A morning walk around my home 1km square produced a good range of species and plenty of early breeding activity including pair formation (PR), singing (S), courtship/display (CD) and nest building (NB): Mallard, Little Grebe (PR), Moorhen, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Feral Pigeon (CD), Stock Dove (S), Woodpigeon (CD), Collared Dove (S), Kingfisher (PR), Magpie (NB), Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Goldcrest, Blue Tit (S), Great Tit (S), Coal Tit (S), Long-tailed Tit, Starling (S), Blackbird, Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Robin, Dunnock (S), House Sparrow, Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch, Bullfinch and Goldfinch (32 species).
Monday, January 01, 2018
"The grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never dried all at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls".
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