Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

2010 Britain and Ireland Local Patch Year List Showing Records 1 through 35 of 35 Total Records Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Justin Zantboer Felixstowe Peninsula, Suffolk 200 (BOU) LATEST: 04/09 Curlew Sandpiper, Icterine Warbler(200th bird!) + Grey Wagtail - all self found and definitely not out of a pet shop..:-)) 02/09 Barred Warbler - nice one Will, cheers. 01/09 Ring-necked Parakeet - they all count! 31/08 Tree Sparrow. 29/08 Ortolan Bunting - nice find for Dave P. 28/08 Great Skua. 27/08 Wood Warbler. 17/08 Black Tern. 16/08 Arctic Skua. 15/08 Redstart. 04/08 Barnacle Goose. 24/07 Red-crested Pochard. 22/07 Caspian Gull. 08/07 Ruff! 03/07 Crossbill. 15/06 Marsh Tit. 14/06 Egyptian Goose. HIGHLIGHTS: Whooper Swan, Bewick's Swan, Tundra Bean Goose, Egyptian Goose, Red-crested Pochard, Long-tailed Duck, Ruddy Duck, Grey Partridge, Slavonian Grebe x3, Black-necked Grebe x2, Bittern x2, Spoonbill, Purple Heron, Red Kite, Osprey, Temminck's Stint x2, Pectoral Sandpiper, Caspian Gull, Glaucous Gull, Wryneck, Ring-necked Parakeet, Red-rumped Swallow x4, Water Pipit x2, Barred Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Wood Warbler, Bearded Tit, Marsh Tit, Tree Sparrow, Mealy Redpoll x2, Twite x2, Crossbill x6, Common Rosefinch and Ortolan Bunting. 2 Paul Oldfield Felixstowe Peninsula, Suffolk 197 (BOU) September additions; Icterine Warbler, Curlew Sandpiper, Ruddy Duck 4th, Barred Warbler 2nd, Honey Buzzard 1st (not from a pet shop). Highlights; Great Northern Diver, Black-necked, Red-necked and Slavonian Grebes, Manx and Sooty Shearwaters, Bittern, Great White Egret, Purple Heron, Spoonbill, White-fronted, Pink-footed and Tundra Bean Geese, (Pale-bellied Brents), Whooper Swan, Egyptian Goose, Garganey, Scaup, Red Kite, Hen Harrier, Osprey, Merlin, Common Crane, Yellow-legged Gull, Caspian Gull, Glaucous Gull, Little Gull, Pomarine Skua, Roseate Tern, Black Tern, Razorbill, Short-eared Owl, Temminck's Stint, Wood Sandpiper, Wryneck, Wood Lark, Red-rumped Swallow, Ring Ouzel, Cetti's Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Firecrest, Pied Flycatcher, Bearded Tit. Ortolan Bunting. Otter was good value. My web site google search Felixstowe Birding. 3 Nick Addey Scarborough 194 (BOU) NEVER MIND BROWN FLY, I CAN'T EVEN FIND A PIED FLY!! (OR Ruff!) All birds recorded in the eastern half of the Scarborough Birders' recording area: G N Diver (5/9), Common Rosefinch (3/9),HIGHLIGHTS; White-fronted Goose, Tundra Bean Goose, Garganey, Long-tailed Duck, Smew, Quail, Great Northern Diver, Black-throated Diver, Balearic Shearwater, Storm Petrel, Leach's Petrel, Bittern, Little Egret, Osprey, Hen Harrier, Hobby, Long-tailed Skua, Yellow-legged Gull, Little Auk, Waxwing, Black Redstart, Ring Ouzel, Grasshopper Warbler, Barred Warbler, Wood Warbler, Great Grey Shrike, Hooded Crow, Mealy Redpoll, Common Rosefinch, Snow Bunting, Lapland Bunting. www.scarboroughbirding.co.uk 4 James Brown Lowestoft area, Suffolk 190 (BOU) All species recorded within the Lowestoft Bird Clubs recording area: http://home.clara.net/ammodytes is our website. Latest: Cory`s Shearwater 4/9, Garganey 3/9, Curlew Sand 2/9, Little Stint, Tree Sparrow 31/8, Great Skua, Long-tailed Skua 26/8, Black Tern, Manx Shearwater, Arctic Skua, Grey Partridge 23/8, Little Gull 14/8. Great start to year with 111 on patch bird race