year listing

[Joe stockwell]

as well as the life list ive descided to year list too this year, 105 in total so far although joe ray seems to be a little further ahead of me!
any body else and if so how much so far and whats been the best?

[Christian Brinkman]

152 so far.
Including: Short-toed Lark, Red kite, Ring-necked Duck, Eagle owl, Cetti's warbler, Kentish plover, Hooded crow and Ferruginous duck.
The first 5 are Dutch Lifers too.
Gonna look for Black Woodpeckers tomorrow, wish me luck :smile:

[frankmeer]

123 so far. Including Parrot Crossbill, Red-breasted Goose, Ferruginous Duck, Bufflehead, Kentish Plover, Rough-legged Buzzard, Bittern, Long-tailed Duck and Scaup.

[David Campbell]

Only 92 so far, hopefully Sheppey on Sunday will give it a boost. With luck should get Hooded Crow, Rough-legged Buzzard, Hen Harrier and Bewick's Swan.
Highlights so far however, have been Iceland Gull (lifer), Smew, Willow Tit, Water Pipit (lifer), Woodcock (lifer) and a couple of Brambling.

[andy22]

Im on 150 so far. Two lifers; Hume's yellow browed warbler and White crowned sparrow =D. Iceland and Glaucous Gulls, Cattle egrets, Goshawk, Snow goose and recently added; Crossbill, Hawfinch

Cheers andy

[Joe stockwell]

107 now with one of them being a red kite!

[Joe Ray]

Hi Joe. There's plenty above me, I'm certainly not top! 136 at present after 103 species in Norfolk on the 1st March.

[Joe stockwell]

131 now excluding rtpipit now

[Colin Key]

327 so far (includes two trips into Spain), and going for a Western Reef Egret at "Praia de Quatra Aguas" in Tavira tomorrow (this, if it is a "pure" bird, will be a lifer for me).

Best birds today were a single female Ring Ouzel and two Short-toed Eagles.

At the time of writing I have four very noisy Stone Curlews feeding in my garden - isn't life a bitch? :laugh::twitcy::wink:

Colin

[john robinson]

Colin
My year list is about 40 at the moment -is that bad ???? !!
JohnR

[Colin Key]

Colin
My year list is about 40 at the moment -is that bad ???? !!
JohnR

You are spending far too long in that hide John :ohdear: - I reckon I could do 40 in three hours if I really tried.

Colin :smile:

[john robinson]

Yes but thats through the kitchen window !

[Christian Brinkman]

164 now.
Including 2 stunning Tengmalms Owls, 1 very obliging Short-eared Owl and the first Med gulls of the year (I simply love the call).

[Joe stockwell]

137 now including hen harrier, water pipit, slavonian grebe, white fronted goose, dartford wabler and goldeneye

latest coming from lymington and totton

[andy22]

On 176 now.. went down to the portland area yesterday, got another 7 for the year; Sand martin, House martin, Swallow, Red necked grebe, Great northern diver, Red kite and Surf scoter.

cheers andy

[Joe stockwell]

i would go down there but its a bit of a trip for me as i can only get to weymouth by train so it ends up getting expensive, due to having t add busses but its great to hear that the arial feeders are on their way in

joe

[andy22]

Been in Wales for the last 3 days... 9 added to my year list; Black duck, rose coloured starling,ring billed gull,lesser scaup,boneparts gull, scaup,chough, wheatear and spotted sand. It was quite an eventful 3 days!!!

cheers andy

[Christian Brinkman]

170 currently
Yesterday I added 5 to the list; Tree pipit, Great Northern Diver, Little ringed Plover, Garganey.
The 5th was a lifer for me, the bird is almost extinct in Holland; Black grouse, 5 stunning males and 1 fly-by female.

[Brian S]

Christian

Black Grouse certainly is a good bird. I recently saw 20 in a Cheviot hill field west of Newcastle, excellent. The population in the UK is doing well, with extensive measures taken by conservation groups.

Brian S

[Joe stockwell]

145 now, llittle ringed plover, ruddy duck, grey partridge, goldeneye, goosander, wheatear, white wagtail, lesser spotted woodpecker

[Christian Brinkman]

Christian

Black Grouse certainly is a good bird. I recently saw 20 in a Cheviot hill field west of Newcastle, excellent. The population in the UK is doing well, with extensive measures taken by conservation groups.

Brian S

Holland was once ''crowded'' with Black grouses but the last one seen on a location other than the Sallandse Heuvelrug (where I've seen them) was in the mid 90s. They even occured on a heath some 100meters from my home throughout the 70s.
According to the friend I went with (who saw them before) this was a pretty good day since we saw 3 males displaying quite near and 1 male perched close-by, pitty of the wind though, they were hardly audible because of that.
Picture of the male (http://forum.waarneming.nl/forum/uploads/post-13-1206902581.jpg)

[Joe stockwell]

i remeber a holiday in the alps where all we could here were black grouse, but do you think i saw one!

[David Campbell]

I'm on 125 now. Beddington SF yesterday gave me a boost of 3 with House Martin, Wheatear and Green Sandpiper, though I missed male Black and Common Redstart :( .

[Christian Brinkman]

8 more to add.
Tree pipit, Purple Heron, Red-crested Pochard, Savi's Warbler, Sedge warbler, Bluethroat and the largest group of Velvet Scoter ever in my county :certifiable:

[andy22]

I Added willow warbler, manx shearwater and puffin last sunday down at portland.

[Joe stockwell]

Got 5 more in the last 3 days, mont harrier, osprey, golden plover, cuckoo, corn bunting now makes 150!

[Christian Brinkman]

Added 20 more (bringing me close to the 200, 198).
17 in the last 2 days!
Excluding the 'normal' spring birds like Pied Flycatcher and Wheatear I also added: Grey-headed Wagtail, Montagu's Harrier, Ring Ouzel, Black Kite, Osprey, Gull-billed Tern, Caspian Tern.
All on the migration post Kamperhoek, there was a strong migration of Meadow pipits (over 100.000!) on Sunday, with on one occasion 8300 in 15 minutes!

[andy22]

Added 5 yesterday, BLACK LARK!!, common tern, sedge warbler, ring ouzel, little owl in norfolk/cambridgeshire area. Now im on 203

[Joe stockwell]

152, goshawk and spotted flyctcher

[chris butterworth]

Including trips to NE France- New Years Day Bash, Hungary, Spain and Mallorca my year total is 332. My 'patch' total, on the Wirral is 156 and my garden total is 80. Best birds have to be great Bustard, Spotted Eagle, both Imperial Eagles and Wallcreeper.
Chris

[Colin Key]

...... my garden total is 80. Best birds have to be great Bustard, Spotted Eagle, both Imperial Eagles and Wallcreeper.
Chris

Interesting Chris!!!

Apologies for "naughty" editing of your post :ohdear:

Colin

[Joe stockwell]

and another 1 hobby plus a bar headded goose but i dont think that counts as it was probably an escapee, i hae enclosed a digicoped shot

[Christian Brinkman]

Yeah, passed the 200!
201, with Redstart, Garden warbler and Wood warbler in the last days. (+ a Black kite migrating)

[chris butterworth]

Interesting Chris!!!

Apologies for "naughty" editing of your post :ohdear:

Colin

If they were my garden bitds, Colin, I'd be well on the way to a totally destroyed liver!!!!
Chris:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:

[Colin Key]

If they were my garden bitds, Colin, I'd be well on the way to a totally destroyed liver!!!!
Chris:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:

Maybe the fact that I have Black-winged Kite, Montagu's Harrier, Lesser Kestrel and Great Spotted Cuckoo (to name just a few "posh" ones) on my garden list, as well as having Woodchat Shrike, Fan-tailed Warbler, Crested and Thekla Larks, Quail and Little Owl (again, to name just a few) as garden nesters, has something to do with my liver problems and the rising sales of Islay malt whisky (especially Laphroaig) in Portugal!!!

