The Flight Bit

Mute swan 2 Mallard 5+ Moorhen Green woodpecker Blackbird  Robin  Great tit Blue tit Long-tailed tit Wren 3+ Chiffchaff  Blackcap Raven 2 Chaffinch  Goldfinch  Rabbit  Roach

Mute swan Greylag goose 3 Canada goose Mallard 4 (+12 ducklings) Gadwall 3 Teal 2 Coot 3 Moorhen 3 Pheasant Peregrine Kestrel Common sandpiper Indet gull Woodpigeon (Distant Turtle dove song?)  Swallow 8 Blackbird  Robin Great tit Blue tit Dunnock 2 Wren Lesser whitethroat  Chiffchaff Carrion crow Jackdaw  Magpie Chaffinch Linnet 2 Reed bunting 3 Fox Bronze bream  Roach Roach X Bream hybrid Silver bream

Mute swan 2 Greylag goose 14 Canada goose 2 Mallard 7+ (+30 ducklings in 5 broods)  Coot 3 Moorhen min.4 Pheasant  Buzzard Peregrine Common sandpiper Herring gull Woodpigeon Stock dove Pied wagtail  Swallow 14 Blackbird Mistle thrush Robin Great tit Lesser whitethroat  Blackcap  Chiffchaff Wren Dunnock Carrion crow  Rook  Jackdaw  Magpie  Chaffinch  Linnet 4+ Reed bunting 31 species Roach/bream hybrid Bronze bream Silver bream Roach

Why the flight bit? Well, the reader, and I mean that almost literally at present, may be aware that I list birds while fishing, often to the effect of missing a few bites through conflicting enthusiasms (new word)! I needed somewhere to back-up my little lists and, I thought, where better than in the ether? Nothings safe these days so why not share it widely as it may be of interest to the odd person (no offence intended). What's interesting, to me at least, from these lists, and always has been, is the tilted balance across groups of species. There are always gaps in certain areas each trip sometimes unfathomably but often understandably as the habitat I might be sat luxuriating in will be limited. Some locations produce quite a list dye to habitat variety, others not so. In fact there are times when I think I must've missed or forgotten a few, so sparse is the checklist. Many of the trips are short sharp sorties and, as such, there is little time to see and hear much but nev...

Mute swan 3 Greylag goose 8 Canada goose 3 Mallard 12 (+47 yng in 5 broods) Shoveler 2 Teal 2 Gadwall 2 Coot 3 Moorhen Peregrine Oystercatcher (distant)  Lesser black-backed gull 4 Woodpigeon Skylark Swallow 2 Blackbird 2 Mistle thrush Robin Great tit Blue tit Wren min. 3 Blackcap Lesser whitethroat min. 2 Carrion crow  Rook 4 Jackdaw Magpie Chaffinch  Goldfinch 2 Linnet min. 3 Reed bunting min. 2 Rabbit RoachxBream hybrid  Roach Bronze bream

17 04 2024 Braunston canal & flood Mute swan 3 Greylag goose 4 Canada goose Mallard 5 (+2 sets of yng, max brood 15) Tufted duck 2 Shoveler 3 Gadwall Teal 2 Coot 2 Moorhen Pheasant Woodpigeon Blackbird Robin Great tit Blue tit Wren Carrion crow Rook Jackdaw  Magpie Chaffinch Reed bunting Roach Roach X Bream hybrid Silver bream  Bronze bream 

GUC Calcutt Woodpigeon Long-tailed tit Lesser whitethroat

14 04 2024 Napton Reservoir (V brief lunch visit)  Great crested grebe Mute swan Greylag goose Canada goose Mallard Tufted duck Ferruginous duck Coot  Moorhen Woodpigeon Great spotted woodpecker Swallow Sedge warbler Reed warbler Common whitethroat Chiffchaff Magpie Rabbit

11 04 2024 Braunston, Northants. Flood and canal.  Canada goose 2 Mallard 8+ (+14 ducklings)  Wigeon 2 Shoveler 3 Gadwall 3 Coot Moorhen Pheasant Buzzard Indet gull Woodpigeon Stock dove Swallow Blackbird Robin Great tit Blue tit Chiffchaff Dunnock Wren Carrion crow 2 Rook Jackdaw Magpie 6 Chaffinch Greenfinch 3 Reed bunting RoachXbream hybrid 3 Roach 4 Bronze bream 3

 13/14 04 2024 Braunston, Canal & flood Mute swan 4 Greylag goose 6 Canada goose 2 Mallard 8 (+11 ducklings) Shoveler 4 Gadwall 4 Wigeon Coot 3 Moorhen 6 Pheasant Peregrine Lesser black-backed gull 2 Woodpigeon Skylark Blackbird Song thrush  Robin Great tit 2 Blue tit 2 Chiffchaff Blackcap Lesser whitethroat min.1 Wren 4 (song)  Dunnock 2 Carrion crow  Rook  Jackdaw Chaffinch Greenfinch Bullfinch Goldfinch Linnet Reed bunting 2 Rabbit Bronze bream Silver bream Roach X Bream hybrid Roach

09 04 2024 Braunston, Northants. Flood and canal.  Mute swan Canada goose 2 Greylag goose 5 Mallard 7+ Wigeon 3 Shoveler 4 Gadwall  Tufted duck Moorhen min.4 Pheasant Indet gull Woodpigeon Swallow 2 Blackbird Blue tit 2 Long-tailed tit 2 Chiffchaff Wren Dunnock Carrion crow Rook Jackdaw Magpie 2 Linnet Reed bunting RoachXbream hybrid 3 Roach 4 Bronze bream 3