on 1st. A fine spring on the patch probably our best, roll on the autumn. HIGHLIGHTS: Hoopoe, Wood Warbler, Tawny Pipit, Dotterel, Spoonbill, Mandarin, Pallid Swift, Alpine Swift (3), Waxwing, Wryneck, Bittern, Rough-legged Buzzard, Red Kite, White-fronted Goose, Shorelark . http://www.freewebs.com/cortonbirds is my personal blog. 5 Craig Thomas Flamborough 186 (BOU) 4/9 Black Tern; 1/9 EASTERN OLIVACEOUS WARBLER; 30/8 Pintail; 29/8 Curlew Sandpiper; 22/8 CASPIAN GULL; 21/8 Barred Warbler; 16/8 Black-throated Diver; 15/8 Ruff; 14/8 Wood Sand; Ortolan; Wryneck, Icterine Warbler; Pied Flycatcher 7/8 Balearic Shearwater. Highlights: GREENISH WARBLER; Garganey; Tundra Bean Goose; WHITE-TAILED EAGLE; Roseate Tern; WOODCHAT SHRIKE; Common Rosefinch. 6 Will Brame Felixstowe Peninsula,Suffolk 183 Glaucous gull, nice of it to stick around Alpine swift a jammy self find whilst on the phone to Justin, not so jammy but 4 self found Red-Rumped Swallows a joy to see.Can't seem to catch up,must suppress my next find methinks as both Paul and Justin caught up with the Purple Heron.Honey buzzard a nice pale adult self found.Curlew sandpiper x 6 all self found.Barred warbler another self find. 7 Matthew Berriman Rutland Water 178 Not a bad spring... Found Buff-breasted and Broad-billed Sandpipers (both county firsts), Ring-billed Gull, Montagu's Harrier and Pec. Other nice things included two White-winged Blacks, Spoonbill, Temminck's Stint, Red-necked Phalarope, pair of Mergansers, Red-necked Grebe and a rare May Caspian Gull. Decent passages of Dunlin (flock of 130), Whimbrel (flock of 26), Sanderling (up to 10, almost ever present), Arctic Tern (flock of 80). Recently(ish): Turtle Dove, Sandwich Tern, Spotshank, Peregrine. Latest: Curlew Sand 27/8; Little Stint 30/8: Whiskered Tern 31/8; Purple Sand 5/9. 8 Ilya Maclean Lizard Peninsula (Cornwall) 159 Latest: Arctic Tern, Pied Fly, Great Shear. Highlights: Bee-eater, Woodchat Shrike, (Golden Eagle), Lesser Scaup, Red-crested Pochard, Great Shear, Cory's Shear. Missed the House Finch:-( Latest sightings: visit my website. Full list here. 9 Terry Smith Exmouth 158 All species recorded within the Exmouth Civil Parish Boundary and directly offshore. Highlights include Red-breasted Goose, Cetti's Warbler, Surf Scoter, Red Kite (4), Spoonbill, Jack Snipe, Firecrest, Woodlark and Woodcock so far. Latest Sep 2: Garganey. 10 Darren Hughes Christchurch Harbour 155 Jack Snipe Massive numbers of Thrush's and larks today 6th Jan including 14 Woodlark.12 Red Crested Pochard Harbour lifer Bittern,Med Gull,Red Kite,Blk T Diver,Treecreeper.R N Grebe(cheers Mark) Y L Gull R B Mreg.Spotshank.Little Gull(Good winter record).Fulmar.LRP Water Pipit Pied Fly,Spoonbill,Ring Ouzel,Gargany,lesser Whitethroat, Grasshopper Warbler,Green Sand Subalpine Warbler (Nice find Mark).been out and done a bit Glossy Ibis Arctic Tern Black Tern Honey Buzzard Wood Sand 11 Ivan Lakin Dawlish Warren (Devon) 154 Site on 159. Spring highlights: RED-R SWALLOW (27/05), Red Kite & Poms (23/05), Rosys (24/04), Kentish (23/04), Gropper & SEO (19/04), Redstart (17/04), Garganey & Osprey (05/04). Feb & Mar dead except 3 B-n Grebe (21/02). Monster start with quickest site 100 (by 09/01); Avocet (30/01), Coal Tit (24/01), B Redstart (18/01), L-t Duck & Firecrest (16/01), pr Smew & B-t Diver (10'01), Woodcock, Com Sand, aythya ducks (9/01), huge cold weather passage (06 & 07/10), 3 spp scoter (03/01), Bittern & Cirl Bunt (02/01), Surf S from New Year. 12 Steve Evans Houghton Patch. (inland) Co Durham 154 mid August: 24/8 Egyptian Goose_(2nd site record). 