Southdown Farm garden list back
How does your garden list compare with ours? Take a look and see how you compare.
Here are the birds I've recorded in our garden. (Lots more if I include "flyovers"). As our position is quite unique we tend to have a few of the more unusual visitors and because we have no woodland we tend not to see this type of bird. For instance a Nuthatch, Treecreeper or Marsh tit would be a real rarity!
| GREY HERON | SWIFT | WHEATEAR | JACKDAW |
| MALLARD | HOOPOE | BLACKBIRD | ROOK |
| SPARROW HAWK | GREEN WOODPECKER | FIELDFARE | CARRION CROW |
| BUZZARD | GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER | SONG THRUSH | STARLING |
| KESTREL | SKYLARK | REDWING | HOUSE SPARROW |
| MERLIN | SAND MARTIN | SEDGE WARBLER | TREE SPARROW |
| HOBBY | SWALLOW | WHITETHROAT | CHAFFINCH |
| PEREGRINE | HOUSE MARTIN | BLACKCAP | BRAMBLING |
| RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE | TREE PIPIT | YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER | GREENFINCH |
| PHEASANT | MEADOW PIPIT | CHIFFCHAFF | GOLDFINCH |
| SNIPE | YELLOW WAGTAIL | WILLOW WARBLER | SISKIN |
| GREEN SANDPIPER | GREY WAGTAIL | GOLDCREST | LINNET |
HERRING GULL |
PIED WAGTAIL | FIRECREST | YELLOW HAMMER |
| STOCK DOVE | WHITE WAGTAIL | SPOTTED FLYCATCHER | CIRL BUNTING |
| WOOD PIGEON | WREN | PIED FLYCATCHER | REED BUNTING |
| COLLARD DOVE | DUNNOCK | LONG-TAILED TIT | |
| TURTLE DOVE | ROBIN | COAL TIT | |
| CUCKOO | BLACK REDSTART | BLUE TIT | |
| BARN OWL | REDSTART | GREAT TIT | |
| LITTLE OWL | WHINCHAT | JAY | |
| TAWNY OWL | STONECHAT | MAGPIE |