Mallard 4 Moorhen min.3 Pheasant Red kite 2 Kestrel Woodpigeon Skylark Blackbird Song thrush Robin Great tit Blue tit Long-tailed tit Wren Dunnock Starling Blackcap Chiffchaff Carrion crow Jackdaw Magpie Goldfinch Bronze bream 3 Springer spaniel 5 Black labrador 2 Indet terrier Doberman Butterburr starting to flower

Great crested grebe Canada goose Mallard 6+ Tufted duck 2 Coot Moorhen Pheasant Woodpigeon Collared dove Grey wagtail Swallow 4 Blackbird Song thrush Robin Great tit Blue tit Long-tailed tit Wren Dunnock Chiffchaff Carrion crow Rook Jackdaw  Magpie  Chaffinch Goldfinch Roach Rudd

Great crested grebe 4 Little grebe Cormorant 2 Mute swan 7 Greylag goose 13 Canada goose 20+ Mallard 3+ Tufted duck Coot Moorhen Buzzard Kestrel Curlew Lesser black-backed gull Black-headed gull Woodpigeon Green woodpecker 2 Grey wagtail 2 Swallow 2 Blackbird  Mistle thrush  Song thrush  Robin  Great tit Blue tit 2 Long tailed tit Goldcrest  Chiffchaff min.2 Blackcap Dunnock Wren Raven Carrion crow  Rook Jackdaw Magpie 5 Chaffinch  Goldfinch  Greenfinch  Siskin Reed bunting  Roach Perch Rudd Roach X Rudd hybrid Tench (3 roe deer nearby toward Stockton Station) 

 Great crested grebe 2 Little grebe 2 Grey heron Cormorant Mute swan 3 Greylag goose 18 Canada goose 29 Mallard 3 Tufted duck 13 Coot Moorhen Woodpigeon Green woodpecker Pied wagtail Grey wagtail Blackbird Song thrush Robin Great tit Chiffchaff 2 Wren Carrion crow Rook Jackdaw Magpie 2 Goldfinch Noctule Rudd Roach

Great crested grebe 2 Little grebe 2 Cormorant 2 Mute swan 1 (+1 on nest?)  Greylag goose 2 Canada goose 12 Mallard 3 Tufted duck 12 Coot Moorhen Sparrowhawk f.  Woodpigeon Collared dove Skylark Indet wagtail Blackbird Song thrush Robin Blue tit Dunnock Wren Rook 4 Jackdaw Magpie Chaffinch Goldfinch 

Great crested grebe  Little grebe Cormorant Mute swan 2 Greylag goose Canada goose Mallard Tufted duck Coot Moorhen Buzzard Indet gull Woodpigeon Grey wagtail 2 Blackbird  Mistle thrush Fieldfare 45 >NW Robin 3+ Carrion crow 5 Rook Jackdaw Magpie 2 Chiffchaff Chaffinch Roach

Great crested grebe  Canada goose 2 Mallard Tufted duck Coot Moorhen Curlew (distant to N.)  Indet gull Woodpigeon  Blackbird Song thrush  Robin  Wren Dunnock Starling 110 Carrion crow  Rook  Magpie  Chaffinch  Roach

Great crested grebe 4 Cormorant 2 Mute swan 2 Greylag goose 10 Canada goose 40 Mallard Tufted duck 30+ Coot Moorhen Curlew (over SW>NE)  Lesser black-backed gull Common gull Black-headed gull Woodpigeon Green woodpecker Kingfisher Robin Wren Dunnock Starling (900 W>E)  Great tit Raven Carrion crow 6 Jackdaw Magpie  Chaffinch Goldfinch 5

Great crested grebe  Little grebe 2 Grey heron Cormorant Mute swan Greylag goose Canada goose Mallard Tufted duck Shoveler 2 Coot Moorhen Red kite Common gull Robin Wren Jackdaw Goldfinch 3 Reed bunting Roach Tench

Great-crested grebe  Cormorant Mute swan  Greylag goose 3 Canada goose 2 Mallard  Tufted duck  Coot  Moorhen  Black-headed gull  Woodpigeon  Green woodpecker Grey wagtail  Song thrush  Robin  Great tit  Wren  Starling 30 Cetti's warbler  Carrion crow  Rook  Jackdaw Magpie 4 Chaffinch 2 Goldfinch Roach 

Great-crested grebe 2 Cormorant Greylag goose 12 Canada goose 9 Mallard Tufted duck Coot Moorhen Snipe Black-headed gull Woodpigeon Green woodpecker Grey wagtail Blackbird Song thrush Fieldfare Robin Blue tit Carrion crow 2 Rook Jackdaw Reed bunting 22 species Roach X Bream hybrid

Mallard Moorhen Woodpigeon Green woodpecker Skylark Blackbird Fieldfare Robin Great tit Blue tit Starling Dunnock Wren Carrion crow Magpie Goldfinch Bronze bream

Mallard Moorhen Indet gull Stock dove Green woodpecker Blackbird Song thrush (2 in song)  Robin Great tit Blue tit Long-tailed tit  Dunnock Wren Raven  Carrion crow Magpie  Chaffinch Goldfinch