Song
05-13-2011, 05:01 PM
I spent the fall of 2010 across the pond. While I had plays and studies to occupy a lot of my time, I did manage to do quite a bit of birding :) It's fun to be in a place where almost every bird is new. It also gave me a chance to see the relationships between their birds and ours; for example, their blackbird (which is in the thrush family) sounds a lot like our Robin! Learning the bird sounds was fun too.
I ended up with 105 species for the trip--not bad, considering I was not exactly there for birding and spent a lot of my time in cities (hence, some of these may be domestic...but even their domestics are different!). Here's a full list. My favorite bird of the trip was by far the Kingfisher, which I had the pleasure of seeing both in flight and perched (however briefly). Such a shockingly bright bird.
European Starling :rolleyes:
Feral Pigeon :rolleyes:
Collared Dove
Wood Pigeon
Blue Tit
Magpie
Long-tailed Tit
Blackbird
House Martin
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Dunnock
Jackdaw
Goldfinch
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Greenfinch
Robin
Song Thrush
Coal Tit
Mallard
Moorhen
Blackcap
Great Tit
Eurasian Coot
Caspian Gull
Black-headed Gull
Kestrel
Sparrowhawk
Skylark --alas, did not see one "skylarking"
Fulmar
Scaup
Chaffinch
Wren
Rook
Eider
Grey Heron
Oystercatcher
Redshank
Curlew
Barn Swallow
Rock Pipit
White/Pied Wagtail
Common Buzzard
Meadow Pipit
Green Woodpecker
Tufted Duck
Grey Wagtail
Goldcrest
Jay
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Goosander
Red Grouse
Spotted Flycatcher
Greylag Goose
White-fronted Goose
Bar-headed Goose
Egyptian Goose
Red-breasted Goose
Barnacle Goose
Shelduck
Gadwall
Wigeon
Pochard
Red-crested Pochard
Ruddy Duck
Smew
Mandarin Duck
White-headed Duck
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
White Pelican
Cormorant
Black Swan
Willow Warbler
Hooded Crow
Raven
Tree Sparrow
Black Guillemot
Guillemot
Storm Petrel
Sooty Shearwater
Kittiwake
Gannet
Whooper Swan
Ruddy Turnstone
Ringed Plover
Stonechat
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Gull
Bar-tailed Godwit
Bullfinch
Siskin
Redwing
Mistle Thrush
Redpoll
Pheasant
Kingfisher
Dipper
Red Kite
Chiffchaff (Rome)
Black Redstart (Rome)
Peregrine Falcon (Rome--swooped by the dome of St. Peter's while we were up there watching the sunset)
I ended up with 105 species for the trip--not bad, considering I was not exactly there for birding and spent a lot of my time in cities (hence, some of these may be domestic...but even their domestics are different!). Here's a full list. My favorite bird of the trip was by far the Kingfisher, which I had the pleasure of seeing both in flight and perched (however briefly). Such a shockingly bright bird.
European Starling :rolleyes:
Feral Pigeon :rolleyes:
Collared Dove
Wood Pigeon
Blue Tit
Magpie
Long-tailed Tit
Blackbird
House Martin
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Dunnock
Jackdaw
Goldfinch
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Greenfinch
Robin
Song Thrush
Coal Tit
Mallard
Moorhen
Blackcap
Great Tit
Eurasian Coot
Caspian Gull
Black-headed Gull
Kestrel
Sparrowhawk
Skylark --alas, did not see one "skylarking"
Fulmar
Scaup
Chaffinch
Wren
Rook
Eider
Grey Heron
Oystercatcher
Redshank
Curlew
Barn Swallow
Rock Pipit
White/Pied Wagtail
Common Buzzard
Meadow Pipit
Green Woodpecker
Tufted Duck
Grey Wagtail
Goldcrest
Jay
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Goosander
Red Grouse
Spotted Flycatcher
Greylag Goose
White-fronted Goose
Bar-headed Goose
Egyptian Goose
Red-breasted Goose
Barnacle Goose
Shelduck
Gadwall
Wigeon
Pochard
Red-crested Pochard
Ruddy Duck
Smew
Mandarin Duck
White-headed Duck
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
White Pelican
Cormorant
Black Swan
Willow Warbler
Hooded Crow
Raven
Tree Sparrow
Black Guillemot
Guillemot
Storm Petrel
Sooty Shearwater
Kittiwake
Gannet
Whooper Swan
Ruddy Turnstone
Ringed Plover
Stonechat
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Gull
Bar-tailed Godwit
Bullfinch
Siskin
Redwing
Mistle Thrush
Redpoll
Pheasant
Kingfisher
Dipper
Red Kite
Chiffchaff (Rome)
Black Redstart (Rome)
Peregrine Falcon (Rome--swooped by the dome of St. Peter's while we were up there watching the sunset)