Well, to kick the year off, here's what we've had so far:
1. Yellowhammer
2. Carrion crow
3. Mute swan
4. Whooper swan
5. Mallard
6. Goldeneye
7. Teal
8. Gadwall
9. Pintail
10. Wigeon
11. Shoveler
12. Green-winged teal
13. Grey heron
14. Little egret
15.Goldfinch
16. Greenfinch
17. Linnet
18. Reed bunting
19. Wren
20. Robin
21. Dunnock
22. Blue tit
23. Great tit
24. Coal tit
25. Chaffinch
26. Tree sparrow
27. Blackbird
28. Buzzard
29. Kestrel
30. Sparrowhawk
31. Moorhen
32. Coot
33. Water rail
34. Wood pigeon
35. Collared dove
36. Rook
37. Jackdaw
38. Great black-backed gull
39. Herring gull
40. Common gull
41. Black-headed gull
42. Snipe
43. Jack snipe
44. Cormorant
45. Shag
46. Curlew
47. Lapwing
48. Gannet
49. Starling
50. Great spotted woodpecker
51. Oystercatcher
52. Pheasant
53. Red-breasted merganser
54. Redshank
55. Goosander
56. Pink-footed goose
57. Fieldfare
58. White-fronted goose (Greenland)
59. Greylag goose
60. Bearded tit
Wow that is some list Kath. Have they all been seen in and on your own property or out and about?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
This is the definitive year-list for Loch of Strathbeg Reserve, added to as we go along (or as people report birds) - sightings are on the reserve or just offshore.
61. Magpie (9 Jan)
62. Meadow pipit
63. Stonechat
64. Woodcock
65. Goldcrest
66. Treecreeper (20 Jan)
67. Grey plover (21 Jan)
68. Skylark
69. Little grebe (21 Jan)
70. House sparrow (22 Jan)
71. Corn bunting
72. grey partridge (23 Jan)
73. shelduck
74. hen harrier (24 Jan)
75. song thrush (26 Jan)
76. mistle thrush (30 Jan)
77. barn owl (9 Feb)
78. bean goose (11 Feb)
79. pied wagtail (4 Feb - oops!)
(a bit more tidying up!)
80. tufted duck
81. golden plover
82. barnacle goose
83. feral pigeon
84. snow bunting
85. eider
86. scaup (9 Feb)
87. dunlin (9 Feb)