Garden Lists

[LSB]

Hi all..
Im just intereseted in hearing what bird sp's,you have on your garden lists.
well thats if you keep one anyway.....cheers

[Elizabeth Bigg]

Hi all..
Im just intereseted in hearing what bird sp's,you have on your garden lists.
well thats if you keep one anyway.....cheers

What we have at the moment was discussed quite recently - you can see it at:

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=10245&highlight=garden

[Michael Frankis]

Hi LSB,

Mine's 84 including fly-overs (*):
Cormorant *
Grey Heron *
Mute Swan *
Whooper Swan *
Greylag Goose *
Canada Goose *
Mallard *
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel
Merlin *
Peregrine Falcon *
Golden Plover *
Lapwing *
Woodcock *
Whimbrel *
Curlew *
Laughing Gull
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Lesser Black-back Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Herring Gull
Iceland Gull *
Great Black-back Gull *
Rock Dove
Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Tawny Owl
Swift
Alpine Swift *
Kingfisher *
Great Spot Woodp
Sky Lark *
Sand Martin *
Barn Swallow
House Martin *
Meadow Pipit *
Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Waxwing
Wren
Dunnock
Robin
Redstart
Ring Ouzel
Blackbird
Fieldfare
Song Thrush
Redwing
Mistle Thrush
Lesser Whitethroat
Whitethroat
Garden Warbler
Blackcap
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Goldcrest
Spotted Flycatcher
Long-tailed Tit
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Jay
Magpie
Jackdaw
Rook *
Carrion Crow
Hooded Crow *
Starling
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Chaffinch
Brambling
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Siskin
Linnet
Lesser Redpoll
Crossbill *
Bullfinch
Hawfinch
Yellowhammer

Taxonomy follows the Northumberland County Records Committee list (i.e., Yellow-legged Gull treated as a species)

Michael

[Brian Stone]

92 from my house in a small village "commanding spectacular views of the Nene valley". Lived here for 5 years. Not sure how many of these have actually set foot in the garden. Most prized tick is Sandwich Tern - rare anywhere in this area. Latest addition was Kingfisher a few months ago. Need to get out and listen for fly-over geese and waders for new ticks I think, although Reed Bunting might visit feeders yet.

Great Cormorant
Grey Heron
Mute Swan
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose
Shelduck
Eurasian Wigeon
Gadwall
Teal
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Red Kite
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard
Osprey
Kestrel
Merlin
Hobby
Peregrine
Red-legged Partridge
Pheasant
Moorhen
Golden Plover
Lapwing
Snipe
Curlew
Redshank
Mediterranean Gull
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Sandwich Tern
Common Tern
Feral Pigeon
Stock Dove
Woodpigeon
Collared Dove
Turtle Dove
Cuckoo
Little Owl
Tawny Owl
Swift
Kingfisher
Green Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Skylark
Sand Martin
Swallow
House Martin
Meadow Pipit
Yellow Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Pied/White Wagtail
Wren
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Fieldfare
Song Thrush
Redwing
Mistle Thrush
Lesser Whitethroat
Whitethroat
Blackcap
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Goldcrest
Spotted Flycatcher
Long-tailed Tit
Marsh Tit
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Treecreeper
Jay
Magpie
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Brambling
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Siskin
Linnet
Lesser Redpoll
Bullfinch
Yellowhammer

[Jane Turner]

Mine is 184 or 185 depending on your attitude to Yellow-legged Gull. I'm missing Laughing Gull and Hawfinch from Michael's list.

[Michael Frankis]

Mine is 184 or 185 depending on your attitude to Yellow-legged Gull. I'm missing Laughing Gull and Hawfinch from Michael's list.
Got Alpine Swift & Hooded Crow?

[digi-birder]

I definitely need a better garden!

Although, when I looked out of the back bedroom window the other morning, apart from the usual Greenfinches, Goldfinches, House Sparrows, Starlings, Blue Tits, Blackbirds, Collared Doves and Wood Pigeons, I noticed a Grey Heron fly over. Not bad for a built up area - and a first for my garden anyway.

[Jane Turner]

oh and treecreeper...yes and Hoodie. Just intergrades so far.

