Welcome to the 4th year of my sharing my annual bird photography. Bird watching and photography is a huge passion of mine, my Autistic special interest you could say, and I love to look back on the photos I've taken to appreciate how lucky I am to live somewhere with such diverse and beautiful wildlife. I've become a touch obsessed with taking stock of the species I spot over the years and love to photograph new species I haven't had the privilege to have seen before.
Last year I shared the photos of birds I'd taken the previous year and so this year I share last year's, however, to keep it more up to date I've decided to post 2023's in quarterly posts and also post 2024's images in real time each month.
Below are the birds that I was lucky enough to photograph in April, May and June 2023.
Last year I shared the photos of birds I'd taken the previous year and so this year I share last year's, however, to keep it more up to date I've decided to post 2023's in quarterly posts and also post 2024's images in real time each month.
Below are the birds that I was lucky enough to photograph in April, May and June 2023.
Birds of April
Mallard
Kestrel
Treecreeper
Chiffchaff
Great Tit
Bullfinch
Pheasant
Blue Tit
Wood Pigeon
Rock Dove
Dunnock
Starling
Magpie
Blackbird
Eider Duck
Rock Pipit
- 16 species
Birds of May
Rock Dove
Starling
Wood Pigeon
Robin
House Sparrow
Grey Heron
Magpie
Oystercatcher
Common Merganser
Cormorant
Herring Gull
Goldfinch
Bullfinch
Greenfinch
Blue Tit
Chaffinch
Canada Goose
Grey Wagtail
Lapwing
Moor Hen
Collared Dove
Ringed Plover
Sanderling
- 23 species
Birds of June
Starling
Mallard
Blackbird
Wood Pigeon
Carrion Crow
Stock Dove
Song Thrush
Treecreeper
Chaffinch
Avocet
Shelduck
Canada Goose
Black Headed Gull
Pheasant
Greenfinch
Nuthatch
Dunnock
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Jay
Reed Bunting
Moor Hen
Sand Martin
Blue Tit
Rock Dove
Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Sparrowhawk
Black Guillemot
Oystercatcher
Robin
Gannet
Linnet
Rock Pipit
Stonechat
Herring Gull
Fulmar
Ringed Plover
Cormorant
Arctic Tern
- 39 species
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In May of last year, we joined a project as volunteers to help protect Ringed Plover as they nested on a local beach and many photos of them (as well as other shore and coastal birds) can be seen in this set of images.
That coupled with our membership to WWT Washington and our camping trip to the Rhinns of Galloway ended up adding a crazy 25 more species to my annual list meaning we're now at 58 in the first 6 months of 2023 as can be seen below. The real total would probably be much higher, but I only count the species I actually managed to photograph.
Blue Tit
Rock Dove
Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Sparrowhawk
Black Guillemot
Oystercatcher
Robin
Gannet
Linnet
Rock Pipit
Stonechat
Herring Gull
Fulmar
Ringed Plover
Cormorant
Arctic Tern
- 39 species
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In May of last year, we joined a project as volunteers to help protect Ringed Plover as they nested on a local beach and many photos of them (as well as other shore and coastal birds) can be seen in this set of images.
That coupled with our membership to WWT Washington and our camping trip to the Rhinns of Galloway ended up adding a crazy 25 more species to my annual list meaning we're now at 58 in the first 6 months of 2023 as can be seen below. The real total would probably be much higher, but I only count the species I actually managed to photograph.
Arctic Tern
Avocet
Blue Tit
Blackbird
Black Guillemot
Black Headed Gull
Bullfinch
Canada Goose
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
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Chiffchaff
Chiffchaff
Coal Tit
Collared Dove
Common Merganser
Cormorant
Coot
Dunnock
Eider Duck
Fulmar
Gadwall
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Gannet
Gannet
Goldfinch
Golden Eye
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Greenfinch
Grey Heron
Grey Wagtail
Greylag Goose
Herring Gull
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House Sparrow
Jay
Kestrel
Lapwing
Linnet
Magpie
Mallard
Moor Hen
Nuthatch
Oystercatcher
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Pheasant
Pied Wagtail
Redshank
Reed Bunting
Ringed Plover
Robin
Rock Dove
Rock Pipit
Sanderling
Sand Martin
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Shelduck
Song Thrush
Sparrowhawk
Starling
Stock Dove
Stonechat
Treecreeper
Wood Pigeon
- 58 species
- 58 species
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