The Birds of 2024 - September

 

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 September 2024's bird photos!

Taken at Home - 1st September 
House Sparrow

Taken at Home - 2nd September
Dunnock
Blackbird

 1st photo taken at River Don, others taken at Washington Wetlands - 3rd September 
Mallard
Canada Goose
Moor Hen
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (& Juvenile)

Taken at Jackie's Beach - 9th September 
Swallow
Wood Pigeon
Rock Dove (Feral/Escaped/Lost Racing Pigeon)
Oystercatcher
Wheatear
Curlew
Sandwich Tern
Cormorant
Red Shank
Turnstone
Wood Pigeon
Carrion Crow

Taken at Washington Wetlands - 11th September
Jackdaw
Mute Swan
Avocet
Teal
Greylag Goose
Lapwing
Greylag/Canada Hybrid
Shoveler
Ruff
Great Black Backed Gull (Juvenile) 
Herring Gull (Juvenile) 

Taken at home - 13th September
Buzzard

Taken at Berwick Town Walls - 16th September
Oystercatcher
Mute Swan
Herring Gull
Carrion Crow
Redshank
Cormorant
Mallard
Pink Footed Goose
Pied Wagtail

Taken at home - 18th September
Chiffchaff

Taken at home - 26th September
Rock Dove

Taken at home - 28th September
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Goldfinch
Unidentified Goose
Blue Tit
Chiffchaff

Taken at home - 29th September
Robin

Taken at home - 30th September 

Rock Dove
Wood Pigeon

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Not a bad return to the world after the summer holidays, with two new lifers - possibly even 3 but I can't be sure of ID for the Green Sandpiper sadly. I've been told its 'just a Redshank' however it was solitary with more of a yellow tint to its beak (not bright orange like a Redshank). Goodness knows! Still, 92 species at the end of September is awesome and leaves the last quarter of the year for me to try and add 8 more birds to reach my goal of 100 total.

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Check out previous year's 'The Birds of...' posts below
The Birds of 2024 - August
The Birds of 2024 - July
Life Lately - June
The Birds of 2024 - May
The Birds of 2024 - April
The Birds of 2024 // March
The Birds of 2024 // February
The Birds of 2024 // January

The Birds of 2023! // January - March
The Birds of 2023! // April - June
The Birds of 2023! // July - September
The Birds of 2023 // October - December

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

Blue Tit

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

Ruff

Sand Martin

Sandwich Tern

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 - 92