Another first today. A Red Crested Pochard (Netta rufina) pair down at Attenborough Nature Reserve. I think I have seen the female before and mistook it for a female pochard. This pair were swimming quite close to the visitor centre and so I was able to get in close for a photo. So all in all that makes 109 species of bird that I have seen within the UK. Not a lot by birding standards but a respectable number for someone who isn't a twitcher. My list is below. Note the absence of all birds that require any kind of patience to observe. Such as Warblers. And a little celebration - this is my 100th blog entry!
Barn Owl
Barnacle Goose
Black Grouse
Black headed Gull
Blackbird
Blue Tit
Bullfinch
Buzzard
Canada Goose
Chaffinch
Chough
Coal Tit
Collared Dove
Common Cuckoo
Common Gull
Common Tern
Coot
Cormorant
Crossbill
Crow
Curlew
Dunlin
Dunnock
Egyptian Goose
Eider
Fieldfare
Gadwall
Gannet
Goldcrest
Golden Eagle
Goldeneye
Goldfinch
Goosander
Great Black Backed Gull
Great Crested Grebe
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Green Woodpecker
Greenfinch
Grey Heron
Grey Wagtail
Greylag Goose
Guillemot
Hen Harrier
Herring Gull
House Sparrow
Jackdaw
Jay
Kestral
Kingfisher
Kittiwake
Lapwing
Lesser Black Backed Gull
Little Grebe
Little Owl
Long tailed tit
Magpie
Mallard
Mandarin
Mistle Thrush
Moorhen
Mute Swan
Nuthatch
Oystercatcher
Partridge
Peregrine Falcon
Pheasant
Pied Flycatcher
Pied Wagtail
Pintail
Pochard
Ptarmigan
Razorbill
Red Crested Pochard
Red Kite
Redwing
Reed Bunting
Ringed Plover
Robin
Rook
Ruddy Shelduck
Sand Martin
Shag
Shelduck
Shoveler
Siskin
Skylark
Smew
Snipe
Snow Bunting
Song Thrush
Sparrowhawk
Starling
Stonechat
Swallow
Swift
Tawny Owl
Teal
Tree Creeper
Tree Sparrow
Tufted Duck
Water Rail
Wheatear
Whooper swan
Wigeon
Willow Tit
Wood Pigeon
Wren
Yellowhammer
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