awesome website displaying some of the most innovative (and crazy) of our nesting birds! Click here

Today i went to londons wetland centre and saw sooooooooo many birds!!!!! lots were very exotic - i hadnt heard of any of the ones in that section but i did see some normal birds but google the ones you dont know cuz they r awesome!!!!!! take a look:

bufflehead
hooded merganser 
smew
moorhen
coot
coscoroba duck (soz if thats spelt wrong!)
muscovy duck
black bellied whistling duck
fulvous whistling duck
south american comb duck
cape teal
brent goose
eider
pintail
tuffted duck 
black swan
radjah shelduck
plumed whistling duck
heron
swallow
dunnock
cormorant 
mute swan
bewick swan
barnical goose
white fronted goose
red breasted goose



quite a few huh?
oh and otters<3


as if Mondays birdwatching wasnt enough, i went back to the wetland centre again to see more. the following are either birds i didnt see on Monday but did today, OR, they are birds i did see on Monday but forgot to write down:

coot
jackdaw
tufted duck+chicks
woodpigion
goldeneye
red crested pochard
little greebe
white headed ducks
ferruginous duck
grey heron
common tern
lapwing
common pochard
black headed gull
great crested greebe 
ringed teal
coscoroba swan
collard dove
layslan duck
hawaiian goose
reed warbler!
sedge warbler!
mallard 
swallow
(we werent sure but:) green sandpiper?
magpie 


as you can see, the wetland centre never fails to please and i hope to be going again soon.

P.S: There was another bird we saw that we couldnt identify. It was duck sized - infact it was a duck - and it was entirely brown apart from a white chest. i couldnt see its beak but does anyone have any ideas as to what it might be? 

thanks.
spoonbill

follow this link! It is awesome! Who does not want this little guy for their disco! ;)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8027379.stm

And who says birds aren't musical???

I have noticed a swift nest in a gap in the roofing thingymabob and there is always a swift flying over my garden!!!!!!!


Went to a local park today and saw a Canada goose chicks and egyptian goose chicks!!!!! They were so cute! I have been watching springwatch on BBC 2? I have and it is great!!!!

Everyone go to 'birdoo.co.uk'! It is an awesome site that sells all sorts of bird accesories, including feeders, bird baths, bird food, books, magazines and much more! You can also get 'birdoo vouchers'!