The Birds of 2024 - June

 

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 June 2024's bird photos!

Taken at Mam and Dad's - 2nd June
House Martin
Herring Gull
House Sparrow
Rock Dove

Taken at North Berwick and an undisclosed location - 3rd June
Greylag Goose
Pied Wagtail
Eider Duck 
Meadow Pipit
Buzzard

Taken at Loch Ness - 4th June
Mallard

Taken at Morpeth - 5th June
House Sparrow

Taken at home - 7th June
House Sparrow

Taken at home - 8th June

Collared Dove

Taken at home - 9th June
Magpie

Taken at Washington Wetlands - 10th June
Mallard
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose 
(and their Hybrid baby!)
Treecreeper
Stock Dove
Bullfinch
Robin
Pied Wagtail
Grey Heron
Tufted Duck
Lapwing
Redshank
Mute Swan

Taken at home - 11th June
Starling

Taken at home - 13th June
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Blackbird

Taken at home - 14th June
Starling

Taken at home - 16th June
Starling
Rock Dove

Taken at Northumberlandia - 18th June
Tree Creeper
Moor Hen
Mallard
Meadow Pipit
House Martin
Goldfinch
Little Grebe

Taken at home - 20th June
Carrion Crow
Dunnock

Taken at home - 22nd June
Blackbird
Collared Dove
Wood Pigeon

Taken at home - 26th June
Wren
Goldfinch

Taken at home - 27th June
Rock Dove

Taken at Washington Wetlands - 28th June
Shelduck
Sand Martin
Black Tailed Godwit
Avocet
Black Headed Gull
Common Tern

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Considering June was 30 Days Wild, there are way fewer bird photos than I expected! Still, 6 new species to add to the annual list is so exciting - especially the Little Grebe and Black-tailed Godwit which were unexpected spots as well as being lifers for me too. The coming couple of months will likely be much shorter posts as we don't go far during the school holidays, so get ready for lots of Rock Dove photos from our gardens haha!

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 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 

Jay

Kestrel

Kingfisher

Kittiwake

Lapwing

Lesser Black-Backed Gull

Linnet

Little Egret

Little Grebe

Long-tailed Tit

Magpie 

Mallard

Meadow Pipit

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 - 87