Birds, Leps, Observations & Generalities - the images and ramblings of Mark Skevington. Sometimes.

Lockdown Bird List

My garden bird list stands at 70 species; it's not one that I've ever made any real effort to culture, though it's not ever likely to grow much more that that anyway. Whilst a third or more of the world population is on lockdown, many naturalists and particularly birders are starting to maintain garden 'Lockdown Lists'. I felt obliged to at least make some sort of note of what mine is starting from 24/03/2020 - the first actual day of UK Lockdown. There are c8 species (in red) on my garden list that I have very little expectation of them ever turning up again, let alone whilst we're on lockdown. Quite a few of the others are also unlikely, especially in late spring/early summer - though never say never! As lockdown eases, I'll keep this going until Friday 22/05/2020 - a nice round 60 days of noticing birds in, around and over the garden during a period when I'd not normally be here to notice.



No comments: