| New Years Day Bird List - 01/01/05 | |
| Compiled from local patch walk (Vamos), and a trip visiting Georgioupolis Water and Lake Kournas. | |
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Tachybaptus
ruficollis
Little Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Black-necked Grebe Ardea cinerea Grey Heron Aythya ferina Pochard Buteo buteo buteo Buzzard Gallinula chloropus Moorhen Fulica atra Coot Larus cacchinans Yellow-legged Herring Gull Alcedo atthis Kingfisher Hirundo rupestris Crag martin Motacilla alba White Wagtail Erithacus rubecula Robin Saxicola torquata Stonechat Turdus merula Blackbird Turdus philomelos Song Thrush Cettia cetti Cetti’s Warbler |
Sylvia
melanocephala Sardinian Warbler Sylvia atricapilla Blackcap Phylloscopus collybita Chiffchaff Parus caeruleus Blue Tit Parus major Great Tit Corvus corone Hooded Crow Corvus corax Raven Passer domesticus House Sparrow Fringilla coelebs Chaffinch Serinus serinus Serin Carduelis chloris Greenfinch Carduelis carduelis Goldfinch Carduelis cannabina Linnet |
| 29 species recorded on this fairly laid back day
list trip, after New Years Eve celebrations. A list day like this makes
you look at all birds closely, a sort of revision of your
identification skills. Birdwatching skills are, of course, built by
looking and listening carefully and practise. |
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