International Dawn Chorus Day Walks - 4th May 2008

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Key

1 = number of birds noted, all being the minimum recorded

Species Walk's start time
Common name Scientific name 5:00 AM 7:30 AM
Mute Swan Cygnus olor 0 2
Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 0
Greater Canada Goose Branta canadensis 5 0
Gadwall Anas strepera 9 8
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 9 3
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 0 4
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 2 2
Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 2 2
Little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 1 0
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 1 0
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 1 1
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 3 3
Coot Fulica atra 5 15
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 0 1
Rock Pigeon Columba livia 4 18
Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 68 63
Collard Dove Streptopelia decaocto 4 11
Common Swift Apus apus 8 14
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopus major 1 1
Skylark Alauda arvensis 2 5
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 10 7
House Martin Delicon urbicum 4 29
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 0 3
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 0 1
White Wagtail Motacilla alba 0 1
Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 13 13
Hedge Accentor Prunella modularis 1 12
Europen Robin Erithacus rubecula 9 13
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 0 1
Common Blackbird Turdus merula 26 16
Song Thrush Turdus philomelus 4 6
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorous 1 4
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 1 1
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 2 2
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 4 4
Gold Crest Regulus regulus 2 0
Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 3 3
Blue Tit Parus caerulues 11 8
Great Tit Parus major 10 7
Coal Tit Periparus ater 2 2
Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 1 0
Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula 20 27
Rook Corvus frugilegus 18 10
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 5 11
House Sparrow Passer domesticus 7 13
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 7 9
European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris 4 13
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 3 8
Common Linnet Carduelis cannabina 1 4
Common Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrhulla 0 3
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 2 2
  Total 301 376

Following The British Ornithologists Union The British List: a checklist of the birds of Britain (7th edition, July 2006)

5:00 AM: 20 attendees - 43 species of birds

7:30 AM: 7 attendees - 45 species of birds

Also noted...

Species Walk's start time
Common name Scientific name 5:00 AM 7:30 AM
White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella 1 0
pipistrelle sp. Pipistrellus sp. 4 0
Noctule Nyctalus noctula 1 0
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 1 0
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 1 0
Water Shrew Neomys fodiens 1 0
Common Shrew Sorex aranaeus 1 0
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 1 0
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 1 0
Brown Trout Salmo trutta 4 1
May Highflyer Hydriomena impluviata 1 0
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 0 1
Grey Squirrel Sciurus caroliniensis 0 1
The Drunker Euthrix potatoria 0 1
Two-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata 0 1
Nursery-web Spider Pisaura mirablis 0 1

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