Well, seeing as my Garden List is steadfastly refusing to advance, I've decided to add my Viewed From the Garden List, for all those birds that choose to fly over, or swim around without paying me a visit.
So here goes...
Mallard
Coot
Mute Swan
Skylark
Carrion Crow
and today's addition
Lapwing
I have the same lists - In the garden and viewed from garden - there are 15 more species on the 2nd. I'm sure yours will soon increase - wait for swallow, swift etc
Robin
My garden list was almost a none starter until this year. It is still minute but I have added Siskin. Long tail Tit, Wren, Mistle & Song Thrush so far this year. If it hadn't have been for them my list would have stood at, Robin, Blue & Great Tit, Collared Dove and Pigeon.
So my garden list is as thus:
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Robin
Wren
Siskin
Long tailed Tit
Mistle Thrush
Song Thrush
Collared Dove
Pigeon.
Toal 10
Flying over or seen from garden:
Blackbird
Canada Geese
B.H Gull
L B B Gull
Grey Heron
Greenfinch
Sparrow
1 x Fieldfare
Starling
Pied Wagtail
Crow
Kestrel
1 x Sparrowhawk
Swallow
House Martin
Swift.
Total 16. So 26 in all.
The biggest shock of my garden was when Ros, close to midnight on 06/09/2002, came running in from the garden shouting "John John, come and listen to this". We didn't see them but there were two Tawny Owls by us. One in the trees near to our garden and one quite a bit further away. They were calling for over 15 minutes to each other before all went silent. Goodness knows what they were doing right in the middle of Birmingham but I haven't heard them since (or before).