09/06/2026
So a year ago tomorrow we moved to a small little Hamlet in the middle of the Lincolnshire fens to watch and photograph the local wildlife, I can honestly say we’ve never looked back.
We are very lucky!
So here’s my list of birds spotted throughout the full year in our garden and around the fields and to top it all off this evening we’ve just had our first Turtle Doves in the garden 😊
1 - Little Owl - in the farm
2 - Barn owl
3 - Swallow
4 - Swift
5 - Red Kite
6 - Pied Wagtail
7 - House Sparrow
8 - Little Egret
9 - Buzzard
10 - Magpie
11 - Cuckoo
12 - Blackbird
13 - Chiffchaff
11 - Carrion Crow
12 - Goldfinch
13 - Greenfinch
14 - Wood Pigeon
15 - Collar Dove
16 - Stock Dove
17 - Song Thrush
18 - Great Tit
19 - Pheasant
20 - Kestrel
21 - Wren
22 - Black Headed Gull
23 - Mallard Duck
24 - Starling
25 - Blue Tit
26 - Black Cap
27 - Jackdaw
28 - Sky Lark
29 - Common Whitethroat
30 - Moorhen
31 - Corn Bunting
32 - Dunnock
33 - Mute Swan
34 - Peacock (6 Birds)
35 - Little Grebe
35 - Nuthatch
35 - Sparrowhawk
36 - Marsh Harrier
37 - Robin
39 - Grey Heron
40 - Mistle Thrush
41 - Tawny Owl
42 - Great Spotted Woodpecker
43 - Lapwing large flock in the fields
44 - Cormorant
45 - Meadow Pipit
46 - Linnet
47 - Great Egret
48 - Cattle Egret
49 - Long Tailed T**s
50 - Pink Footed Geese
51 - Yellow Hammer
52 - Whooper Swan
53 - Goldcrest
54 - Green Sandpiper
55 - Fieldfare big flock 15/11 50+
56 - Redwing 21st Nov
57 - Greylag Geese
58 - Goldcrest in the Yew 16/1
58 - Jay on the camera
59 - Wheatear
60 - Herring Gull
61 - Raven
62 - Reed Bunting
63 - Reed Warbler
64 - Sedge Warbler
65 - Garden Warbler
66 - Yellow Wagtail
67 - Willow Warbler
68 - Turtle Dove! 9th June
Along with the Badgers, Foxes, Roe and Muntjacs it’s been quite an adventure!
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