Kendons 2006 list

[Darren Pearce]

1 Nuthatch
2 Pheasant
3 Chaffinch
4 Great Tit
6 Great Spotted Woodpecker
7 Goldcrest
8 Marsh Tit
9 Coal Tit
10 Long Tailed Tit
11 Blue Tit
12 Grey Wagtail
13 Kingfisher
14 Gadwall
15 Coot
16 Grey Heron
17 Moorhen
18 Wigeon
19 Mallard
20 Red Crested Pochard
21 Cormorant
22 Pochard
23 Bullfinch
24 Mute Swan
25 Smew
26 Great Crested Grebe
27 Shelduck
28 Black Headed Gull
29 Robin
30 Linnet
31 Buzzard
32 Kestrel
33 Wren
34 Tufted Duck
35 Dunnock
36 Starling
37 Carrion Crow
38 Rook
39 Jackdaw
40 Magpie
41 Dunlin
42 Oystercatcher
43 Curlew
44 Chiffchaff
45 Teal
46 Pied Wagtail
47 Greenfinch
48 Fieldfare
49 Redwing
50 Blackbird
51 Bewicks Swan
52 Jack Snipe
53 Treecreeper
54 Yellowhammer
55 Black necked Grebe
56 Great Northern Diver
57 Goldeneye
58 Collared Dove
59 Woodpigeon
60 Sparrowhawk
61 Canada Goose
62 House Sparrow
63 Redshank
64 Reed Bunting
65 Lapwing
66 Goldfinch
67 Song Thrush
68 Herring Gull
69 Stonechat
70 Red Legged Partridge
71 Mistle Thrush
72 Skylark
73 Feral Pigeon
74 Hawfinch

[Darren Pearce]

75 Ring necked Parakeet
76 Rock Pipit
77 Shoveler
78 Ring necked Duck

[Darren Pearce]

A Trip to Weymouth Radipole Lake/Portland Harbour/Portland Bill resulted in

79 Little Grebe
80 Lesser Black Backed Gull
81 Spoonbill
82 Little Egret
83 Great Black Backed Gull
84 Ruddy Duck
85 Bearded Tit
86 Snipe
87 Raven
88 Red Breasted Merganser
89 Ringed Plover
90 Mediterranean Gull
91 Purple Sandpiper
92 Shag
93 Black Tailed Godwit
94 Turnstone
95 Grey Plover

[Darren Pearce]

96 Brent Goose
97 Mandarin Duck

[Darren Pearce]

98 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
99 Barnacle Goose
100 Pintail
101 Black Redstart :t:
102 White Fronted Goose

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A work trip to Milton Keynes and then onto Manchester added

103 Goosander
104 Waxwing :t:

[Darren Pearce]

A weeks holiday in Tenerife (family not birding) added

From Golf del Sur golf course

105 Hoopoe
106 Whimbrel
107 Turtle Dove
108 Bertholot's Pipit
109 Spanish Sparrow
110 Blackcap
111 Canary Islands Chiffchaff (is this a seperate species ?)

From Las Lajas Picnic area

112 Canary
113 Blue Chaffinch

From El Medano reserve

114 Yellow Legged Gull
115 Great Grey Shrike
116 Kentish Plover
117 Plain Swift

In the mountains

118 Barbary Partridge

Back home

119 Barn Owl
120 Green Woodpecker
121 Dipper
122 Goshawk
123 Short Eared Owl
124 Meadow Pipit

[Darren Pearce]

An early morning trip with the kids to Berrow near Weston Super Mare for the White Stork was successful. Then we went onto Frome hoping to see the Bonapartes Gull but it did'nt show. There is only a certain amount of time that 2 young children would stare at a seemingly empty pool so we had to go home. As a consolation there was a stunning drake Garganey and 2 Lesser Redpolls

125 White Stork
126 Garganey
127 Lesser Redpoll

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128 Willow Warbler
129 Cattle Egret

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3 more from a family weekend in Bude.

