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Patch Birding Yvonne's Local Patch - 2024

YvonneB

OH Bird Recorder
Welcome to 2024 and wishing you all the best for the year to come!

My first bird of the year on my Askernish patch was a Blackbird, second bird of the year was a White-tailed Eagle - there can't be many places this would happen :D

1. Blackbird
2. White-tailed Eagle
3. Tufted Duck
4. Greylag Goose
5. Starling
6. House Sparrow
7. Dunnock
8. Robin
9. Whooper Swan
10. Collared Dove
11. Wigeon
12. Redwing
13. Moorhen
14. Rock Dove
15. Buzzard
16. Greenland White-fronted Goose
17. Skylark
18. Hen Harrier
19. Lapwing
20. Common Gull
21. Herring Gull
22. Great Black-backed Gull
23. Cormorant
24. Shag
25. Shag
26. Eider
27. Hooded Crow
28. Long-tailed Duck
29. Gannet
30. Sparrowhawk
31. Twite
32. Golden Plover
33.Mallard
34. Raven
35. Mute Swan
36. Teal
37. Curlew
38. Goldeneye
39. Little Grebe
40. Ringed Plover
41. Red-breasted Merganser
42. Great Northern Diver
43. Song Thrush
44. Goldfinch
45. Greenfinch
46. Chaffinch
47. Sanderling
48. Bar-tailed Godwit
49. Redshank

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Hen Harrier

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Song Thrush
 
53. Linnet - one at the feeder this morning.

Fourth day of snow here :)

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Looking south from home towards Hallan. In the far distance you can just make out the snow white hills of Barra. No ducks, geese or swans on the loch, it's been frozen for a couple of days now.
 
After an extended period of time away from home, this week i've added the following to my patch list for the year:

63. Cuckoo
64. Willow Warbler
65. Siskin (2 on feeder)
66. Common Redpoll
67. Corncrake
68. Swallow

There's a Short-eared Owl about but has so far eluded me...
 
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