Bird of the Spring

Saturday, July 3, 2010
With the end of the spring I thought it might be fun to pick the top three birds of the past season. So here I am posting 25 birds in alphabetical order. Why not have some fun with me and select your top three? Just put your favourites numbered 1, 2 and 3 in the comments section and we can see which species win. It wasn't easy picking the 25! Here they go:

Bee-eater

Black-winged Stilt

Bluethroat

Bullfinch

Collared Pratincole

Greater Flamingo

Griffon Vulture

Honey Buzzard

Lesser Kestrel

Night Heron

Northern Wheatear

Ortolan Bunting

Puffin

Purple Heron

Redstart

Rock Thrush

Roller

Sardinian Warbler

Short-toed Eagle

Spoonbill

Spotless Starling

Squacco Heron

Subalpine Warbler

White Stork

Woodchat Shrike