I am trying to get much more accurate in my bird counts, for submission to the Kent Ornithological Society (KOS) and the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO). This includes audio recording the data exactly as I count them in!
Bird count seen at or from the pits themselves: 1 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis, 3 Teal Anas crecca, 30 Gadwall, Anas strepera, 1 Wigeon, Anas penelope, 4 Pochard, Aythya ferina, 14 Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula, 8 Mallard, Anas platyrynchos, 6 Shoveller, Anas clypeata, 1 Goosander, Mergus merganser, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Podiceps cristatus, 10 Little Grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis, 7 Lapwing, Vanellus vanellus, 83 Black-Headed Gulls, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, 3 Common Gull, Larus canus, 5 Mute Swans, Cygnus olor, 109 Coot, Fulica atra, 9 Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo, 2 Jackdaws, Corvus monedula, 2 Carrion Crows, Corvus corone, 2 Magpies, Pica pica, 2 Green Woodpeckers, Picus viridis.
On the path down there were 7 Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris, 1 Blue Tit, Cyanistes caeruleus, 4 Blackbird, Turdus merula, 1 Wren, Troglodytes troglodytes, 3 Jackdaws, Corvus monedula, 3 Woodpigeon, Columba palumbus.
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