1st Jan 2004 South-East Cornwall

[Darrell Clegg]

All seen within 15 miles of home between 8.00 - 16.00

Great Northern Diver
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Slavonian Grebe
Northern Gannet
Great Cormorant
European Shag
Little Egret
Grey Heron
Eurasian Spoonbill
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Common Shelduck
Mandarin Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
Common Teal
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Common Pochard
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Common Buzzard
Common Moorhen
Common Coot
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Pied Avocet
Ringed Plover
Purple Sandpiper
Common Snipe
Black-tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Spotted Redshank
Common Redshank
Common Greenshank
Green Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Mediterranean Gull
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Feral Pigeon
Common Wood Pigeon
Common Kingfisher
Meadow Pipit
Rock Pipit
Hannafore Pipit!!!!!!
Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Winter Wren
Dunnock
European Robin
Black Redstart
Stonechat
Common Blackbird
Fieldfare
Song Thrush
Redwing
Blackcap
Common Chiffchaff
Goldcrest
Long-tailed Tit
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Nuthatch
Eurasian Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Eurasian Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Common Raven
Common Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
European Greenfinch
European Goldfinch
Common Linnet


we spent so long with the Hannafore Pipit (again) that we missed easy - silly stuff like Kestrel, Pheasant (though we did see roadkill) Yellowhammer, Mistle Thrush etc. All in all though, a most enjoyable day.

Darrell

[Bluetail]

83½ species! That's damned good going, especially since you spent so long at Hannafore.

Jason

[GreatHornedOwl]

we spent so long with the Hannafore Pipit (again) that we missed easy - silly stuff like Kestrel, Pheasant (though we did see roadkill) Yellowhammer, Mistle Thrush etc. All in all though, a most enjoyable day.


Yellowhammer, is that silly stuff??? Not where I live. I'd kill to see a Yellowhammer, but poachers usually get them before I can have a look at them. Same goes for Goldfinches, Bullfinches etc.

Glad you had a very good birding day.

[Andrew]

You have given me inspiration for a "Bird Race" that I will be doing in Devon next month with a couple of friends. I aim to beat my record of 75 birds. There are a few on your list I could not get really such as the Hannafore Pipit!!!!

[Cuckoo-shrike]

Great stuff Darrell! I wimped out after a couple of hours in that wind today.....
Any Woodlarks up there (you were probably away when my Wintering Woodlarks thread was running)?
Aquila

[Darrell Clegg]

Hi Aquilla - no Woodlarks up here this winter. We did have a few at Rame in the Autumn but they only stayed a week. great to know there are some on the Lizard.

Darrell