International Dawn Chorus Day Walks - 4th May 2008
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1 = number of birds noted, all being the minimum recorded
| Species | Walk's start time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common name | Scientific name | 5:00 AM | 7:30 AM | |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | 0 | 2 | |
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser | 5 | 0 | |
| Greater Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | 5 | 0 | |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera | 9 | 8 | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | 9 | 3 | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | 0 | 4 | |
| Red-legged Partridge | Alectoris rufa | 2 | 2 | |
| Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | 2 | 2 | |
| Little grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 0 | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 0 | |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | 1 | 1 | |
| Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | 3 | 3 | |
| Coot | Fulica atra | 5 | 15 | |
| Black-headed Gull | Larus ridibundus | 0 | 1 | |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | 4 | 18 | |
| Wood Pigeon | Columba palumbus | 68 | 63 | |
| Collard Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | 4 | 11 | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | 8 | 14 | |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopus major | 1 | 1 | |
| Skylark | Alauda arvensis | 2 | 5 | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | 10 | 7 | |
| House Martin | Delicon urbicum | 4 | 29 | |
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | 0 | 3 | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | 0 | 1 | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | 0 | 1 | |
| Winter Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | 13 | 13 | |
| Hedge Accentor | Prunella modularis | 1 | 12 | |
| Europen Robin | Erithacus rubecula | 9 | 13 | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | 0 | 1 | |
| Common Blackbird | Turdus merula | 26 | 16 | |
| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelus | 4 | 6 | |
| Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorous | 1 | 4 | |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | 1 | 1 | |
| Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | 2 | 2 | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | 4 | 4 | |
| Gold Crest | Regulus regulus | 2 | 0 | |
| Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | 3 | 3 | |
| Blue Tit | Parus caerulues | 11 | 8 | |
| Great Tit | Parus major | 10 | 7 | |
| Coal Tit | Periparus ater | 2 | 2 | |
| Marsh Tit | Poecile palustris | 1 | 0 | |
| Eurasian Jackdaw | Corvus monedula | 20 | 27 | |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | 18 | 10 | |
| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | 5 | 11 | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | 7 | 13 | |
| Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | 7 | 9 | |
| European Greenfinch | Carduelis chloris | 4 | 13 | |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | 3 | 8 | |
| Common Linnet | Carduelis cannabina | 1 | 4 | |
| Common Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrhulla | 0 | 3 | |
| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 301 | 376 | ||
Following The British Ornithologists Union The British List: a checklist of the birds of Britain (7th edition, July 2006)
5:00 AM: 20 attendees - 43 species of birds
7:30 AM: 7 attendees - 45 species of birds
Also noted...
| Species | Walk's start time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common name | Scientific name | 5:00 AM | 7:30 AM | |
| White-shouldered House-moth | Endrosis sarcitrella | 1 | 0 | |
| pipistrelle sp. | Pipistrellus sp. | 4 | 0 | |
| Noctule | Nyctalus noctula | 1 | 0 | |
| Rabbit | Oryctolagus cuniculus | 1 | 0 | |
| Red Fox | Vulpes vulpes | 1 | 0 | |
| Water Shrew | Neomys fodiens | 1 | 0 | |
| Common Shrew | Sorex aranaeus | 1 | 0 | |
| Roe Deer | Capreolus capreolus | 1 | 0 | |
| Brown Hare | Lepus europaeus | 1 | 0 | |
| Brown Trout | Salmo trutta | 4 | 1 | |
| May Highflyer | Hydriomena impluviata | 1 | 0 | |
| Harlequin Ladybird | Harmonia axyridis | 0 | 1 | |
| Grey Squirrel | Sciurus caroliniensis | 0 | 1 | |
| The Drunker | Euthrix potatoria | 0 | 1 | |
| Two-spot Ladybird | Adalia bipunctata | 0 | 1 | |
| Nursery-web Spider | Pisaura mirablis | 0 | 1 | |