Swanton Novers – February 2012 round-up

February involved the start of a real effort to get out in the Parish and start to watch different areas much more frequently. The extra diligence paid off with 14 species added to the year list and a couple of good patch ticks too!
The highlight of the month actually appeared on the last day – a male PEREGRINE over the garden and it was nice that my parents were there to see it too. The Teal on the various ponds were a real surprise to me – I didn’t expect them in such wooded habitat and the lone Lapwing was a long overdue patch tick for me. The other good bird was the 1st winter Grey Wagtail on the Clay Pits – I guess it has wintered here.

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Species List for February 2012 (Month Total: 59 Species, Year total: 66 Species):


Pink-footed Goose  ("Anser brachyrhynchus")
Canada Goose  ("Branta canadensis")
Mallard  ("Anas platyrhynchos")
Eurasian Teal  ("Anas crecca")
Goosander ("Mergus merganser")
Red-legged Partridge  ("Alectoris rufa")
Ring-necked Pheasant  ("Phasianus colchicus")
Grey Heron  ("Ardea cinerea")
Red Kite  ("Milvus milvus")
Eurasian Buzzard  ("Buteo buteo")
Eurasian Kestrel  ("Falco tinnunculus")
Peregrine Falcon  ("Falco peregrinus")
Common Moorhen  ("Gallinula chloropus")
Northern Lapwing  ("Vanellus vanellus")
Eurasian Woodcock  ("Scolopax rusticola")
Black-headed Gull  ("Chroicocephalus ridibundus")
Common Gull  ("Larus canus")
Herring Gull  ("Larus argentatus")
Lesser Black-backed Gull  ("Larus fuscus")
Feral Pigeon  ("Columba livia")
Stock Dove  ("Columba oenas")
Common Wood-Pigeon  ("Columba palumbus")
Eurasian Collared-Dove  ("Streptopelia decaocto")
Tawny Owl  ("Strix aluco")
Great Spotted Woodpecker  ("Dendrocopos major")
Green Woodpecker  ("Picus viridis")
Eurasian Jay  ("Garrulus glandarius")
Eurasian Magpie  ("Pica pica")
Eurasian Jackdaw  ("Corvus monedula")
Rook  ("Corvus frugilegus")
Carrion Crow  ("Corvus corone")
Sky Lark  ("Alauda arvensis")
Marsh Tit  ("Poecile palustris")
Coal Tit  ("Periparus ater")
Great Tit  ("Parus major")
Eurasian Blue Tit  ("Cyanistes caeruleus")
Long-tailed Tit  ("Aegithalos caudatus")
Eurasian Nuthatch  ("Sitta europaea")
Winter Wren  ("Troglodytes troglodytes")
Goldcrest  ("Regulus regulus")
European Robin  ("Erithacus rubecula")
Eurasian Blackbird  ("Turdus merula")
Fieldfare  ("Turdus pilaris")
Redwing  ("Turdus iliacus")
Song Thrush  ("Turdus philomelos")
Mistle Thrush  ("Turdus viscivorus")
European Starling  ("Sturnus vulgaris")
Dunnock  ("Prunella modularis")
Grey Wagtail  ("Motacilla cinerea")
White Wagtail  ("Motacilla alba")
Yellowhammer  ("Emberiza citrinella")
Common Chaffinch  ("Fringilla coelebs")
European Greenfinch  ("Chloris chloris")
Red Crossbill  ("Loxia curvirostra")
Lesser Redpoll  ("Acanthis cabaret")
Eurasian Siskin  ("Spinus spinus")
European Goldfinch  ("Carduelis carduelis")
Eurasian Bullfinch  ("Pyrrhula pyrrhula")
House Sparrow  ("Passer domesticus")

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