Patch: Birdlist

Over the last eight years I have made numerous observations of the wildlife living in what I now describe as my patch.

One of the local Robins that have started to sing for their Winter territories.

Using my notes I have complied a baseline list of birds seen. Some of these species are year round residents, while others may have just flown over.

A skein of Canada Geese that I saw flying over earlier this week, a first for my patch. They have flown over every day since then.

Here is my list, of 56 species, with a brief description of the patch status for each one:

Canada Goose	fly over, very common this week!
Pheasant	occasional individuals seen
Grey Heron	fly over, occasional
Red Kite	rare fly over
Goshawk	rare fly over
Sparrowhawk	year round resident, seen regularly
Common Buzzard	year round resident, seen regularly
Osprey	rare fly over
Kestrel	occasional individuals seen
Peregrine Falcon Merlin	fly over, seen regularly Seen once on Weald Way
Black-headed Gull	fly over
Herring Gull	year round resident, seen regularly
Stock Dove	year round resident, seen regularly
Woodpigeon	year round resident, seen regularly
Feral Pigeon	year round resident, seen regularly
Collared Dove	year round resident, seen regularly
Tawny Owl	heard regularly year round resident
Common Swift	fly over
Green Woodpecker	year round resident, seen regularly
Great Spotted Woodpecker	year round resident, seen regularly
Magpie	year round resident, seen regularly
Jay	year round resident, seen regularly
Jackdaw	year round resident, seen regularly
Rook	year round resident, seen regularly
Carrion Crow	year round resident, seen regularly
Raven	fly over, seen regularly
Blue Tit	year round resident, seen regularly
Great Tit	year round resident, seen regularly
Coal Tit	occasional individuals seen
Skylark	year round resident, seen regularly
Swallow	fly over, seen regularly
Long-tailed Tit	year round resident, seen regularly
Wood Warbler	summer visitor, rare
Common Chiffchaff	summer visitor, seen regularly
Willow Warbler	summer visitor, seen regularly
Blackcap	summer visitor, seen regularly
Garden Warbler	summer visitor, seen occasionally
Common Whitethroat	summer visitor, seen regularly
Goldcrest	year round resident, seen regularly
Wren	year round resident, seen regularly
Nuthatch	year round resident, seen regularly
Treecreeper	year round resident, seen regularly
Starling Waxwing	year round resident, seen regularly Six, during 2012 winter invasion
Blackbird	year round resident, seen regularly
Song Thrush	year round resident, seen regularly
Robin	year round resident, seen regularly
Common Redstart	summer visitor, rare
Dunnock	year round resident, seen regularly
House Sparrow	year round resident, seen regularly
Meadow Pipit	year round resident, seen regularly
Chaffinch	year round resident, seen regularly
Greenfinch	year round resident, seen regularly
Goldfinch	year round resident, seen regularly
Linnet	year round resident, seen regularly