G8INA's 2007 list

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01. Great Tit
02. Blue Tit
03. Dunnock
04. Magpie
05. House Sparrow
06. Tree Sparrow
07. Pheasant (M + 3F)
08. Song Thrush
09. Blackbird
10. Wood Pigeon
11. Long Tailed Tit
12. Robin
13. Greenfinch
14. Goldfinch
15. Herring Gull
16. Greater Spotted Woodpecker
17. Wren
18. Carrion Crow
19. Chaffinch
20. Blackcap
21. Collared Dove
22. Coal Tit
23. Starling

All from home in my back garden. The wheelchair will have its day a bit later when the weather improves a bit !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW2XdbhstT4 : My birds on youtube.

edit : woohoo, 300th post :)

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24. Bullfinch
25. Buzzard

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26. Mute Swan
27. Mallard
28. Canada Goose
29. Tufted Duck
30. Great Crested Grebe
31. Black Headed Gull
32. Coot
33. Moorhen
34. Nuthatch
35. Feral Pigeon / Rock Dove

A brief drive about Telford, by Holmer Lake and some fields/landfills.

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36. Kestrel
37. Jay

Back Garden

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38. Pied Wagtail
Tesco car park :)

39. Green Woodpecker
Garden

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40. Chiffchaff
41. Willow Tit

I'm fairly certain of both of these, and suspect that the Willow Tit has been here for ages, but never recognised as such. The call gave it away today, which tallies with my CDs, and also the absence of the white nape flash of the Coal Tit.

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42. Grey Heron
43. Lapwing
44. Ruddy Duck
45. Little grebe
46. Oystercatcher
47. Jackdaw
48. Pochard

Venus Pools, first proper spotting trip of 07 !

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49. Skylark

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Lagos, Algarve,portugal :

50. Bee Eater
51. White Stork
52. Sardinian Warbler
53. Azure Winged Magpie

Spending the day at Quinta de Rocha on Thursday :) :Lovely people, lovely place.

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more from the Algarve -

54. Cattle Egret
55. Hoopoe (yay - one of my fave Portugal hits)
56. Waxbill (pair)
57. Serins (by the dozen !)
58. Stonechat (pair)
59. Woodchat Shrike
60. Willow Warbler

and that's not even with my trip to A Rocha yet !

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A Rocha, lovely people as usual.

61. Garden Warbler
62. Swallow
63. Red Rumped Swallow (a lifer)

Not as many seen as last year, but season must be a big factor. It was June last time I went. Missed out on a Golden Oriole :(

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64. Little Egret
65. Red Legged Partridge
66. Crested Lark

(isn't it strange how I'm seeing almost an identical set of birds as my last trip to Portugal !! 32 diff birds so far on this trip)

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67. Southern Grey Shrike (only 10 ft away, magnificent !!)

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68. Pied Flycatcher (lifer)

My last full day in the Algarve.

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a few I missed....

69. House Martin
70. Linnet
71. Booted Eagle

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72. Siskin.

What a surprise ! Not seen one for about 2 years :) Just sat there in the hedge singing his head off.

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73. Little Owl (a long way off, but 100% ID :) )
74. Peregrine Falcon (a pair mobbing a buzzard)
75. Wood Warbler (took me ages to spot but patience paid off)
76. Cetti's Warbler (really delighted at this one !!)
77. Grey Wagtail (mistaken for a yellow at first, now edited)

(the above are lifers)

78. Swift
79. Goldcrest (3 seconds is all I got, plenty)
80. Red Kite

Not a brilliant holiday, as we got wet every day....

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81. Sparrowhawk - a nice spot - a juv came down on a greenfinch (??) about 15ft away in the front garden ! The yellow eye gave me the clincher of ID.

It's been a rubbish year for me with poor health and bad weather. Hoping to gte some better times in the 2nd half of 07.

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A great day out at Gib Point, nr Skegness ...

82. Sanderling
83. Grey Plover
84. Wheatear
85. Meadow Pipit
86. Arctic Skua (was chasing ...)
87. Common Tern (and also chasing ...)
88. Sandwich Tern
89. Marsh Harrier
90. Red Necked Phalarope
(above are also lifers)

91. Hobby
92. Dunlin
93. Knot
94. Cormorant
95. Wigeon
96. Curlew

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Venus Pools Shrops -

97. Greenshank
98. Kingfisher

(both lifers)