Monthly Archives: December 2024

Back again to finish the year off and mainly to do a vlog to end the year and to bring in 2025. I didn’t take the camera today as I took the spotting scope, this was mainly to find Caspian Gulls, of which I didn’t, anyways you can find a small video vlog of the day HERE and the bird list of the day below.

I want to take this opportunity in saying I hope you all had a great Christmas and I wish you all well in 2025, have a great nature filled year

Bird List of the Day : Bullfinch, Buzzard, Canada Goose, Coot, Cormorant, Dunnock, Gadwall, Great Black backed Gull, Great Tit, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, Herring Gull, Kestrel, Lapwing, Lesser Black backed Gull, Little Grebe, Long tailed Tit, Magpie, Mallard, Marsh Harrier, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Peregrine, Pied Wagtail, Pochrad, Robin, Shelduck, Shoveler, Sparrowhawk, Teal, Tufted Duck, Wigeon (32)

Old Moor seems to becoming my home from home, here’s a few photos of another visit there, with some of the birds encountered around the reserve, with the Tree Sparrow Farm being the place to be today. The highlight of the day however was finding two Chiffchaff in and amongst a flock of small birds

Blackbird ♀

Blue Tit

Bullfinch ♀

Chiffchaff

Dunnock

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Great Tit

Reed Bunting ♀

Robin

Bird List of the Day ; Black headed Gull, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Bullfinch, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff, Common Gull, Coot, Cormorant, Dunnock, Gadwall, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, Herring Gull, Lapwing, Lesser Black backed Gull, Long tailed Tit, Magpie, Mallard, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Pheasant, Pied Wagtail, Redwing, Reed Bunting, Robin, Shelduck, Shoveler, Sparrowhawk, Stock Dove, Teal, Tufted Duck, Wigeon, Woodpigeon (39)