Birds – 30 Days Wild (Day 16)

BirdwatcherThe most common birds that you will see often are those that visit your garden, park or area.

There are around 620 species of birds in the UK and these can be categorised as Passerines or Non Passerines. Ill leave you to read up on those rather than get into here.

Each Garden or space will have regular birds or those that are just passing, maybe migrating. One way to find what is around your area is to look at the results from the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch that happens every year.  This is something that you can do when its on and spend an hour recording what comes into your garden and not just birds are recorded either.

What birds have you seen today?

Here are some examples of the birds in the categories. More are available at the the link (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Great_Britain)

Non-passerines:

  • Ducks, geese and swans
  • Grouse, Pheasants, partridges and quail
  • Gannets
  • Cormorants
  • Frigatebirds
  • Bitterns, herons and egrets
  • Buzzards
  • Osprey
  • Falcons
  • Oystercatchers
  • Avocets
  • Plovers and lapwings
  • Gulls, terns, and skimmers
  • Pigeons and doves
  • Cuckoos
  • Owls
  • Woodpeckers

Passerines

  • Crows and allies
  • Tits
  • Bearded tit
  • Larks
  • Swallows and martins
  • Long-tailed tits
  • Nuthatches
  • Treecreepers
  • Wrens
  • Starlings
  • Dippers
  • Thrushes
  • Sparrows
  • Wagtails
  • Finches

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