23/8_LITTLE STINT_(tick). 18/8Marsh Harrier: Spotshank, Whinchat, Redstart & Pied Fly all on 15/8, LITTLE EGRET (tick), Greenshank, Crossbill, mid June 144 (156 OFFH) Hobby, Quail: 27/5Blackwit. 22/5 COMMON CRANE (tick). 15/5 AVOCET. 12/5CommTern. 11/5Gannet. 9/5Wood Sand. 6/5Spotted Flys. 30/4Garden, YellWag, Cuckoo, Reed, Sedge, Swift. 23/4Groppa. 22/4CommSand. 19/4 Garganey, Tree Pipit, Common & Lesser Whitethroat. 13/4Ring Billed Gull. 7/4House Martin. 6/4Blackcap. 4/4 Ringed Plover. 3/4 Whimbrel +(white wag). 31/3 Willow Warbler. 30/3 Green Sandpiper. 29/3 Wheatearx10. 26/3 LRP. 25/3 Swallow. 22/3 Sand Martin, Chiffchaff. 15/3Dunlin. 11/3GCGrebe. 10/3Shoveller. 2/3 Green Woodpecker, Caspian Gull 23/2 Brambling, Goshawk, Golden Plover, BTThrush: 3/2 LBB. 1/2Peregrine at last, Oystercatcher back on territory. 29/1 (99) Corn Bunting & YLGull. 26/1Shelduck. 25/1 Black Necked Grebe & Knot. 23/1 BITTERN, monsta Glaucous, drake Pintail, Gadwall. 13/1 Med Gull. 12/1 Iceland Gul. 11/1Mandarin. 8/1 Waxwing. 71, inc all 5 owls seen on NYD ! Kingfisher, WFGoose, R#### Duck, WRail, Woodcock, ATB & good luck to everyone in 2010. (all 5 owls seen in 40 mins) http://s-evans.blogspot.com/ 13 Dave -Mr Valley- Saunders Sandwell Valley(West Midlands) 150 Woodcock,Common Gull,Mealy Redpoll,Lesser Spotted Woodpecker,Peregrine,Ring Necked Parakeet,Yellow Legged Gull,Brambling,Golden Plover,Willow Tit,Marsh Tit,Red Kite,Jack Snipe,Little Owl,Curlew,Shelduck,Raven,Little Egret,Dunlin,Rock Pipit, Chiffchaff,Kingfisher,Redshank,White Wagtail,Green Sandpiper,Sand Martin,Kittiwake,Wheatear,Swallow, Little Ringed Plover,Ringed Plover,Ring Ouzel,Yellow Wagtail,Blackcap,Willow Warbler,House Martin,Goshawk,Common Sandpiper,Whitethroat,Redstart,Osprey,Garden Warbler,Lesser Whitethroat,Grasshopper Warbler,Whinchat.Cuckoo,Marsh Harrier,Sedge Warbler,Tree Pipit,Common Tern,Reed Warbler,Garganey,Whimbrel,Swift,Turtle Dove,Arctic Tern,Hobby,Yellowhammer,Wood Warbler,Tawny Owl, Red Legged Partridge, COLLARED PRATINCOLE ,Sanderling,Spotted Flycatcher,Woodlark,Tree Sparrow Mandarin,Quail,Ruddy Shelduck, Med Gull,Turnstone,Black Tailed Godwit,Crossbill,Greenshank,LATEST;Red Crested Pochard 14 Mark Hawkes Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire 149 LATEST: Egyptian Goose (7) 21/8, Whinchat 20/8, Spotted Flycatcher 18/8, found Spotted Redshank 17/8, Ringed Plover 7/8, Garganey (8) & Ruff 1/8, Hobby & Sanderling 26/7, Med & Caspian Gull 22/7, Turnstone 3/5, found Osprey & 2 Ring Ouzels 1/5, found Redstart & Sandwich Tern 25/4, ICELAND GULL & Curlew 24/4, Little Gull 21/4, Grey Plover 11/4, Crossbill (3) 10/4, HIGHLIGHTS: Marsh Harrier, Avocet, Black-necked Grebe 3 (found 2) & Slav Grebe, Bittern, Cetti's Warbler, found WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (GW tick), Kittiwake (2), Whooper Swan, Smew (10+), Velvet (2) & Common Scoter (19), Great Northern Divers (5), Scaup (2), Red-crested Pochard (27) 15 Jono Leadley Buckenham-Cantley Marshes, Norfolk 145 August: Osprey, Wood Sandpiper (first new bird since May!!) May: Bee-eater, Little Gull, Redstart, Common Sand, Hobby, Montagu's Harrier. April:Cuckoo, Gropper, Greenshank, Ring Ouzel, Tree Pipit, Turtle Dove, Whimbrel, Bar-wit, Garganey. March: LRP, Rock