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April 2010 (8 records, by date) 01  04  11  15  19  26  27  30  Days
recorded
Mute Swan - Cygnus olor142020220207 6
Greylag Goose - Anser anser00100000 1
Greater Canada Goose - Branta canadensis1318121509813 7
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos555361460344045 7
    04: 7 young and 19 young seen
  
Common Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus23220211 7
Great Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo31000000 2
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta A 00000001 1
Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea00000100 1
Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus10010110 4
Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo21210100 5
Common Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus11000101 4
Eurasian Hobby - Falco subbuteo00000001 1
Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus00100000 1
Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus33320310 6
Common Coot - Fulica atra00000201 2
    30: April 2010 - 1 coot & 4 young seen
    26: April 2010 - 2 coot & 2 young seen Coker's Frome Pond
  
Herring Gull - Larus argentatus211014904412 7
Great Black - backed Gull - Larus marinus00000101 2
Stock Dove (Stock Pigeon) - Columba oenas42360222 7
Common Wood Pigeon - Columba palumbus22132233019208 7
Eurasian Collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto92230534 7
Little Owl - Athene noctua00000010 1
Common Swift - Apus apus000003031 2
Green Woodpecker - Picus viridis10000000 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocopos major10130131 6
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica124110769 7
House Martin - Delichon urbicum000025025 3
Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea02110010 4
White/Pied Wagtail - Motacilla alba00100010 2
Winter Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes10101070876 7
Hedge Accentor - Prunella modularis5139100687 7
European Robin - Erithacus rubecula10116120776 7
Common Blackbird - Turdus merula131311170132412 7
Song Thrush - Turdus philomelos11310101 6
Mistle Thrush - Turdus viscivorus00010100 2
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus - schoenobaenus00010232 4
Blackcap - Sylvia atricapilla946807612 7
Garden Warbler - Sylvia borin10010000 2
Common Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita1011860463 7
Willow Warbler - Phylloscopus trochilus00010000 1
Goldcrest - Regulus regulus11000000 2
Long - tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus23210021 6
Blue Tit - Cyanistes caeruleus106320764 7
Great Tit - Parus major147850732 7
Coal Tit - Periparus ater00100010 2
Nuthatch (Wood Nuthatch) - Sitta europaea21100122 6
Eurasian Treecreeper - Certhia familiaris00000100 1
Eurasian Jay - Garrulus glandarius00100000 1
Black - billed Magpie - Pica pica31140114 7
Eurasian Jackdaw - Corvus monedula202468250282624 7
Rook - Corvus frugilegus5415140242137 7
Carrion Crow - Corvus corone55620323 7
Common Raven - Corvus corax21110012 6
Common Starling - Sturnus vulgaris112603113 7
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus6151512011228 7
Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs10101512015814 7
European Greenfinch - Carduelis chloris11915160664 7
European Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis1174809118 7
Yellowhammer - Emberiza citrinella00100001 2
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