Mabel's '08 List

[Mabel]

Shaky start, but it's only the first week!

01-07 January
1. (Eurasian) Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) (an odd first for the year but there you go)
2. Feral Pigeon (Columba livia domest.)
3. (Common) Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
4. (Western) Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
5. Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
6. (Eurasian) Curlew (Numenius arquata)
7. Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
8. (Common) Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
9. (Common) Blackbird (Turdus merula)
10. Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
11. (European) Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
12. Pied Wagtail (Motallica alba)
13. Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus)
14. Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
15. (Ruddy) Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
16. (Common) Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
17. Brent Goose (Branta bernicla hrota)
18. Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
19. Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
20. Magpie (Pica pica)
{ 21. Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla bernicla) (not too common in Ireland) }
22. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
23. Hooded Crow (Corvus corone cornix)
{ 24. Carrion Crow (Corvus corone corone) (also not common in Ireland) }
25. (Common) Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
26. Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
27. Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
28. Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
29. (Common) Teal (Anas crecca)
30. (Northern) Pintail (Anas acuta)
31. (Common) Redshank (Tringa totanus)
32. Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
33. Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
34. (Eurasian) Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

[Mabel]

08-13 Jan

35. Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus) (rare)
36. Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
37. Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) (very rare)
38. (Northern) Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
39. (European) Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
40. Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
41. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
42. Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
43. Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
44. (European) Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)

[Mabel]

14-21 Jan 08

45. House Sparrow (Passer Domesticus)
46. Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
47. Great Tit (Parus major)
48. (Common) Raven (Corvus corax)
49. (Eurasian) Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
50. Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
51. (European) Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
52. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)

[Mabel]

21-27 Jan 08

53. (Winter) Wren (Troglodytes toglodytes)

[Mabel]

28 Jan - 03 Feb 08

54. (Eurasian) Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
55. (Greater) Scaup (Aythya marila)
56. (Red) Knot (Calidris canutus)
57. Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
58. Hen (or Northern) Harrier (Circus cyaneus) (lifer)
59. Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
60. Twite (Carduelis flavirostris)
61. Slavonian (or Horned) Grebe (Podiceps auritus) (lifer)

[Mabel]

4 - 10 Feb 08
62. Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata)

11 - 17 Feb 08
63. Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
64. Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis) (lifer)
65. (Common) Linnet (Carduelis cannabina)
66. (Eurasian) Siskin (Carduelis spinus)
67. (Common) Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
68. Dunnock (Prunella modularis)

[Mabel]

18-29 Feb 2008
69. Little Gull (Larus minutus) (Lifer)
70. (Common) Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
71. Sanderling (Calidris alba)
72. American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus) (Lifer)

[Mabel]

March 2008
73. (Common) Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
74. American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) (lifer)
75. (Common) Pheasant (Phasianus colchius)
76. Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

[Mabel]

April 2008
77. (Common) Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
78. Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
79. Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
80. (Eurasian/Common) Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
81. (Northern) Gannet (Morus bassanus)
82. (Northern/Common) House Martin (Delichon urbica)
83. Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

[Mabel]

1-14 May 2008

84. (Bank Swallow) Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
85. Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
86. Common Swift (Apus apus)
87. Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
88. Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
89. Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)

[Mabel]

15-25 May 2008

90. Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
91. Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
92. Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)

[Mabel]

1-6 June (in Poland) 2008

93. Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
94. Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia) (lifer)
95. (European)Serin (Serinus serinus)
96. Spotted Flycatchers (Muscicapa striata)
97. (European) Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
98. White Stork (Ciconia ciconia ) (lifer)
99. (Eurasian) Hobby (Falco subbuteo) (lifer)
100. (Common) Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
101. Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
102. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
103. White Wagtail (Motacilla alba )
104. Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) (lifer)
105. Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
106. Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva) (lifer)
107. (Eurasian) Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus) (lifer)
108. Tawney Pipit (Anthus campestris) (lifer)
109. (Western) Capercaille (Tetrao urogallus) (lifer)
110. Great Snipe (Gallinago media) (lifer)
111. Whiskered Tern(Chlidonias hybrida) (lifer)
112. White-winged Tern(Chlidonias leucopterus) (lifer)
113. White-tailed Eagle(Haliaeetus albicilla)
114. Lesser Spotted Eagle(Aquila pomarina) (lifer)
115. Black Redstart(Phoenicurus ochruros) (lifer)
116. Tengmalm's (Boreal) Owl(Aegolius funereus) (lifer)

July-August 2008

117. Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle arcticus)
118. (Northern) Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis )
119. Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris borealis) (lifer)
120. Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
121. Great-crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
122. Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
123. Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
124. Wood Sandpiper(Tringa glareola) (lifer)

[Mabel]

September 2008 (In Hungary)

125. Gadwall (Anas strepera) (lifer)
126. Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) (lifer)
127. (Greater) Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) (lifer)
128. Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
129. (Common) Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchus)
130. Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) (lifer)
131. Marsh Tit (Parus palustris)
132. Sombre Tit (Parus lugubris) (lifer)
133. Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)
134. (Eurasian) Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) (lifer)
135. (Common) Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
136. Cirl Bunting (Emberiza cirlus) (lifer)