Let the Counting Begin

[drplokta]

Asterisks denote species that I didn't score in Rotherhithe seven years ago.

1. Rabbit*

2. Wood mouse (or so I presume, seen in our barn)*
3. Peregrine*
4. Greenfinch


5. Chaffinch

6. Great tit
7. Blue tit

8. Blackbird
9. Common pheasant*
10. Woodpigeon
11. Magpie

I've also seen lots of rooks or crows, but not yet close enough to tell which (probably rooks). And a family of mute swans a few miles from home, somewhere I've not yet walked to and so can't be counted.

Comments

[eleyan.livejournal.com]

We saw a heron earlier this afternoon, perched on a neighbour's roof. I know you used to see lots of them before but it's a first for us.

[flick.livejournal.com]

We sometimes see a heron here. When we do, we run outside and cover up the fish pond!

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I think my sister lost several fish that way.

[nwhyte]

Mrs nwhyte believes that your greenfinch is in fact a female chaffinch! (Which doesn't mean that there are no greenfinches, just that that isn't one.)