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My husband’s birds list from his walk today. This is from his usual Saturday walk to the wooded river valley / old railway viaduct very near our home. I post this list every week on Facebook, but thought I'd post it here too today!

28 species seen, 3 species heard (including tawny owl at 12:50!), grey squirrel, bee heard

blackbird
blue tit
bullfinch
chaffinch
coal tit
collared dove
crow
dipper
dunnock
feral pigeon
goldfinch
great tit
grey heron
herring gull
house sparrow
jackdaw
long tailed tit
magpie
mallard
oyster catcher
robin
rook
song thrush
starling
stock dove
wood pigeon
wren
yellowhammer

grey wagtail heard
tawny owl heard
woodpecker heard

grey squirrel
bee heard

Forgot to say we had a fab experience with a seagull at lunch yesterday. We were parked in Costas at Ethiebeaton Park above Monifieth. And a huge seagull suddenly landed on the front bonnet of our car, rocking it as it did. It flapped about, staring inside to see if there might be any hope of food. Then flew off again, the car moving again as it did. Sadly neither of us had a camera ready at the right moment. We were awestruck 🙂

A hot day, so escaping to the fresh air of the garden in the late afternoon and evening. Surrounded by birds singing and the smell of flowers. I’ve asked Martin to bring me a glass of wine later!

Martin walks regularly in the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern Dundee, Scotland. He collected some of the best of last year’s photos for a calendar which can be seen in his Flickr site at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mndunstan/albums/72177720304736078 For his full range of photos, including albums for different types of birds and animals, see https://www.flickr.com/photos/mndunstan/albums