Jort's 2008 UK List

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Nothing too exciting so far this year - mainly birds seen in/from my garden, driving to and from LHR and one drive out to Froyle, Herriard & North Wanborough. The proper birdwatching starts this coming weekend!!

Lifers in orange :)

1. Mute Swan
2. Canada Goose
3. Mallard
4. Tufted Duck
5. Red Legged Partridge
6. Pheasant
7. Cormorant
8. Little Egret
9. Grey Heron
10. Sparrowhawk
11. Buzzard
12. Kestrel
13. Moorhen
14. Coot
15. Lapwing
16. Black Headed Gull
17. Common Tern
18. Feral Pigeon
19. Stock Dove
20. Woodpigeon
21. Collared Dove
22. Ring Necked Parakeet
23. Tawny Owl
24. Green Woodpecker
25. Greater Spotted Woodpecker
26. Skylark
27. Pied Wagtail
28. Wren
29. Dunnock
30. Robin
31. Stonechat
32. Blackbird
33. Song Thrush
34. Redwing
35. Mistle Thrush
36. Goldcrest
37. Long Tailed Tit
38. Blue Tit
39. Great Tit
40. Coal Tit
41. Nuthatch
42. Treecreeper
43. Jay
44. Magpie
45. Jackdaw
46. Rook
47. Carrion Crow
48. Starling
49. House Sparrow
50. Chaffinch
51. Greenfinch
52. Goldfinch
53. Bullfinch
54. Reed Bunting

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Tongham GP, Tices Meadow, Thursley Common, plus stops along the way...

55. Greylag Goose
56. Mandarin Duck
57. Wigeon
58. Gadwall
59. Teal
60. Pochard
61. Little Grebe
62. Great Crested Grebe
63. Snipe
64. Common Gull
65. Lesser Black Backed Gull
66. Herring Gull
67. Kingfisher
68. Woodlark
69. Meadow Pipit
70. Fieldfare
71. Brambling
72. Mealy Redpoll

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73. Barn Owl

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Tices Meadow

74. Little Ringed Plover
75. Wheatear

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Aberdeen

76. Eider
77. Oystercatcher

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Tongham GP - In a hailstorm!!!

78. Sand Martin
79. Swallow
80. Chiffchaff

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Tongham, Tices, Thursley - and others

81. Shelduck
82. Hobby
83. Curlew
84. Arctic Tern
85. Stock Dove
86. Cuckoo
87. Swift
88. House Martin
89. Grey Wagtail
90. Dipper
91. Redstart
92. Sedge Warbler
93. Reed Warbler
94. Whitethroat
95. Dartford Warbler

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96. Red Kite
97. Little Owl

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Great day out in Aberdeenshire - Troup Head, Loch of Strathbeg, Ythan Estuary plus stops en route.

98. Garganey
99. Shoveler
100. Red Breasted Merganser (Finally made 100!!!)
101. Fulmar
102. Gannet
103. Shag
104. Golden Eagle
105. Osprey
106. Kittiwake
107. Great Black Backed Gull
108. Sandwich Tern
109. Guillemot
110. Razorbill
111. Puffin
112. Rock Pipit
113. Tree Sparrow
114. Linnet
115. Twite
116. Corn Bunting

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Fair Isle (also Sumburgh & Lerwick) - so far...

117. Lesser Black Backed Gull
118. Great Skua
119. Black Guillemot
120. Woodcock
121. Jack Snipe
122. Redshank
123. Pectoral Sandpiper
124. Whimbrel
125. Dunlin
126. Turnstone
127. Pink Footed Goose
128. Rock Dove
129. Merlin
130. Peregrine
131. Whooper Swan
132. Hooded Crow
133. Raven
134. Yellow Browed Warbler
135. Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
136. Lesser Whitethroat
137. Grasshopper Warbler
138. Willow Warbler
139. Blackcap
140. Blue Headed Wagtail
141. White's Thrush
142. Bluethroat
143. Little Bunting
144. Lapland Bunting
145. Arctic Redpoll

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Extra day on Fair Isle as too windy to land a plane...

146. Whinchat
147. Common Rosefinch
148. Snow Bunting