Renhold and The Lodge

On Sunday my dad my brother and me went to Renhold to visit my grandparents.
While we were there I saw a few birds and at about 4ish we went to the lodge RSPB reserve. All the birds i saw that day were:

• Donnuck
• Collard dove
• Magpie
• Blue tit
• Carrien crow
• Swallow
• Sparrowhawk
• Rook
• Woodpigeon
• Robin
• Great spotted woodpecker
• Chaffinch
• Pheasant
• Great tit
• Coal tit
• Goldfinch

The swallow was the first of the year for me. I also took some photos.

 A rabbit eating some seeds from the floor.

 A Pheasant.

 A twig in the grass made to look beautiful.

Garden Birds

On Friday the last day of school I came home and was told there was a Blackcap in the garden I went to look for it. At first the search seamed hopeless but then suddenly my brother saw it and pointed it out to me. While I was out there I also saw some other birds and took some photos. 

A Chaffinch

A Great tit biting the buds on a tree

 

A Blue tit resting on a tree

 

A Chaffinch

College Lake

Yesterday I went to College Lake to go birding.  College Lake is in Tring with Wilstone res, Marsworth res, Startops End res and College Lake. I saw 29 speices I was hoping to see 30 but my mum came before I could. This is the list.

• Coot
• Canada goose
• Tufted duck
• Mute swan
• Lapwing
• Dunnock
• Reed bunting ||||
• Red shank |||||
• Shoveler
• Robin
• Blue tit
• Chaffinch
• Great tit
• Blackbird
• Woodpigeon
• Greenfinch
• Red kite
• Chiffchaff || ( + 1 heard not seen)
• Coal tit
• Oystercatcher ||
• Magpie
• Moorhen
• Carrien crow
• Grey heron
• Teal
• Common snipe
• Golden plover
• Common buzzard
• Wigeon

 

                                      A Reed Bunting very close to me in a tree near some reeds.

 

A Redshank wading in the water.
 

The same Redshank just longer footage.

A Lapwing near the octagon hide in College Lake.

Bird Race

Yesterday I went on a bird race with my brother it was from 10.40am-1.30pm. I started off in Love Lane, Kings Langley I went down Chipperfield Rd turned right onto a farm then walked into Scatterdells woods from there I went onto Barnes Lane onto common Ln then on Love Ln through Kings Langley woods down to the canal and then back to my house in Love Ln.On that trip I saw.

• Goldfinch
• Magpie
• Carrien crow
• Woodpigeon
• Blue tit
• Chaffinch
• Yellowhammer  ||||
• Coal tit
• Great tit
• Long-tailed tit
• Skylark
• Pied wagtail
• Buzzard
• Great-spotted woodpecker
• Kestrel
• Robin
• Black-headed gull
• Blackbird
• Starling
• Wren
• Mallard duck
• Moorhen

I was quite glad.

Kings Langley Woods

In Kings Langley woods yesterday I saw a number of birds with Theo my dog.

• Woodpigeon
• Blue tit
• Great tit
• Pied wagtail
• Dunnock

Thats about all i can remember.