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
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
