, Stonechat, tawny owl, temminck's stint, three-toed woodpecker, thrush nightingale, Titchwell, Walthamstow Reservoirs, walthamstow wetlands, whimbrel, whinchat, whiskered tern, white stork, white-backed woodpecker, White-tailed Eagle, white-winged tern, Wryneck, Yellow Wagtail, yellow-browed warbler, yellowhammer | Leave a comment

Return to Finland

Posted on July 20, 2015 by hootbot

Yikes. I’ve neglected my blog, and now I’ve got loads of stuff stacked up. Time clear the backlog… In May of 2014 Jem and I went on Birdfinders’ 4-day owl tour to Finland. Overall it was a great birding tour, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barn Owl, Birdfinders, Black Grouse, Black Kite, black woodpecker, black-throated diver, bluethroat, bohemian waxwing, Bullfinch, capercaillie, Common Crane, eagle, Fieldfare, Finland, Finnature, garganey, goshawk, Great Grey Owl, Hawk Owl, hazel grouse, hazelhen, kuusamo, muskrat, Oulu, owls, Pied Flycatcher, Pygmy Owl, red-necked grebe, Redwing, ruff, rustic bunting, short-eared owl, siberian jay, siberian tit, siskin, Smew, Sparrowhawk, Tengmalm's Owl, three-toed woodpecker, Ural Owl, waxwing, whinchat, White-tailed Eagle, woodcock | Leave a comment

Mayday Weekend

Posted on May 28, 2014 by hootbot

Before I talk about our long-awaited trip to Finland, I’ll post about a great little weekend we had right at the beginning of the month. May began with the decision to get up early on a Saturday morning and go … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Birding, birds, Blackcap, Bullfinch, buzzard, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Common Tern, cuckoo, Damselfly, Garden Warbler, Great Ouse, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, gulls, Hobby, kestrel, King's Lynn, Marsh Harrier, Meadow Pipit, Nor, Norfolk, ornithology, photo, photography, Point Green, Red-legged Partridge, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, skylark, Staines, staines moor, Swallow, whitethroat | Leave a comment

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