The Birds of 2024 - August

 

We're in the 4th year of sharing my birdy photos, though technically 2024's images are year 5, as usually I post the previous year's photos each quarter however this year I am posting each month in the following month!

I can't believe it's been 5 years of taking notice of my species' photographed! I don't know who, if anyone, cares about these types of posts and I understand that birding, on the whole, is vastly dominated by middle to older-aged males who probably aren't reading a 30-something female's blog! However, as with everything, I love to have this all here to look back on myself. 

That being said, here are August 2024's bird photos!

Taken at home - 3rd August
Great Tit

Taken at my parents house - 5th August
Jackdaw

Taken at home - 6th August
House Sparrow

Taken at home - 9th August
House Sparrow

Taken at home - 10th August
Dunnock

Taken at home - 12th August
Wood Pigeon

Taken at home - 13th August
Rock Dove
Common Swift

Taken at home - 18th August
Rock Dove

Taken at home - 21st August
House Sparrow

Taken at home - 25th August
House Sparrow

Taken at home - 28th August
Goldfinch

Taken at home - 29th August
Rock Dove
Chiffchaff
Long Tailed Tit

Taken at home - 30th August
House Sparrow

Taken at home - 31st August
Long Tailed Tit

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As expected, this month was pretty shy on the bird front. August is my aestivation month so all photos were taken from home (minus 1 at my parent's house). Still, by some miracle, I managed to add two species to my annual total bringing me up to 90! With a quarter of the year left to go and all the Autumn/Winter migratory birds to arrive, I'm hopeful to reach 100 birds in 2024. We'll see...

Check out previous year's 'The Birds of...' posts below
The Birds of 2024 // January
The Birds of 2024 // February
The Birds of 2024 // March
The Birds of 2023! // January - March
The Birds of 2023! // April - June
The Birds of 2022!
The Birds of 2021!
The Birds of 2020!

The current species list for 2024, in alphabetical order, is:
Avocet

Barn Owl

Blackbird 

Blackcap

Black-headed Gull

Black-tailed Godwit

Bluetit 

Bullfinch

Buzzard

Canada Goose

Carrion Crow

Chaffinch

Chiffchaff

Coal Tit

Collared Dove 
Common Swift

Common Tern

Coot

Cormorant

Curlew

Dunnock 

Eider Duck

Fulmar

Gadwall

Gannet

Goldeneye

Goldfinch

Grey Heron

Grey Wagtail

Greylag Goose

Great Black Backed Gull

Great Spotted Woodpecker 

Great Tit

Greenfinch

Guillemot

Herring Gull 

House Martin

House Sparrow 
Jackdaw

Jay

Kestrel

Kingfisher

Kittiwake

Lapwing

Lesser Black-Backed Gull

Linnet

Little Egret

Little Grebe

Long-tailed Tit

Magpie 

Mallard

Meadow Pipit
Mistle Thrush

Moor Hen

Mute Swan

Nuthatch

Oystercatcher 

Pheasant

Pied Wagtail

Pink-footed Goose

Pochard

Razorbill

Redshank

Reed Bunting

Ring Necked Parakeet

Robin 

Rock Dove 

Rock Pipit

Rook

Sand Martin

Shag

Shelduck

Shoveler

Siskin

Skylark

Spoonbill

Starling 

Stock Dove

Swallow

Teal

Tree Creeper

Tree Sparrow

Tufted Duck

Turnstone

Velvet Scoter

Water Rail

Waxwing

Wheatear

Wood Pigeon 

Wren

Annual total - 90