ANDY BARR

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Birds

As I (Andy Barr, comedian) have entered my mid-late thirties, I have been forced to concede that I like birds and that bird-watching is a rewarding, meditative pastime.

Comedian Andy Barr poses with a lovely barn owl at a wedding
I met this owl at a wedding – his job was the delivery of the rings which he almost completed without incident

Since I maintain a website for my works etc, I felt that I’d include a section detailing my life list of birds seen as well as some low-quality mobile phone pictures of birds I consider notable or extra nice.

LIFE LIST

*This list is not my all-time list of birds, but those which I have witnessed since beginning to log in earnest, like many, using the Merlin app.

One of five Kingfishers I’ve seen in my life
A juvenile Grey Heron?
A lovely Snipe
My friend Neil O’Rourke and I went to Richmond Park looking for Little Owls – we found two. Neil captured this one for posterity
  • White-Throated Dipper (video available on request)
  • Goldcrest
  • Stock Dove
  • Green-winged Teal
  • Northern Shoveler
  • Snipe
  • Kingsfisher
  • Green Sandpiper
  • Black-headed Gull
  • Gadwall
  • Dartford Warbler
  • Sparrowhawk
  • Stonechat
  • Little Egret
  • Common Buzzard
  • Cetti’s Warbler
  • Linnet
  • Reed Warbler
  • Little Grebe
  • Common Tern
  • Chaffinch
  • Green Woodpecker
  • Redshank
  • Sedge Warbler
  • Lapwing
  • Reed Bunting
  • Greater Whitethroat
  • Garden Warbler
  • Jay
  • Nightingale
  • Dunnock
  • Treecreeper
  • Coal Tit
  • Great Crested Grebe
  • Wren
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull
  • Great Cormorant
  • Quail (my friend Al is fairly certain that this was probably a partridge, so I guess I’m still searching for my quail, but I can’t figure out how to delete it in Merlin)
  • Bullfinch
  • Barn Swallow
  • Rook
  • Grey Heron
  • Jackdaw
  • Swift
  • Pied Wagtail
  • Egyptian Goose
  • Starling
  • Long-tailed Tit
  • Song Thrust
  • Great Tit
  • Blackcap
  • Mute Swan
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker
  • Mistle Thrush
  • Moorhen
  • Shelduck
  • Blue Tit
  • Robin
  • Collared-Dove
  • House Sparrow
  • Goldfinch
  • Ring-necked Pheasant
  • Tufted Duck
  • Greylag Goose
  • Grey Wagtail
  • Canada Goose
  • Mallard
  • Carrion CrowMagpie
  • Coot
  • Red Kite
  • Herring Gull
  • Rock Pigeon
  • Wood Pigeon
  • Blackbird

Notable Bird I Have Definitely Seen But Not Whilst Using App

  • Cardinal (North Scottsdale)
  • Roadrunner (North Scottsdale)
  • Anna’s Hummingbird (North Scottsdale)
  • Gambel Quail (North Scottsdale)
  • Red-Throated Loon (Paloselkä, Finland)
  • Whooper Swan (Paloselka, Finland)
  • Avocet (Titchwell Marsh)
  • Bateleur Eagle (Sparkwell Wildlife Park R.I.P – see below)
A very small Barr poses with a large (relative) Bateleur Eagle, with a distinctive red and yellow beak
I must’ve been about 10 years old here. Pleased as punch, even though the eagle is ignoring me.