The Birds of 2024 - April

 

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 April 2024's bird photos!

Photo taken at home - 10th April
Buzzard
Lesser Black-backed Gull

Photo taken at home - 14th April
Starling

Photos taken at home - 15th April
Blackbird
Blue Tit

Photos taken at home and St Pauls Monastery/River Don - 16th April
Rock Dove
Coal Tit
Chiffchaff
Blackcap
Stock Dove
Mute Swan

Photos taken at home - 18th April
Collared Dove
Blackbird
Coal Tit
Dunnock
Wood Pigeons

Photos taken at WWT Washington Wetlands - 19th April
Chiffchaff
Blue Tit
Tufted Duck
Pheasant
Shelduck
Black-Headed Gull
Sand Martin
Shoveler
Avocet
Mallard
Grey Heron
Moor Hen
Lapwing
Greylag Goose

Photo taken at home - 21st April
Rock Dove

Photos taken at Whitburn on Earth Day - 22nd April
Sand Martin
Greenfinch
Linnet
Rock Dove
Goldfinch
Cormorant
Turnstone
Rock Pipit
Eider
Carrion Crow

Photos taken at home - 24th April
Waxwing

Photos taken at home - 25th April
Starling
Dunnock
House Sparrow

Photos taken at home - 26th April
Starling

Photos taken at home - 27th April
Starling
Rock Dove
Wood Pigeon

Photos taken at home - 28th April
Starling

Taken at RSPB Saltholme - 29th April
Pochard

Mallard
Meadow Pipit
Greylag Goose
Little Egret
Canada Goose
Shoveler
Gadwall
Lesser Black-Backed Gull
Blue Tit
Tufted Duck
Chiffchaff
Kestrel
Black Headed Gull
Lapwing
Blackcap
Goldfinch
Sand Martin

Taken at RSPB Bempton Cliffs - 30th April
Gannet
Guillemot
Kittiwake
Skylark
Reed Bunting
Razorbill
Barn Owl
Tree Sparrow

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In last month's post I said, ''I've no idea how April will go with such a huge chunk of it blacked out when we stay home during the school holiday - but hopefully, we'll get at least some photos...''. Who knew that I'd not only get 2 new lifers right outside my back garden but also manage to add 16 overall species to my yearly list!

In the last two days of the month alone, on our trips to RSPB Saltholme and RSPB Bempton Cliffs, I added 10 for the year, 4 of which were lifers. So exciting! I know for a fact that May was a much slower month but I also know that I did get to see and photograph at least 1 new and special species...

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

Bluetit 

Bullfinch
Buzzard

Canada Goose

Carrion Crow

Chaffinch

Chiffchaff

Coal Tit

Collared Dove 

Coot

Cormorant

Curlew

Dunnock 

Eider Duck

Fulmar

Gadwall
Gannet

Goldeneye

Goldfinch

Grey Heron

Grey Wagtail

Greylag Goose

Great Black Backed Gull

Great Tit

Greenfinch
Guillemot

Herring Gull 

House Sparrow 

Jay

Kestrel

Kingfisher
Kittiwake

Lapwing

Lesser Black-Backed Gull
Linnet
Little Egret

Long-tailed Tit

Magpie 

Mallard
Meadow Pipit

Moor Hen

Mute Swan

Nuthatch

Oystercatcher 

Pheasant

Pink-footed Goose
Pochard
Razorbill

Red Shank

Robin 

Rock Dove 

Rock Pipit

Rook
Sand Martin

Shag

Shelduck

Shoveler

Siskin
Skylark

Starling 

Stock Dove

Teal

Tree Creeper
Tree Sparrow

Tufted Duck
Turnstone

Velvet Scoter

Water Rail
Waxwing

Wood Pigeon 

Annual total - 75