This made me very excited about my trip so I brought my binoculars. On the first day we arrived at the starting point at about 1pm. We sat down and ate our snacks as we were doing this I took out my binoculars and began to watch some Sand Martins, House Martins, Mallard and other common species. At about 1.30 or 2 pm we left on the canoes. On the river there was not much to be seen other then Common sandpipers landing and fly around every noun and then. By the end of the day I had not seen much but then suddenly a bird flow across the water next to me dipping in its flight. I found it in my binoculars and followed it to the shore. It landed and I could see the white breast and dark brown back it was a Dipper.
On the second day every thing began to die down I was just seeing Common Sandpipers and Chiffchaffs.
The third day was almost the same. during the whole journey I saw & heard 33 birds all together.
which were: (alphabetical order)
- Black-headed Gull
- Blackbird
- Blackcap (heard)
- Blue Tit
- Bullfinch
- Buzzard
- Canada Goose
- Chaffinch
- Chiffchaff
- Common Sandpiper
- Dipper
- Dunnock
- Goosander
- Great Crested Grebe
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Great Tit
- Greenfinch
- Grey Heron
- Herring gull
- House Martin
- House Sparrow
- Jackdaw
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Long-tailed Tit
- Magpie
- Mallard
- Mute Swan
- Pied Wagtail
- Red Kite
- Robin
- Sand Martin
- Swallow
- Swift