Pipit, Avocet, Ruff, Ringed Plover, Pintail, Dunlin, Oyk. January/February: Bewick's Swan, Smew, Bittern, Brent Goose, Hen Harrier, Taiga Bean Goose, Bearded Tit, Woodcock, Water Pipit. Check out my blog: www.birdingdad.blogspot.com, 16 Scoter Farmoor Reservoir Oxfordshire 143 BOU Pink-footed Goose, Scaup, Brent Goose, Little Egret, Peregrine, Grey Partridge, Oystercatcher, Tawny Owl, Jack Snipe, Barn Owl, Curlew, Med Gull, Rock Pipit, Black-necked Grebe, Cetti's Warbler, Little Gull, Water Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Great Skua, Green Sandpiper, Raven, Arctic Tern, Greenshank, Whimbrel, Grasshopper Warbler, Sandwich Tern, Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher, Turnstone, Sanderling, Temminck's Stint, Black Tern, Black-tailed Godwit, Redstart, Sabines Gull, Kittiwake, Marsh Harrier, Spotted Redshank, Shag, 17 Paul Bowyer Weston super Mare 139 Latest: Garden Warbler, Manx Shearwater, Hobby, Wood Warbler, Arctic Skua, Sandwich Tern, Swift, Whinchat, Cuckoo. Highlights: Bearded Tit, Pied Fly, Yellow-legged Gull, Ring Ouzel, Barnacle Goose, Scaup, GWTeal, Avocet, Bittern (Now recorded for 2 years running), Great Crested Grebe (none seen in 2009) 18 Col Galley Head, Cork 129 Highlights: Kingfisher, Hen Harrier, Red Kite, Woodcock (patch tick), Brambling, Great Crested Grebe, Whooper Swan, Red-backed Shrike (patch tick), Wilson's Petrel (patch tick), Great Shearwater, Grey Plover (3rd for patch), Whinchat (1st since '06!), Wryneck, Melodious Warbler, Ortolan Bunting (patch tick). Latest: Ortolan Bunting - 4/9. check out www/surfbirds.com/blog/colinb 19 David Masser Christchurch Harbour 126 Ring-billed Gull, Pied Flycatcher,Yellow Wagtail, Black Tern. 20 Peter Jessop Soar Valley,Leics 123 Updated 23/8 Ruff + Highlights:MANDARIN/WOODCOCK/BITTERN/BLACK REDSTART/SE Owls/Barn Owls/Little Owl/Egyptian Geese/Garganey 21 Andy Cotton Ouse Valley Reserves, Cambridgeshire 123 Highlights: Smew X16, Red-crested Pochard, Goosander X4, Caspian Gull X2, Yellow-legged Gull X4, Bittern X3, Bewick's Swan, Tree Pipit, Grasshopper Warbler, Great White Egret, Montagu's Harrier, Red Kite, Avocet, Temminck's Stint, Red-footed Falcon, Blue-winged Teal. Latest: 21/07 Overcote - Whimbrel. 06/08 Fen Drayton Lakes - Ruddy Duck. 22 Gnome Port Meadow, Oxford 113 Recent: little stint 22/05 greay wagtail, little egret 13/05 wood sandpiper 11/05 greenshank 07/05 wheatear, turnstone 02/05 Spoonbill 01/05 common sand, egyptian gose 29/04 Highlights: Cetti's warbler, Med. Gull, raven, barnacle goose, peregrine, yellow-legged gull, water rail, knot, osprey, garganey, SPOONBILL, turnstone, wood sandpiper, greenshank. little stint Blog: Port Meadow Birding 23 Russ Haywood Quarff, Mainland, Shetland 111 Water Rail, Woodcock, Snow Bunting, Little grebe, Grey Wagtail, Slavonian Grebe, Jackdaw, Red Grouse, Purple Sandpiper, Black-bellied Dipper, Tundra Bean Goose, Jack Snipe, Pink-footed Goose, Collared Dove, Golden Plover, Oystercatcher, Hen Harrier, Guillemot, Razorbill, Stonechat, Whooper Swan, Bonxie, Pintail, Common Scoter, Greenshank, Sedge Warbler, Mistle Thrush, Stock Dove, Yellow Wagtail, Pied Flycatcher, Crossbill, Black-tailed Godwit, King Eider, Green Sandpiper, Wood Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Surf Scoter. Latest Gadwall 26/8/10 24 Barry Hunt Isle Of Thanet, Kent 111 Woodlark and Firecrest recently. 