The Birds of 2024 - July

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 July 2024's bird photos!

Taken at Home - 4th July 
Wren
Blackbird

Taken at home - 6th July
Rock Dove
Magpie
Mistle Thrush
Wood Pigeon

Taken at my parent's house - 10th July
Herring Gull

Taken at home - 18th July 2024
Black-Backed Gull (Juvenile) 

Taken at home - 19th July
Rock Dove
Stock Dove
House Sparrow

Taken at my parent's house - 21st July 
Herring Gull (Juvenile) 
Starling

Taken at WWT Washington - 22nd July 
Greylag x Canada Goose Hybrid
Curlew
Common Tern
Black-Headed Gull
Redshank
Grey Heron
Mallard
Moor Hen
Shelduck
Black-Tailed Godwit
Lapwing

Taken at home - 28th July
Rock Dove

Taken at home - 29th July
Robin

Taken at home -31st July 
Magpie

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Only 1 new species was added this month, but July and August are usually my least successful months due to 'hibernating' aka avoiding children during the school holiday and illness from crowds everywhere haha. It's always a great time to appreciate the birds and wildlife in my own gardens though and I really do! I can imagine August's post will be considerably shorter though, as at least in July I managed a Wetlands trip before the schools broke up!

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
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 - 88