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May, 2008 Hi guys. I have been birding last weekend but, due to being called out every evening, I have not been able to write it up. Will try tonight or tomorrow. May, 2008 On Saturday this blog was one year old. When I started it was for various reasons, I enjoy sharing were I have been and what I have seen, to make friends, and to annoy others. I think over the year I have achieved that. At this moment I have had 5845 hits. To me, that is unbeleivable. I would like to say thank you to all who read this blog and hope you all continue, because as long as I live I will be chasing birds, locally, and around the country. I may even venture broad again soon. Cheers, and hope to see you all in the field. Keep on birding. I wanted to do a bit more birding in the evening but I was tired so I did something different. I spent one hour in the garden, in a comfy deckchair, and I noted down every bird I saw or heard, either in the garden, flying over, or singing next door. It was good fun, no energy wasted, and I had two suprise birds. Birds I saw were Carrion Crow, Peregrine, Collared Dove, Starling, Black-headed Gull, Greenfinch, Swift, Chaffinch, House Sparrow, Blackbird, Swallow, Wood Pigeon, Common Tern, House Martin, Blue Tit and Great Tit. Birds I heard were Great Tit, Wood Pigeon, Wren, Blackbird, Greenfinch, Swift, Robin and Dunnock. Spot the two suprise birds. This is a good exercise when, like me, you are a recovering alcoholic. It is only about two and a half miles but it is quite a nice walk. Birds I saw were Wood Pigeon, Wren, Chaffinch, Skylark, Mallard, Common Whitethroat, Linnet, Pheasant, Yellowhammer, Blackbird, Goldfinch, Magpie, Song Thrush, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Chiffchaff and Starling. Not much birding was going to be done today. A few of us had a night out by a bonfire, drinking lots of beer, eating burgers and staying up very late. a top night. Unfortunately it does not mean a good Sunday. Anyway, you have got to have a bit of fun sometimes. I had to drop the van off at work and, instead of being picked up, I decided me and the dog would walk around the resevoir and then walk down the Trent and Mersey Canal back home. The resevoir is only small and surrounded in woodland and I saw Blue Tit, Mallard, Greenfinch, Wood Pigeon, Wren, Goldfinch, Robin, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Blackbird, Great Tit, Pied Wagtail, Moorhen and Carrion Crow. Nothing brilliant but it was for future plans.
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