Duncan

Introduction to Ornithology

Autumn 2011

Strathclyde Park & Baron's Haugh - Monday 31st October, 2011


Weather:

Birds seen by most participants:

  • Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis (Dabchick)
  • Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
  • Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
  • Mute Swan Cygnus olor
  • Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
  • Wigeon Anas penelope
  • Gadwall Anas strepera
  • Teal Anas penelope
  • Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
  • Pintail Aythya fuligula
  • Shoveler Anas clypeata
  • Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
  • Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
  • Buzzard Buteo buteo
  • Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
  • Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
  • Coot Fulica atra
  • Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
  • Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
  • Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
  • Herring Gull Larus argentatus
  • Woodpigeon Columba palumbus
  • Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
  • Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba
  • Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
  • Dunnock Prunella modularis
  • Robin Erithacus rubecula
  • Common Blackbird Turdus merula
  • Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
  • Redwing Turdus iliacus
  • Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
  • Coal Tit Periparus ater
  • Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
  • Great Tit Parus major
  • Jay Garrulus glandarius
  • Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
  • Western Jackdaw Corvus monedula
  • Carrion Crow Corvus corone
  • Rook Corvus frugilegus
  • Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
  • Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
  • European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris