postcardcv's 2006 photo year list

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When out birding on the 2nd of January my wife set me the challenge of photographing 125 species of birds in the year. I deceided to give it a go, though personally I think I might struggle to get to 100...

I thought I'd keep the list online and here seemed the best place - I'll upload one photo for each species I manage to get - wish me luck.

To get started from the 2nd here are:
1. blue tit
2. chaffinch - new photo from 24th Feb
3. wood pigeon
4. robin - new photo from 26th Feb

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5. jay
6. collared dove
7. blackbird - new photo from 31st Jan

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8. turnstone - new photo from 25th Feb
9. bittern (poor shot - must do better)
10. teal
11. snow bunting - new photo from 25th Feb

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12. dunnock
13. reed bunting
14. black-tailed godwit
15. great tit
16. house sparrow - new photo from 31st Jan

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an exciting (for me) and unexpected addition this morning...

17. bullfinch

it's not the best photo, but was taken in my back garden - we've lived here for four years and this is only the fourth record of bullfinch. Alas the light was terrible so this is shot at ISO1600 and 1/80, so I was glad to get anything. Amazingly as I was taking the shots a second male came into the garden.

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a quick trip to Welney this morning added 5 more - I hope to go back and get some better shots next week.

18. coot
19. moorhen
20. mute swan
21. pochard
22. whooper swan

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another three at Welney on Sunday:

23. pintail - new photo from 8th Feb
24. mallard
25. lapwing - new photo from 27th Jan

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a good day for the list today with another five added (first three around Titchwell, last two on Swaffham duck pond) :

26. corn bunting
27. Egyptian goose
28. oystercatcher
29. black-headed gull
30. common gull

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I had a good trip to Lynford arboretum today, added a few more:

31. Canada goose
32. greylag goose
33. tufted duck
34. little grebe
35. siskin (changed this to a slightly better shot taken on the 20th)

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also at Lynford today...

36. carrion crow
37. long-tailed tit
38. firecrest

I had to wait a couple of hours for the firecrest to show well enough to get shots, but it seems worth it now.

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I had another trip to Lynford today, but failed to see the firecrest, I did however manage to add three more to the list:

39. goldfinch
40. marsh tit
41. treecreeper

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a dull day at Titchwell got me four for the list - had the light been better I'd have got a few more...

42. snipe
43. greenfinch
44. brambling
45. wren

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no birding today, but a great trip to Tesco...

46. grey partridge
47. fieldfare - new photo from 27th Jan
48. kestrel

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a trip to Titchwell today helped me past the fifty mark, still some easy species to get...

49. brent goose
50. great spotted woodpecker
51. pheasant

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not much happening over the last week, but have added three more (though I want better photos of all three):

52. mistle thrush
53. jackdaw - new photo from 14th Feb
54. goldcrest - new photo from 27th Feb

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a few more just before the end of the month:

55. red-brested merganser
56. goosander
57. Bewick's swan
58. lesser scaup
59. tree sparrow

I know that the lesser scaup is a very poor record shot - but it's the first one I've seen and it was the best I could manage...

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added four more yesterday morning at Salthouse

60. wigeon
61. green woodpecker
62. redshank
63. stonechat

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a trip to Welney today added five more...

64. bean goose
65. great crested grebe
66. pied wagtail - new photo from 11th Feb
67. grey heron
68. cormorant

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I spent the last week in Cornwall, officially I wasn't birding but I still managed to add a few to the list...

69. starling
70. rook
71. herring gull
72. shelduck
73. lesser black-backed gull

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and also...

74. great black-backed gull
75. gannet
76. shag
77. fulmar
78. guillemot

the gannet and shag are very poor shots, I did get better ones but the flash card failed on me... I'll change them if I manage to recover the better ones.

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ok I admit it was an excellent non-birding week - also added:

79. rock pipit
80. meadow pipit
81. magpie
82. buzzard
83. raven

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and lastly -

84. little egret
85. long billed dowitcher

the dowitcher was my second lifer of the year, so I was very pleased to get some reasonable shots of it.

