Saturday 7 December 2013

Foot It 2014 - Alvaston Derby


FootIt 2014

Another year brings along another opportunity to have a purposeful rummage around the area immediately surrounding my house by taking part in the ultimate of local birding challenges; Foot It 2014.
This year the rules have been changed slightly and I am having to go for the 2km radius (although much of this area won’t be walked) just so I can access water along the River Derwent and Alvaston Park.  Without this area I would have an exceedingly meagre target list. 

There is a map below that shows the area which will be subject to my FootIt efforts (both 1km and 2km radius shown) as well as a more accurate map of the area that I will be walking in. 





My FootIt target list is an optimistic 69 species – just have to hope I can flush a Woodcock (couple were found last year) and we finally get an invasion of Waxwings (follow WaxwingsUK to see their progress).  I was lucky enough in 2013 to find them on my Foot It patch as well as having them visit the garden.

1
Mute Swan
36
Jay
2
Greylag Goose
37
Jackdaw
3
Canada Goose
38
Rook
4
Gadwall
39
Carrion Crow
5
Teal
40
Goldcrest
6
Mallard
41
Blue Tit
7
Pochard
42
Great Tit
8
Tufted Duck
43
Coal Tit
9
Goosander
44
Skylark
10
Red-legged Partridge
45
Long-tailed Tit
11
Pheasant
46
Waxwing
12
Cormorant
47
Nuthatch
13
Grey Heron
48
Treecreeper
14
Little Grebe
49
Wren
15
Great Crested Grebe
50
Starling
16
Buzzard
51
Blackbird
17
Kestrel
52
Fieldfare
18
Peregrine
53
Song Thrush
19
Water Rail
54
Redwing
20
Moorhen
55
Mistle Thrush
21
Coot
56
Robin
22
Woodcock
57
Dunnock
23
Black-headed Gull
58
House Sparrow
24
Common Gull
59
Grey Wagtail
25
Lesser Black-backed Gull
60
Pied Wagtail
26
Herring Gull
61
Meadow Pipit
27
Feral Pigeon
62
Chaffinch
28
Stock Dove
63
Greenfinch
29
Woodpigeon
64
Goldfinch
30
Collared Dove
65
Siskin
31
Little Owl
66
Linnet
32
Kingfisher
67
Lesser Redpoll
33
Green Woodpecker
68
Bullfinch
34
Great Spotted Woodpecker
69
Reed Bunting
35
Magpie
 
 

 
I shall try my best to keep the blog up to date but you can always follow me on twitter MarkG76 .  I am also taking part in the 2014 PatchWork Challenge which is being done on a different patch to the very local ‘Foot It’ one as well as contributing to the Garden Moth Challenge.

Let the local urban birding fun begin!

 

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