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birds, gloucestershire and london, may 27-june 9, 2004

2004-06-10 - 1:36 p.m.

Here's a photo tour of some common English Birds. Keep in mind that all photos are � 2004 by Elaine Radford. Link freely if you wish, but don't copy without permission.

despite the name, Wood Pigeon is found in urban and suburban areas

Wood Pigeon

The two most common songbirds of England are the omni-present Blackbird:

male Blackbird

Male Blackbird

and the insouciant Chaffinch:

male chaffinch with catch of the day

Male Chaffinch

England has apparently lost a great many of its historical breeding species but has managed to attract other avian newcomers. I missed the Rose-Ringed Parakeets, but had little trouble observing such attractive examples as paired-off Tufted Ducks and Pheasants.

detail, male Tufted Duck, summer plumage

Male Tufted Duck, summer plumage

male Pheasant

Male Pheasant

Here's the bird list. A lot of iffies were deleted for various reasons, particularly if I couldn't be sure a bird was an unbanded wild bird rather than an ornamental. I needed to see evidence that waterfowl, especially, were free-flying and unbanded. Introduced but now accepted breeding species like Mandarin Duck don't make it an easy job, so there were some judgment calls.

  1. Gray Heron
  2. Mute Swan
  3. Greylag Goose
  4. Canada Goose
  5. Common Shelduck
  6. Mandarin Duck
  7. Mallard
  8. Northern Shoveler
  9. Common Pochard
  10. Tufted Duck
  11. Common Buzzard, Buteo buteo
  12. Common Kestrel
  13. Common Quail
  14. Ring-necked Pheasant
  15. Common Moorhen
  16. Eurasian Coot
  17. Northern Lapwing
  18. Mew Gull
  19. European Herring Gull
  20. Lesser Black-backed Gull
  21. Black-headed Gull
  22. Rock Dove
  23. Common Wood-Pigeon
  24. Eurasian Collared-Dove
  25. Common Cuckoo
  26. Common Swift
  27. Sky Lark
  28. Barn Swallow
  29. Common House-Martin
  30. White Wagtail
  31. Yellow Wagtail
  32. Gray Wagtail, male
  33. Winter Wren
  34. Eurasian Blackbird
  35. Song Thrush
  36. Mistle Thrush
  37. Grasshopper Warbler, singing male
  38. Blackcap
  39. European Robin
  40. Long-tailed Tit
  41. Willow Tit
  42. Great Tit
  43. Blue Tit
  44. Eurasian Magpie
  45. Eurasian Jackdaw
  46. Rook
  47. Carrion Crow
  48. European Starling
  49. Yellowhammer
  50. Chaffinch
  51. European Greenfinch
  52. European Goldfinch
  53. House Sparrow

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