Always Birding

Any time spent outside is an opportunity to see some great birds. Dog walks included! Today I got out with my dog in the nearby fields for an hour, and I had a fantastic time birding! Now that my bond with him is strong enough to the point where I do not have to look at him every single second, I bring my binoculars and camera with me hoping to have nice encounters. And today did not fail. It was amazing! The greatest sightings were a male Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), a juvenile Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) and 2 Common Snipes (Gallinago gallinago). When I walk my dog I know that I am not going to make my best images, but it is not always the point. Learning is the point. So I am always birding.

Here is the list of the bird species I have seen by alphabetical order :

Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Common Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Eurasian Buzzard (Buteo buteo)

European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

Northern Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

I hope you too spent time outside today.

Love Nature.
Jonathan