130 Swallow
131 Northern Wheatear
132 Fulmar

[Darren Pearce]

One more to add

133 Little Ringed Plover

[Darren Pearce]

some more to add

134 Ring Ouzel
135 Red Necked Grebe
136 Stock Dove
137 Common Sandpiper
138 Housemartin
139 Merlin

[Darren Pearce]

One more

140 Common Whitethroat

[Darren Pearce]

A couple more from Slimbridge over the weekend

141 Sedge Warbler
142 Sand Martin

[Darren Pearce]

A weekend away in Oxfordshire,produced the following mainly from Otmoor RSPB reserve

143 Cuckoo
144 Grasshopper Warbler
145 Red Kite
146 Reed Warbler
147 Hobby
148 Jay

Back at Slimbridge

149 Greylag Goose

Also saw the apparent Redhead which I will not include until confirmed, Though it is looking less likely now

[Darren Pearce]

150 Common Gull
151 Common Swift

Redhead now confirmed as hybrid

[Darren Pearce]

An oportunistic dash to the Peregrine viewpoint on Bristol Downs while supporting my partner in "The Race for Life" proved successful.

152 Peregrine Falcon

[Darren Pearce]

A washed out weekend provided one more

153 Corn Bunting

[Darren Pearce]

A family weekend away in Weymouth with a few early mornings added the following

Radipole Lake

154 Cetti's Warbler

Seawatching from Portland Bill

155 European Storm Petrel
156 Razorbill
157 Guillemot
158 Manx Shearwater
159 Kittiwake
160 Puffin
161 Gannet

Ferry Bridge added

162 Little Tern
163 Sanderling

And Lodmoor produced

164 Common Tern

And at the rusty crane at Southwell

165 Woodchat Shrike

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A morning at Nagshead RSPB added the following

166 Wood Warbler
167 Redstart
168 Pied Flycatcher
169 Spotted Flycatcher

[Darren Pearce]

One more to add

170 Curlew Sandpiper

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At the second attempt after foolishly leaving at 10.30 on Wednesday

171 Scops Owl

[Darren Pearce]

One more to add from Slimbridge yesterday

172 Green Sandpiper

Back locally

173 Little Owl

[Darren Pearce]

At Slimbridge today bagged another 2

174 Wood Sandpiper
175 Greenshank

[Darren Pearce]

One more today

176 Garden Warbler

[Darren Pearce]

One more in my lunch hour

177 Lesser Whitethroat

[Darren Pearce]

One more from Newport Wetlands

178 Avocet

[Darren Pearce]

A cracking day back at Slimbridge added the following

179 Water Rail
180 Spotted Redshank
181 Ruff
182 Scaup

[Darren Pearce]

A week in North Norfolk added the following

183 Sandwich Tern
184 Artic Skua
185 Common Scoter
186 Egyptian Goose
187 Grey Partridge
188 Montagu's Harrier
189 Marsh Harrier
190 Honey Buzzard
191 Bar Tailed Godwit

[Darren Pearce]

A few more additions from 5 days in Poole

From Arne RSPB

192 Dartford Warbler

From Portland Bird Ob

193 Wryneck

And from Brownsea Island

194 Stilt Sandpiper

[Darren Pearce]

One more to add

195 Night Heron

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One more in the bag before work

196 Whinchat

[Darren Pearce]

A trip to Severn Beach after work added one more

197 Little Stint

[Darren Pearce]

One more today from Slimbridge

198 Pectoral Sandpiper

[Darren Pearce]

Slimbridge delivers again

199 Buff Breasted Sandpiper
200 Semipalmated Sandpiper

One more from Cotswold Water Park

201 Black Tern

[Darren Pearce]

A weekend in Dorset dipping the Rose Coloured Starling, but on the way home with a slight detour made the Somerset Lesser Yellowlegs

202 Lesser Yellowlegs

[Darren Pearce]

Went to Suffolk to see the Red Flanked Bluetail. Well worth the journey. Also a Shorelark only 20 minutes further up the road.

203 Red Flanked Bluetail
204 Shore Lark

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A quick early morning dash to Sand Point near Weston Super Mare added one more

205 Yellow Browed Warbler

[Darren Pearce]

One more from Slimbridge over the weekend

206 Tundra Bean Goose

[Darren Pearce]

Yesterday was spent in Dawlish with about 1000 other birders

207 Long Billed Murrelet
208 Red Throated Diver

[Darren Pearce]

Plugged an embarrassing hole in the year list yesterday by seeing Golden Plover at Slimbridge but missed out on Green Winged Teal by about 3 seconds. It was refound in the afternoon but I had gone.

209 Golden Plover

[Darren Pearce]

A dash to Severn Beach in my lunch hour (2 hours oops) allowed me to catch up with the Leach's Petrels currently in the estuary

210 Leach's Petrel

[Darren Pearce]

One more today with an obliging Bonxie that was bullying Great Crested Grebe and Goldeneye on a local reservoir

211 Great Skua