A cracking American Land Bird in Oxfordshire.
Travelled down to Oxford
with Jacko to see a long staying Baltimore Oriole
(Turpial de Baltimore / Icterus galbula), in a garden in Headington. It was
still dark & drizzling when we arrive so we had a coffee & then
walked around the estate to look for the small play area to look into the back
garden of the house where the bird was feeding regularly. We quickly picked the
bird up as it came in for its first feed of the day on the Oranges put out for it.
Oxford.
1st Winter Baltimore Oriole,
European Goldfinch (Jilguero
/ Carduelis carduelis), House Sparrow
(Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus), European Robin
(Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Eurasian Collared
Dove (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto), Eurasian Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus caeruleus), Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Riedora / Larus
ridibundus), male Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla), Dunnock (Acentor Común / Prunella modularis), Common Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla / Corvus monedula), Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla
coelebs) and Eurasian Wren (Chochin /
Troglodytes troglodytes).
Later we drove back North and visited several sites back up in the Midlands.
Lady Walk.
Common Chaffinch,
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común /
Tachybaptus ruficollis), Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus), Common Magpie (Urraca / Pica pica), Eurasian Teal (Cerceta Común / Anas crecca), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Fieldfare (Zorzal Real / Turdus pilaris), Long-tailed (Mito / Aegithalos caudatus), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major), Willow (Carbonero sibilino / Poecile montanus)
and Eurasian Blue Tit (Herrerillo Común / Parus
caeruleus), Goldcrest (Regulus
regulus), Great Cormorant (Cormorán
Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo), Reed Bunting
(Escribano Palustre / Emberiza schoeniclus), Common Pheasant
(Faisán Vulgar / Phaisanus colchicus), Mute Swan
(Cisne Vulgar / Cygnus olor), Eurasian Wigeon
(Sibón Europeo / Anas penelope), Tufted Duck
(Porrón Monudo / Aythya fuligula), Common Pochard
(Porrón Común / Aythya ferina), Gadwall (Anade
Friso / Anas strepera), Northern Shoveler
(Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), Eurasian Coot
(Focha Común / Fulica atra), Common Moorhen
(Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus), Grey
Heron (Garza Real / Ardea
cinerea), Black-headed Gull, Goldfinch, Dunnock, Eurasian Wren, Goosander
(Mergus merganser), Northern Lapwing
(Avefria Europea / Vanellus vanellus), Great
Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major), Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo
buteo), Peregrine Falcon (Halcón
Peregrino / Falco peregrinus) and the star bird a Eurasian
/ Great Bittern (Avetoro Común / Botaurus stellaris).
Coton.
Common Pochard,
Black-headed Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Goldeneye (Porrón Osculado /Bucephala clangula), Little Grebe, Gadwall,
Canada Geese, Eurasian Teal, Northern
Shoveler, Ruddy Duck (Malvasia
canela / Oxyura jamaice), Great Cormoant,
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Gaviota
Sombria / Larus fuscus), Long-tailed (Mito
/ Aegithalos caudatus) and Great Tits (Carbonera
Común / Parus major), Common Kestrel (Cernicalo Vulgar / Falco tinnunculus) and Carrion Crow.
Dosthill Gravel Pits.
Northern Shoveler,
Common Pochard, Goldeneye, Tufted
Duck, Ruddy Duck, Black-headed, Common
Gull (Gaviota Cana /Larus canus), Great
Crested Grebe, Herring Gull
(Gaviota Argéntea Europea / Larus argentatus), Eurasian Jay
(Arrendajo / Garrulus glandarius), Eurasian Blue Tit,
Common Blackbird, Common
Chaffinch, Eurasian Wigeon,
Smew (Serreta Chica /Mergus albellus)
M & F, Mute Swan, Eurasian Coot, Song
(Zorzal Común / Turdus philomelos) and Mistle
Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus) and Redwing (Zorzal Alirrojo / Turdus illacus).
Croxall & Whitemoor Hay.
Canada Geese,
Mallard, Goldeneye,
Tufted Duck, Wigeon, Teal,
Great Crested Grebe, Common Moorhen, Northern
Lapwing, Black-headed Gull,
Golden Plover (Chorlito Dorado Europeo
/ Pluvialis apricaria), Mute Swan, Bewick's Swan (Cisne Chico / Cygnus columbianus)
x3, Whooper Swan (Cisne Cantor /
Cygnus cygnus) x5, Common Woodpigeon, Eurasian Jay, Common Pheasant,
Fieldfare, European Goldfinch, Eurasian Skylark (Alondra Común / Alauda
arvensis) x4, Meadow Pipit (Bisbita
Pratense / Anthus pratensis) and Eurasian Blue Tit.
Blithfield.
Common Treecreeper (Agateador Norteño / Certhia familiaris), Wigeon, Pied Wagtail
(Lavandera Blanca / Montacilla yarrellii), Meadow
Pipit, Canada Geese, Goldeneye, Goosander,
Great Crested Grebe, Black-headed Gull, Common
Gull, Great Cormorant, Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus), Northern Pintail (Ánade Rabudo / Anas acuta), Western Jackdaw, Eurasian Blue Tit,
Long-tailed Tit, European Robin, Great
Black-backed (Gavión Atlántico / Larus marinus) and Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos /
Dendrocopos major), Coal Tit (Carbonero Garrapinos / Parus ater) and Goldcrest (Regulus regulus).
