This is really interesting. I've never seen some of these birds round here (I live in quite a suburban area but there is a little bit of farm fields and woods nearby) but we get a few others that you don't seem to see or see often. I don't think I've ever seen a red kite for instance. I have seen kestrels and sparrowhawks and buzzards and a tawny owl. I've never seen a spotted woodpecker either, though I have seen feathers from one up near the woods so they must be there but I've seen green woodpeckers several times (and heard them). Sadly some birds that used to be really common when I was a child have now practically disappeared or have declined massively - thrushes, starlings, collared doves, swifts, sparrows. I haven't seen some of those for years yet they were all common when I was a child, although there are definitely more sparrows again now than a few years back and very occasionally we get about 20-30 starlings descending on our garden. I've also seen one of those green parakeets in the cemetery once (also a macaw but that was someone's pet that had only just escaped and the owner was still chasing after it). I don't think I've ever seen a jackdaw round here either. There are loads of Carrion crows and some (apparently) rooks (I've never seen the rooks properly, there was just a huge number of big crows up in the trees around the park that's about... a mile away, last year and I heard someone saying they were rooks) but I've not seen any jackdaws. I saw a kingfisher this morning! I was genuinely so excited by this. I live less than a couple of miles from the river and there are a lot of drainage ponds round here because of that so I see ducks and geese and herons and things quite often (sometimes in very random places) but I've never seen a kingfisher ever before, despite looking out for them regularly when I was a little kid. It was the most beautiful iridescent shade of blue I've ever seen. I should post about birds I see too, I don't know a lot about birds but I do really like seeing them around.
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I've also seen one of those green parakeets in the cemetery once (also a macaw but that was someone's pet that had only just escaped and the owner was still chasing after it).
I don't think I've ever seen a jackdaw round here either. There are loads of Carrion crows and some (apparently) rooks (I've never seen the rooks properly, there was just a huge number of big crows up in the trees around the park that's about... a mile away, last year and I heard someone saying they were rooks) but I've not seen any jackdaws.
I saw a kingfisher this morning! I was genuinely so excited by this. I live less than a couple of miles from the river and there are a lot of drainage ponds round here because of that so I see ducks and geese and herons and things quite often (sometimes in very random places) but I've never seen a kingfisher ever before, despite looking out for them regularly when I was a little kid. It was the most beautiful iridescent shade of blue I've ever seen.
I should post about birds I see too, I don't know a lot about birds but I do really like seeing them around.