January 1st 2015 - birds and plants in flower

Not the best weather for birding, so 72 bird species was my lowly bird total. Sophie caught a Woodcock in the NOA. Colour on this grey and windy day was provided by 22 species of plants in flower.

Little Grebe	Moorhen	Collared Dove	House Sparrow	Daisy
Great Crested Grebe	Coot	Barn Owl	Chaffinch	European Gorse
Cormorant	Oystercatcher	Skylark	Greenfinch	Herb Robert
Little Egret	Grey Plover	Rock Pipit	Goldfinch	Ragwort
Grey Heron	Lapwing	Pied Wagtail	Linnet	White Dead-nettle
Mute Swan	Sanderling	Wren	Twite	Charlock
Pink-footed Goose	Dunlin	Dunnock	Bullfinch	Dandelion
Greylag Goose	Snipe	Robin	Snow Bunting	Groundsel
Brent Goose	Woodcock	Stonechat	Yellowhammer	White Campion
Shelduck	Black-tailed Godwit	Blackbird	Reed Bunting	Smooth Sow-thistle
Mallard	Bar-tailed Godwit	Fieldfare		Red Campion
Gadwall	Curlew	Redwing		Red Valerian
Shoveler	Redshank	Mistle Thrush		Shepherd's Purse
Wigeon	Turnstone	Goldcrest		Greater Periwinckle
Teal	Black-headed Gull	Long-tailed Tit		Ferverfew
Tufted Duck	Common Gull	Blue Tit		Hogweed
Marsh Harrier	Herring Gull	Great Tit		Scentless Mayweed
Sparrowhawk	Great Black-backed Gull	Coal Tit		Smooth Hawksbeard
Red-legged Partridge	Rock Dove	Magpie		Alexanders
Pheasant	Stock Dove	Jackdaw		Curled Dock
Water Rail	Woodpigeon	Starling		Harebell
				Pot Marigold