The Birds of 2025 - September

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 September.

Taken 2nd September - At Home
Blue Tit

Taken 9th September - Causey Arch
Kestrel
Buzzard
Robin

Taken 15th September - At Home
Goldfinch

Taken 22nd September - Northumberland Park
Moorhen
Mallard
Wood Pigeon

Taken 29th September - At Home
Rock Dove

Taken 30th September - At Home
Rock Dove

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It's a little bit sad looking back at photos from months where I've not photographed as many birds as usual. With life doing what it has been doing, we've not gotten on many walks, and of course we haven't been to the Wetlands since January, which has evidently had a huge effect on my bird spotting. 

Still, I was lucky to add two species to the annual total, and next month will hopefully be even better as we head back to the Wetlands!

Annual Total - 

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

Common Pochard
Common Tern
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
Moorhen

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
Turnstone

Whitethroat

Wigeon
Wood Pigeon

Wren

Total - 73

Monthly (New Spotting) Total
January - 29
February - 11
March - 6
April - 7 
May - 4
June - 12
July - 0 
August - 2
September - 2