Pete's 2008 list

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Not a bad count for half way through January, considering I haven't been out far - some glaring omissions so far though (GSW! Sparrowhawk!) although it's nice to have a few easy ones for later!

1. Blue Tit
2. Great Tit
3. Robin
4. Blackbird
5. Black-headed Gull
6. Dunnock
7. Long-tailed Tit
8. Magpie
9. Jackdaw
10. Woodpigeon
11. Coal Tit
12. Wren
13. Mistle Thrush
14. Fieldfare
15. Mallard
16. Goldeneye
17. Coot
18. Moorhen
19. Canada Goose
20. Treecreeper
21. Chaffinch
22. Goldfinch
23. Feral Pigeon
24. Jay
25. Pheasant
26. House Sparrow
27. Starling
28. Carrion Crow
29. Pied Wagtail
30. Mandarin Duck
31. Redwing
32. Golden Plover
33. Lapwing
34. Tufted Duck
35. Gadwall
36. Tree Sparrow
37. Collared Dove
38. Mute Swan
39. Willow Tit
40. Greenfinch
41. Grey Heron
42. Cormorant
43. Wigeon
44. Stock Dove
45. Redshank
46. Common Gull
47. Goosander
48. Dunlin
49. Teal
50. Ruddy Duck
51. Shoveler
52. Siskin
53. Linnet
54. Snipe
55. Bullfinch
56. Song Thrush
57. Kestrel
58. Great Crested Grebe
59. Little Grebe
60. Shelduck
61. Smew
62. Pochard
63. Kingfisher
64. Goldcrest
65. Rook
66. Grey Wagtail

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67. Greylag Goose
68. Bittern

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69. Waxwing
70. Red Grouse
71. Sparrowhawk

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72. Great Spotted Woodpecker
73. Nuthatch

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Not updated this for a while...

74. Meadow Pipit
75. Little Gull
76. Buzzard
77. Herring Gull
78. Kittiwake
79. Great Black-backed Gull
80. Lesser Black-backed Gull
81. Guillemot
82. Gannet
83. Oystercatcher
84. Skylark
85. Yellowhammer
86. Reed Bunting
87. Shag
88. Stonechat
89. Eider
90. Sanderling
91. Tawny Owl
92. Dipper
93. Curlew
94. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
95. Green Woodpecker

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Oh, a good run into the century...

96. Goshawk
97. Peregrine
98. Brambling
99. Raven
100. Crossbill

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101. Chiffchaff

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My god it's going slow at the moment...

102. Little Owl

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Haven't updated this for a while...

103. Willow Warbler
104. Sand Martin
105. House Martin
106. Swallow
107. Ringed Plover
108. Little Ringed Plover
109. Blackcap
110. Wheatear
111. Tree Pipit
112. Swift
113. Common Whitethroat
114. Cuckoo
115. Common Sandpiper
116. Lesser Whitethroat
117. Spotted Flycatcher

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Nothing like a trip to the coast to boost your year list...

118. Arctic Tern
119. Sedge Warbler
120. Grey Partridge
121. Turnstone
122. Rock Pipit
123. Puffin
124. Razorbill
125. Sandwich Tern
126. Little Tern
127. Common Scoter

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Picking 'em up slowly, one by one...

128. Garden Warbler
129. Wood Warbler
130. Redstart

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131. Grasshopper Warbler
132. Ring Ouzel
133. Common Tern
134. Reed Warbler
135. Spoonbill
136. Green Sandpiper

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A bit of a night-shift...

137. Woodcock
138. Nightjar

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139. Ruff
140. Avocet
141. Black-tailed Godwit
142. Spotted Redshank
143. Bearded Tit
144. Barn Owl
145. Marsh Harrier

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146. Pied Flycatcher
147. Greenshank

Roll on September...

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One more...

148. Little Egret (at last!)

A trip to Brid and Flamborough at the weekend, and Spurn in two weeks. That will hopefully get the numbers up!

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149. Knot
150. Pink-footed Goose
151. Fulmar
152. Red-throated Diver
153. Arctic Skua
154. Great Skua
155. Purple Sandpiper
156. Hobby
157. Amur Falcon
158. Black-necked Grebe

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159. Great Grey Shrike
160. Red-backed Shrike
161. Yellow-browed Warbler
162. Whinchat
163. Bar-tailed Godwit

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164. Lesser Redpoll
165. Short-eared Owl
166. Pintail

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It's a long time since I've had anything to add to this!

167. Water Rail
168. Green-winged Teal