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July 2007: BIRDS is a slowly growing section and contains mostly recordings. To photograph birds you have to go into a different mode and (preferably) have a spotting scope. I don't have a scope and I concentrate on recordings. TAWNY OWLS (a speciality of this site) have their own section for both recordings and pics. Go to the Tawny Owls main page to get into their section The Owls part of this Birds section only has recordings of other owls.
This page lists birds we know or are reasonably sure are present in the area. Two groups (Flycatchers and Pipits) cater for others we expect to find. Pages for individual birds will be done as and when, and when there is a page it will be given a link на этой странице. (Latin names from K. Mullarney et al., Collins Bird Guide, Paperback edition, HarperCollins, London, 2001.) | |||||||||||||
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BIRDS of PREY Accipitriformes Falcons Falconidae Hobby Falco subbuteo Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Hawks (loosely speaking)
BUNTINGS Emberizidae Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
CROWS Corvidae Carrion Crow Corvus corone corone Jackdaw Corvus monedula Jay Garrulus glandarius Magpie Pica pica Raven Corvus corax Rook Corvus frugilegus
Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Dunnock Prunella modularis
FINCHES Fringillidae Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greenfinch Carduelis chloris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
(FLYCATCHERS Muscicapidae)
Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
Nuthatch Sitta europaea
OWLS Strigiformes Barn Owl Tyto alba Little Owl Athene noctua Tawny Owl Strix aluco | PIGEONS and DOVES Columbidae Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Pigeon Columba livia Stock Dove Columba oenas Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur Woodpigeon Columba palumbus
(PIPITS Motacillidae)
Skylark Alauda arvensis
SPARROWS Passeridae House Sparrow Passer domesticus Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
Starling Sturnus vulgaris
SWALLOWS and MARTINS Hirundinidae Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica House Martin Delichon urbica
Swift Apus apus
THRUSHES Turdidae Blackbird Turdus merulus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
TITS Paridae etc Bluetit Parus caeruleus Coal Tit Parus ater Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
Treecreeper Certhia familiaris | WAGTAILS Motacillidae Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
WARBLERS Sylviidae Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Goldcrest Regulus regulus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
WOODPECKERS Picidae Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
OTHER BIRDS Gulls etc Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
Water birds Coot Fulica atra Ducks Geese Herons Ciconiiformes Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Rare visitors Black Woodpecker? Drycopus martius Hoopoe Upupa epops
Introduced species ?Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris Pheasant Phasianus colchicus | |||||||||||
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Comments: Birds of prey: we're not good at these and don't see them settled apart from our Hobbies. Others are certainly around. Yellowhammer is present in some fields. Crows aplenty, including large flocks of Jackdaw; Jays occasional, Magpie not often seen. Flycatchers provisionally included because reported from her Benenden garden by local friend; we haven't seen them yet. Nightjar: up to three pairs only in Hemsted Forest. Owls: Tawny common, Barn far less so, though reported by locals, Little often seen and heard; Short-eared seems not to be present. Pigeons etc: Collared and Woodpigeon very numerous, Turtle present but precarious, Stocks also around. Skylark: very scarce - we've heard one in the area but that's all; I've also heard one in a dawn chorus near nearby Cranbrook. Sparrows: House Sparrows scarce but present in colonies in hedges near some houses. Swallows etc: mainly Barn Swallow, House Martins appear to be less numerous than they were years ago. Thrushes etc: Song Thrushes especially numerous throughout; Nightingales also quite numerous. Tits present in large numbers except Coal, not seen yet; large flocks of Long-tailed in places. Wagtails appear to be in considerable decline, only one, a Grey, seen in area. Warblers quite plentiful except Willow, which we find only in one area, and Garden; Goldcrest possibly increasing, as reported in rest of country. Flock of Lapwing seen once in ploughed field, but quite numerous along nearby coast. Hoopoe included as a pair visited the area some years ago! Guineafowl are being reared in our nextdoor wood but seem not to survive from year to year, like Pheasant. | |||||||||||||
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