Back to Nonsuch Park: Twitching Challenge Round 4

A bit of a belated post as I’ve been busy lately (see next post!), but I headed back to my old local park to walk my mothers dogs (on 23rd March), and while I was there I though I’d do my first twitching challenge in a while. Here are the results of round 4…

Woodpigeon (sound, sight) – 2 points.
Coal tit (sight) – 1 point.
Magpie (sight, sound) – 2 points.
Green woodpecker (sight, sound) – 2 points.
Carrion crow (sight, sound) – 2 points.
Great tit (sound) – 1 point.
Chaffinch (sight, sound) – 2 points.
Ring-necked parakeet (sight, sound) – 2 points.
House sparrow (sight) – 1 point.
Robin (sight, sound) – 2 points.
Wren (sight) – 1 point.
Blackbird (sight) – 1 point.
Greenfinch (sound) – 1 point.
Great spotted woodpecker (seen, heard) – 2 points.

Total: 21 points. Not bad for an hour while walking the dogs, and not having been to Nonsuch park in a while. Although it is spring and there were a lot of birds around – I heard a lot more, but there are still a lot of bird calls I don’t know, so I guess its a sign I should be trying to learn more! Until next time…

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My name is Tom Richards and I am an aspiring wildlife filmmaker attempting to break into this most competitive of industries. A recent graduate of BSc Animal Behaviour at the University of Exeter, I have been inspired with a passion and desire to capture the beauty of the natural world through filmmaking and storytelling. View more posts