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four more today

86. grey plover
87. curlew
88. barn owl (need to get a better one)
89. yellowhammer

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two from the weekend - both at Salthouse

90. ringed plover
91. skylark

I've also updated some earlier species with better shots...

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and some more from today - taken at various sites along the coast

92. red-legged partridge
93. bar-tailed godwit
94. twite
95. pink-footed goose

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got two more this weekend when visiting my in-laws...

96. redwing
97. sanderling

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98. feral pigeon (I know it's a bit dodgy...)
99. hen harrier
100. spotted redshank - raises bat

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three more in the last two weeks...

101. mandarin
102. song thrush
103. avocet

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two more (both poor shots)

104. great grey shrike - poor light and it would not come close this was taken with stacked 1.4x and 2x tc's.
105. crossbill (must do better)

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two more today

106. water rail
107. wheatear

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earlier in the week...

108. bearded tit

...and then today

109. grey wagtail
110. killdeer

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last week I added:

111. chiffchaff
112. coal tit

and two today...

113. blackcap
114. gadwall

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one from the weekend

115. swallow

and four today

116. linnet
117. lesser whitethroat
118. whitethroat (replaced with photo from 10/05/06)
119. sedge warbler

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I had a good day today...

120. ruff
121. common sand (replaced with photo from 13/05/06)
122. yellow wagtail

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and...

123. spotted flycatcher
124. little tern
125. willow warbler

[delia todd]

Well done Posty :clap: :clap: Have a few beers on me B (: B (: B (:

I've enjoyed following this thread, thank you.

Now what :king:

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I've enjoyed following this thread, thank you.

Now what :king:

Thanks... what now - carry on and see how many I can get by the end of the year.

126. sparrowhawk
127. ruddy duck
128. cuckoo

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two more yesterday at Cley -

129. common tern
130. whimbrel

and three today at Titchwell -

131. reed warbler
132. purple heron (poor photo, but it was only on view for a few seconds)
133. little owl

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a few from Minsmere today...

134. hobby
135. swift
136. marsh harrier

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three more in the last week or so

137. little gull
138. sandwich tern
139. little ringed plover

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three shocking record shots, hope to improve all three of them before the end of the year...

140. med gull
141. stone curlew
142. red-backed shrike

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three more from yesterda... with another baby on the way any day now I'm sure the list will slow down a bit for the next couple of months.

143. stock dove
144. turtle dove
145. house martin

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got two more at the weekend...

146. dunlin
147. garganey

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148. spoonbill

digiscoped at quite some distance

and here's another spoonbill shot from Cley this weekend, much closer that the first one.

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149. red-necked phalarope - very distant so a very poor shot
150. green sandpiper

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a few more in the last two weeks...

151. wood sandpiper
152. sand martin
153. eider

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two more...

154 - curlew sandpiper
155 - greenshank

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a couple more waders...

156. purple sandpiper
157. little stint

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finally another for the list...

158. white-rumped sandpiper

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after five waders in a row it's good to be adding something different

159. whiskered tern
160. shorelark

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staying away from waders, here are two dodgy shots from Titchwell a couple of weeks ago:

161. common scoter
162. red-throated diver

and two from Snetts this weekend:

163. scaup
164. little auk

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one from my trip to Cannock Chase this week:

165. willow tit

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one from Snettisham last week -

166. goldeneye

and yesterday in Bedford -

167. great northern diver

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a few more for the list -

168. barnacle goose (not sure how I'd failed to notice this at the time)

and two socking record shots that I had been hoping to improve upon...

169. long-tailed duck
170. pectoral sandpiper

I'm now desperate for one more trip to the coast as I've realised I'm missing some very easy species...

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got one more yesterday, a distant record shot of two...

171. snow goose

then got lucky today with

172. razorbill

and finally managed to get three easy species that I seemed to have overlooked...

173. golden plover
174. knot
175. white-fronted goose