The Birds of 2025 - July

 

At this stage, is there any point in saying much? It's year 6 of keeping count of all the beautiful birds I'm lucky enough to photograph, and I can't stop now! Last year, I surpassed my goal and photographed 101 species all within the North East of England alone. I'm not sure if I'll beat that impressive number in 2025, but I'm happy to try. Here is what I photographed in July!

Taken 6th - At Home
House Sparrow
Great Tit

Taken 9th - At Home
Wood Pigeon

Taken 22nd - At Home
House Sparrow

Taken 25th - At Home
Robin
Carrion Crow

Taken 31st - At Home
Dunnock

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Well, a month like this was bound to arrive sooner or later. So few birds photographed in July makes me sad, but it was a hell of a month, so it's not surprising. Obviously, that means there are no new additions to the annual total of species for now...boo.

Annual Total - 

Blackbird
Black Headed Gull
Blue Tit
Bullfinch
Canada Goose
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
Coal Tit
Collared Dove
Common Pochard

Coot
Cormorant

Curlew
Dunlin

Dunnock
Eider
Fulmer
Gadwall
Gannet

Goldeneye

Goldfinch

Great Tit
Great Spotted Woodpecker

Greenfinch
Greylag Goose
Grey Heron

Herring Gull
House Martin

House Sparrow
Jackdaw

Kestrel
Kittiewake

Lapwing
Linnet
Little Egret

Long Tailed Tit

Magpie
Mallard
Meadow Pipit

Mute Swan

Nuthatch
Oystercatcher
Pink-footed Goose

Phesant
Pied Wagtail
Razorbill

Reed Bunting
Redshank
Ringed Plover
Ring-Necked Parakeet

Robin

Rock Dove
Rook
Sand Martin
Sandwich Tern

Shelduck

Shoveler

Song Thrush

Sparrowhawk

Starling

Stock Dove

Stonechat
Swallow
Swift

Tufted Duck

Whitethroat

Wigeon

Wood Pigeon
Wren

Total - 69

Monthly (New Spotting) Total
January - 29
February - 11
March - 6
April - 7 
May - 4
June - 12
July - 0 

Life Lately - July

 

To start, here are all the blog posts I've published in the past month over my 2 blogs -

Underland to Wonderland - Right here!
Life Lately - June
Walking From England to Scotland...and Back Again!
The Birds of 2025 - June
Baker's Last Camping Holiday
What I Read Last Quarter // April - June
Wigtown and Eskdale - Taking a Long Detour Home
40 by 40 Update

Adventures of the Hallows - My Photo Diary Blog!

I have taken daily photos since 2013 (2014 were weekly photos) and I share them each week in blog posts.

 Check out the posts from the past month below!
2025 Project 365 // Week 26
2025 Project 365 // Week 27
2025 Project 365 // Week 28
2025 Project 365 // Week 29

And below is this month's daily photo overview in calendar form.

Many days have more than one photo, so make sure to visit the posts above to see all of them!

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Our daily photos usually represent a pretty good portion of our life throughout the month, but for the things they don't show, see below.

Loving
That July is finished.

Hating
Summer. The Heat. Climate Change. The Heat. 

Thinking
How insane this year has been. A real rollercoaster.

Feeling
Too hot, and very tired.

Watching
RPDR All Stars S10
Taskmaster S19
Boy Meets World S1&2
Girl Meets World S1
Ryan Trahan - 50 States in 50 Days
Inside the Mind of a Cat

Freaky Friday
You Again

Reading
 A Little Gay Natural History by Josh L. Davis
The Midnight Hour by Benjamin Read [Audio]
The Midnight Howl by Benjamin Read [Audio]
The Midnight Hunt by Benjamin Read [Audio]
The Nightsilver Promise by Annaliese Avery
Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters by Sacha Coward
The Little Book of Pride Heroes: Icons of the LGBTQIA+ Community by Jared Richards
Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People by Joan Roughgarden [Audio]
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin by Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Two Bad Mice by Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Pigling Bland by Beatrix Potter

Doing More
Being lazy/resting.

Doing Less
Anything that requires me to use two functioning feet, such as standing or walking.
And reading. 

Stand Out Moments
- Bugs and birds <3
- My memorial ring arrived!
- Got my foot tattoo
- A beautiful gift from Alex
- Almost a week stuck in bed :(
- The neighbour crashed into my parked car.
- Getting to see our mouse friends again.
- The sad and unexpected loss of a family member.
- Helping a solitary bee.
- Starting and ending the month with rainbows.

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Alongside my daily photos, I also take 1 second (usually more haha) of video each day.

See below for this month's video!