Philip Hack's garden life list

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SpeciesDateLocation
Canada Goose
Mallard
Pheasant
Red-legged Partridge
Cuckoo
Collared Dove
Woodpigeon
Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon
Stock Dove
CorncrakeEarly 1980s. Woke up early one morning hearing 'strange' loud bird song outside. Bird was singing from the apex of house roof opposite, before flying over the road and garden to the farmland behind.
Lapwing
Woodcock
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Cormorant
Grey Heron
Swift
Barn Owl
Tawny Owl
Osprey
Honey-buzzard
Sparrowhawk
Red Kite
Black Kite
Buzzard
Hoopoe
Green Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Kestrel
Hobby
Peregrine
Golden Oriole14/04/79Adult male seen briefly feeding on top of the field side hedgerow in the back garden. What first got me interested in birdwatching !
Jay
Magpie
Jackdaw
Rook
Raven
Carrion Crow
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Marsh Tit
Skylark
Sand Martin
Swallow
House Martin
European Red-rumped Swallow16/06/20Seen briefly flying over - on my birthday !
Long-tailed Tit
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
Blackcap
Lesser Whitethroat
Common Whitethroat
Waxwing
Firecrest
Goldcrest
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Wren
Starling
Mistle Thrush
Song Thrush
Redwing
Blackbird
Fieldfare
Ring Ouzel17/04/81Seen for a few days on the adjacent farmland.
Spotted Flycatcher
European Robin
Nightingale**********
Redstart
Whinchat
European Stonechat
Wheatear
Dunnock
House Sparrow
Grey Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
Brambling
Chaffinch
Hawfinch
Bullfinch11/01/80According to my diary, the very first sighting.
Greenfinch
Linnet
Lesser Redpoll
Crossbill
Goldfinch
Siskin
Snow BuntingEarly 1980s. Briefly feeding on the front lawn.
Reed BuntingEarly 1980s. Briefly on the patio during a very cold snowy day.