Colin :laugh::ohdear::beer::err:

[Joe stockwell]

165,

spoonbill, winchat, common, arctic, sandwich, roseate and little terns, sedge warbler, reed warbler, garden warbler, gannet, lesser whitethroat, whitethroat

[Christian Brinkman]

A week of bird migration watching on the famous point of Breskens got me to 230. With even 3 Dutch-Lifers!
Best birds: Wryneck, Serin (5), Black-winged Stilt, Waxwing (in May!), Ortolan bunting, Brittish Yellow Wagtail, Temmincks stint, Tawny pipit (4), Zitting Cisticola (2), Night Heron (2), Bee-eater, Red-footed Falcon and no less then 4 Red-rumped Swallows!
The Dutch-lifers were Red-rumped swallow, Zitting cisticola and Bee-eater.
Amazing days those were..

[Joe stockwell]

5 in the last 3 days, black tern at didcot, and mandarin, ring ouzel and ring necked parakeet on the thames and a hawfinch at longstock
now 170

[chris butterworth]

Nothing new today but did nip down to the other end of the peninsula on Friday for a cracking Whiskered Tern at IMF - aka Inner Marsh Farm. My first for "Wirral":beer: but, sadly not for the year!

[Joe stockwell]

another 3 , curlew sandpiper, common scoter and velvet scoter still a few evading me still haven't had a single owl sp or redstart yet! but hope to change that!

[andy22]

Added 3 yesterday, two lifers!.... THRUSH NIGHTINGALE, EASTERN OLVIACEOUS WARBLER and spotted flycatcher, down at portland, dorset.

cheers andy

[Joe stockwell]

nicw one andy, i was tempted by those two but travelling there is a pig especialy when i would be the only person in my family who would want to see it so i would have to go by train!

[chris butterworth]

Added 2 more to my Wirral list this week with a Red-rumped Swallow on the North Wirral coast on Sunday, then nipped over to Hilbre Island yesterday for their first Bluethroat. Just waiting for a Red-foot now!

[Joe stockwell]

hoorah at last done a tawny owl not one but 2!

[Joe Ray]

Up to a small and insignificant 169 now, after the addition of American Golden Plover at Exminster Marshes on 17th May.
Joe

[Joe stockwell]

thats not insignificant joe i think my whole british year list last year wasnt that much, as i read on you website you had some cracking birds in greece.


Joe

[andy22]

Added yet another (lifer) species to my yearlist, tawny pipit down at rye harbour.

[Joe stockwell]

just added 2 lifers, bearded tit and avocet at tichfield haven

[Christian Brinkman]

A little bit (read: a lot) of twitching got me 5 Dutch lifers and my yearlist to 242.
Lifers were: Scops Owl, Collared Pratincole, Griffon Vulture, American Golden Plover and Lesser Yellowlegs.
Yearlist goodies: Penduline tit, Nightjar, Quail and Baillons crake.

[Joe Ray]

thats not insignificant joe i think my whole british year list last year wasnt that much, as i read on you website you had some cracking birds in greece.


Joe
Cheers Joe, yeah Greece was great, family holiday in a good location.

A couple more added in Cornwall last Sunday.
Spoonbill and Turtle Dove taking me to 173 for the year.

[Joe stockwell]

added another 2 yesterday with a redstart and tree pipit down at the new forest to take me to 184 for the year just cant wait to get down to the alps


taking a boat trip to the needles for puffin, and the other cliff nesters hopefully in july

[Joe Ray]

A couple more easy species added.
174. Marsh Tit
175. Nightjar

[Joe stockwell]

been a while since i added to this post, 200!

[MichaelF]

209 so far for Northumberland, with an additional 4 elsewhere in UK.