Alpine Swift....a rather fine one right over the house....and just about every other house in Hoylake

And crossbill. Thats got to be an easy get back

[Jane Turner]

Here are the less usual garden birds seen in/from my garden
Three Divers, Slavonian Grebe, Sooty Shearwater, Balearic Shearwater, Storm Petrel, Leach's Petrel, Brent Goose , Long-tailed Duck, Velvet Scoter, Osprey, Marsh Harrier, White-rumped Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpipier, 4 Skuas, Sabines Gull, Roseate Tern, White-winged BlackTern, Hoopoe, Wryneck, Richard's Pipit, Ring Ouzel, 11 species of Warbler inc. Grasshopper Warbler, yellow-browed Warbler, Firecrest, Raven.

A lot of these are from, though Leach's Petrel, Manxie, Pom Skua have all been in, though in the air, and we have have Grey Plover on the lawn

[Harry Hussey]

Hi all,
Not sure that I'll ever manage anything decent from my poorly situated garden:Whooper Swan,Whimbrel,Fieldfare,3 raptor sp,Long-eared Owl the best(most of these were fly-overs),and an average day sees a couple of House Sparrows,Starlings,1-2 Blackbirds,1 Robin,1-2 Dunnocks,the occasional Wren,maybe a Collared Dove,3 corvid sp,perhaps a good species such as Meadow Pipit.Tits used to be regular(3 sp),now all are rare,as are Greenfinch,Chaffinch and other formerly regular birds.Habitat "destruction" in the local area(i.e.less vegetation in surrounding gardens) may be to blame?
Harry H

[Jane Turner]

I've not had LEO either, though I did have SEO eating a Redshank on the front lawn

[Rufus]

Seen from a suburban garden (inland!) near the edge of a sprawling city of about a million people:

Australian Pelican
Little Pied Cormorant
White-faced Heron
Australian White Ibis
Brown Goshawk
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Australian Kestrel
Brown Falcon
Spotted Dove
Crested Pigeon
Rainbow Lorikeet
Musk Lorikeet
Purple-crowned Lorikeet
Galah
Long-billed corella
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Crimson Rosella
Eastern Rosella
Southern Boobook
Laughing Kookaburra
Rainbow Bee-eater
Welcome Swallow
Black-faced Cuckooshrike
Eurasian Blackbird
Willie-wagtail
Spotted Pardalote
Striated Pardalote
White-plumed Honeyeater
New Holland Honeyeater
Eastern Spinebill
Noisy Miner
Brush Wattlebird
Red Wattlebird
House Sparrow
Common Starling
Australian Magpie-lark
Dusky Wood-swallow
Australian Magpie
Little Raven

[LSB]

thanks for input,i have gone green looking at a few of your lists,so here's mine..(quite close to coast+marden quarry)..
house sparrow
blackbird
song thrush
greenfinch
collared dove
herring gull
common gull
swift
dunnock
starling
ferrel pigeon
carrion crow
jackdaw
robin
cormorant
magpie
sparrowhawk
black headed gull
chaffinch
wood pigeon
rook
blue tit
kittiwake
stock dove
lesser black backed gull
kestrel
mistle thrush
wren
house martin
swallow
pied wagtail
sand martin
grey lag goose
pink footed goose
mute swan
malladrd
coal tit
fieldfare
linnet
grey heron
44 all told...compared to some of you lot im gonna have to watch it a lot more...;op

[LSB]

ooops i forgot greater-black backed gull...45 then

[Jane Turner]

In my previous Merseyside garden I had a list of about 100, the best being a rather fab Pallas's Warbler which took up residence for 4 or so days. On the first day we had 100 or so birders in the house. It remains quite the best bird I ever found while unpacking shopping, though I did manage Alpine Swift and Firecrest while washing up!

[LSB]

BOTHER!!! missed redwing out aswell...46..

[LSB]

nice birds to find jane,can you come up and find some for me please....;op

[Michael Frankis]

Hi LSB,

I think you've missed off Great Tit as well?

And maybe Goldcrest? (if you've had one!!)

Might be easier if you keep the list in Voous order? (that's the order they are in, in most bird books, starting with divers and ending with buntings)

Michael

[Jane Turner]

I plan on doing a big pile of ironing as the tide come in....that Willet is out there somewhere!

Actually I love the North East. Is there a cup of tea involved?

[LSB]

michael...your right i did miss great tit off aswell.....
jane....yes but only if you make it yourself(dont drink the stuff);op

[LSB]

michael..i keep all my lists in order of sightings..apart from this years lists (due to lose of note book arrghhh)