6/1 Dartford Warbler, Black Redstart. Just moved here so a fresh challenge! All common birds at the moment, best so far Sandwich Tern, Water Pipit, Twite, Snow Bunting and Yellow-legged Gull. 25 Richard Harbird Morton Bagot (Warks) 110 Little Egret, Pink-footed Goose, Great Grey Shrike, Whimbrel, Ruff, Tree Pipit: Latest Garden Warbler 1/8, Redstart & Spotted Flycatcher 10/8, Ringed Plover 28/8 26 Kev Rylands Dawlish Warren (Devon) 110 21/2 Black-necked Grebe 17/1 Black Redstart, Firecrest 16/1 Long-tailed Duck 10/1 SMEW, BT Diver 9/1 Woodcock, Pochard 7/1 Mistle Thrush, Tufted Duck, Gadwall 6/1 Yellowhammer 5/1 Surf and Velvet Scoter, Avocet, Fieldfare. www.dawlishwarren.co.uk 27 David Gray Soar valley,Leics 109 Osprey,Red Kite, Smew,Scaup,Pintail,Bittern, Short-eared Owl just to name a few..... 28 Stewart S. North Northumberland. 'On Foot From Home' List 108 Patch is Howick, near Craster, North Northumberland. So far (28/03/10) highlights are Raven, Shorelark, Snow Bunting, Twite, Peregrine, Merlin, Water Rail, Med Gull, Crossbill, Green Woodpecker, Brambling, RT Diver, Whooper Swan, Marsh Tit, Kingfisher, Woodcock. See full list at www.boulmerbirder.blogspot.com 29 Paul Woolnough Norwich 105 Sandwich Tern 19/6 patch tick; House martin with swalllows and great black backed gull with lesser bbg 10/5; Swift, Common Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Bullfinch and Garden Warbler at Whitlingham 5/5; Common Sand 28/4; Lesser Whitethroat 21/4; Green Sand and LRP 17/4; arctic tern and avocet 14/4; ring-necked duck 2/2; all five grebes by 20/1; smew first of two seen 2/1 and great northern diver 1/1 Area within southern bypass and suburban parishes bordering the city 30 G.J.Mant. Blithfield Reservoir, Staff,s. (January only). 100 (B.O.U.) LATEST; Great-white egret. HIGHLIGHTS; Great-northern diver. Little (2) & Great-white egret. White-fronted (5), Barnacle (c45), Brent (19) & Pink-footed (241) geese. Green-winged teal. Smew. Glaucous, Caspian (2) & Med (2) gull. 31 Chris Baines Carsegowan Moss Dumfries and Galloway 93 updated 01/08,Swift,Whinchat,Mute Swan,Spotted Flycatcher,Raven,Grasshopper Warbler,still not had Stonechat this year. 32 Mark Langston Rawmarsh Area, Rotherham, S.Yorks 90 Latest:- 22/3 - Merlin (Stubbin) - 21/3 - Green Sandpiper (Thrybergh Tip) - 16/3 - Tree Sparrow (Stubbin) - 15/3 - Little Ringed Plover (Over the House!) - 10/3 - Barn Owl (Stubbin) - 27/2 - GREAT WHITE EGRET (Thrybergh Tip) - 13/2 - Jack Snipe (Aldwarke) & Pink-footed Geese (Over back garden) - (6/2 - Wigeon (Thrybergh Tip) - 5/2 - Red-legged Partridge (New Stubbin) - 31/1 - Shelduck & Shovelar (Thrybergh Tip) - 23/1 - Pintail (Aldwarke) & Greylag Goose ( Thrybergh Tip) - 16/1 - Peregrine (Thrybergh Tip) - 10/1: Little Owl & Woodcock (Stubbin) 7/1:- G.C.Grebe, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Grey Partridge, Water Rail, Green Woodpecker, Willow Tit & Lesser Redpoll (Thrybergh Tip) - 9/1 - Grey Wagtail. Visit our website at Rawmarshnature.co.uk 33 Badger Radley Oxon 86 Little Ringed Plover,Dunlin,(White Wagtail)Yellow-legged Gull,Green Sand,Oystercatcher,Little Egret,Shelduck,Goldeneye,Marsh Tit,Goosander,Smew(3),Kingfisher,Peregrine,Pintail,6 Bewick's (2 juv) ,500+ Teal,Red-Crested Pochard,Red Kite, 34 Joe stockwell SU34 10KM square, Hants 75 http://birdthings.blogspot.com Target 140! 35 Ian Pritchard British European 49 Red Kite Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home