Consider the Birds…

On Sunday mornings, from April through to August, we keep an eye and and ear open for birds in and around the Church Garden.

‘Consider the birds of the air,’ said Jesus. And so we do.

Here’s what we saw/heard this year.

April:

Jackdaw, Rook, Blue Tit, Hooded Crow, Common Gull, Great Tit, Less Black-backed Gull, Wood-Pigeon, Goldfinch, Nuthatch, Greenfinch, House Sparrow, Black-headed Gull, Fieldfare, Stock Dove, Magpie, Collared Dove, Blackbird, Robin, Treecreeper, Jay, Mallard.

May:

Fieldfare, Common Gull, Blue Tit, Brambling, Oystercatcher, House Sparrow, Blackbird, Stock Dove, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Robin, Hawfinch, Tree Sparrow, Goldfinch, Wood-Pigeon, Hood Crow, Gray Heron, Common Redstart, Redpoll, Jackdaw, Common Buzzard, Magpie.

June:

Wren, Blue Tit, Osprey, Common Swift, Blackbird, Hooded Crow, Tree Sparrow, Carrion Crow, House Sparrow, Greenfinch, Stock Dove, Common Gull, Rock Pigeon, Great Tit, Lesser Black-backed Gull, White Wagtail, Robin, Wood-Pigeon, Jackdaw, Nuthatch, Blackcap, Chaffinch, Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, Collared Dove, Song Thrush.

July:

Blackbird, Stock Dove, Common Tern, Greenfinch, Hawfinch, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Wood-Pigeon, Song Thrush, Chaffinch, Great Tit, Magpie, White Wagtail, House Sparrow, Nuthatch, Common Gull, Blue Tit, Common Buzzard, Robin, Jackdaw, Mistle Thrush.

August:

Blue Tit, Swallow, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Swift, Great Tit, Nuthatch, Stock Dove, Hooded Crow, Herrring Gull, Magpie, Jay, White Wagtail.