How Many Birds Can You Identify?

At Bowling Green Lane on the Exe Estuary Marshes, a stocktake was taken by many members of the public. They were asked to keep a small record of all the bird species they had seen on the reserve that day, the 13th Feb, and had a great day out of it! The results are as follows:

Species:

  • Avocet
  • Bullfinch
  • Heron
  • Merlin
  • American Wigeon
  • Wigeon
  • Water Pipit
  • Kestrel
  • Canada Goose
  • Great Tit
  • Robin
  • Blackbird
  • Blue tit
  • Coot
  • Curlew
  • Mute Swan
  • Mallard
  • Brent Goose
  • Red Breasted Goose
  • Ruff
  • Long-tailed Tit
  • Common Crow
  • House Sparrow
  • Wren
  • Chaffinch
  • Goldfinch
  • Little Egret
  • Magpie
  • Lapwing
  • Shovler
  • Teal
  • Gadwall
  • Bullfinch
  • Grey Plover
  • Grey Leg Goose
  • Greenfinch
  • Barnacle Goose
  • Pintail
  • Coal Tit
  • Glossy Ibis
  • Yellowhammer
  • Reed Bunting
  • Golden Plover
  • Pied Wagtail
  • Starling
  • Wood Pigeon
  • Dunnock
  • Black-tailed Godwit
  • Kingfisher
  • Pereguine
  • Linnet
  • Buzzard
  • Skylark
  • Shelduck
  • Snipe
  • Reding
  • Tuffted Duck
  • Pheasent
  • Grey Wagtail
  • Greenshank
  • Redshank
  • Song Thrush

 

 

We also recruited TWO new members that day! Thank you to everyone that helped! End to a perfect day..