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ROWANWOODS

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• Jan 5, 2012

• #1

2012 Year list
Seen Galloway, Scotland unless other reserve or location added to entry in brackets. Aim to beat 81 species within 20 mile radius of home seen 2011.

Been in ill so slow start, usuals and own estuary birds first - to 5 Jan.
1.Herring gull
2.Common gull

3.Jackdaw
4.House sparrow
5.Blackbird
6.Robin
7.Collared dove
8.Blue tit
9.Starling
10.Rook
11.Chaffinch

12.Pheasant
13.Buzzard
14.Curlew

15.Bullfinch

 

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ROWANWOODS

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• Jan 6, 2012

• #2

ROWANWOODS said:

2012 Year list
Seen Galloway, Scotland unless other reserve or location added to entry in brackets. Aim to beat 81 species within 20 mile radius of home seen 2011.

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6 Jan.
16. Crow
17. Wood pigeon
18. Kestrel
19. Great tit
20. Treecreeper
21. Greylag geese

 

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ROWANWOODS

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• Jan 12, 2012

• #3

7 Jan
22. Song thrush
23. Coal tit
24. Sparrowhawk

9 Jan.
23. Black-headed gull
24. Black-backed gull
25. Cormorant
26. Oystercatcher
27. Shelduck
28. Redshank
29. Rock pipit
30. Eider duck
31. Goldeneye

12 Jan
32. Wren
33. Great spotted woodpecker

 

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ROWANWOODS

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• Jan 23, 2012

• #4

23 Jan
34. Heron
35. Scandinavian race blackbird

 

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ROWANWOODS

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• Jan 28, 2012

• #5

to 28 Jan:
36. Raven
37. Mute swan
38. Tufted duck
39. Goosander
(& same Scandinavian race blackbird in garden again)

 

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ROWANWOODS

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• Feb 5, 2012

• #6

TO 6 Feb:
NTS Threave Estate, Galloway:
40. Wigeon
41. Common teal
42. Mallard
43. Little grebe
44. Long-tailed tit

 

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ROWANWOODS

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• Feb 7, 2012

• #7

TO 8 Feb:
45. lapwing
46. pinkfeet geese
47. pochard
48. snipe

 

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ROWANWOODS

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• Feb 17, 2012

• #8

To 13 Feb:
NTS Threave Estate
49. Whooper swan
50. Pintail
51. Shoveler

 

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ROWANWOODS

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• Feb 17, 2012

• #9

to 17 Feb:
52. Red-legged partridge

 

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ROWANWOODS

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• Mar 4, 2012

• #10

to 3 March:
53. Dunlin

 

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ROWANWOODS

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• Mar 10, 2012

• #11

to 10 March:
54.Jay
55.Canada geese

 

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ROWANWOODS

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• Apr 1, 2012

• #12

to 1 April:
56. Chiffchaff (RSPB Ken-Dee Marshes)
57. Willow tit ( " ")
58. Skylark
59. Red kite
60. Stonechat

(Buzzard, common & herring gulls, heron, mallard, shelduck, greylag geese, Whooper swan, starling, rook, crow, Dumfriesshire & greylag geese, buzzard, feral pigeon, herring gull, Cumbria)

 

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ROWANWOODS

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• Apr 6, 2012

• #13

to 6 April:
61.Goldcrest
62. Whimbrel
63. House martin

 

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ROWANWOODS

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• Apr 9, 2012

• #14

64. Little egret (just checked & had omitted somehow, but seen daily on estuary-oops!)

 

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ROWANWOODS

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• Apr 28, 2012

• #15

To 28 April:
65. Swallow
66. Willow warbler
67. Goldfinch
68. Pied flycatcher
69. Great crested grebe
NTS Threave Estate:
70. Osprey
71. Meadow pipit
72. Sand martin
73. Dunnock
74. Tree pipit
(& elsewhere in radius limit - mute swan, mallard, heron, goosander, red kite, skylark, starling, oystercatcher, cormorant, swallow, sand martin, chaffinch, willow warbler, buzzard, raven, gulls)

 

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ROWANWOODS

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• May 3, 2012

• #16

To 3 May:
75. Swift
76. Blackcap
(& elsewhere in radius limit - mute swan, crow, pheasant, starling, oystercatcher, cormorant, swallow, house martin, chaffinch, great tit, song thrush, blackbird, wood pigeon, collared dove,herring gulls)

(Only 5 species now to beat my 81 species target in the radius limit, so looking like am seeing more diversity in 2012 than 2011).

 

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ROWANWOODS

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• May 7, 2012

• #17

To 7 May:
77. Reed warbler
(& elsewhere in radius limit - crow, pheasant, oystercatcher, cormorant, swallow, sand martin, chaffinch, goldfinch, great tit, song thrush, blackbird, wood pigeon, collared dove, jackdaw, herring gulls)

(Only 4 species now to beat my 81 species target in the radius limit).
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ROWANWOODS

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• May 15, 2012

• #18

To 14 May:
78. Barn owl
NTS Threave Estate, Galloway:
79. Sedge warbler
80. Common tern
81. Common sandpiper
RSPB Ken-Dee Marshes, Galloway:
82. Green woodpecker
83. Nuthatch
That's 2011's target of 81 species beaten by mid-May!


(& elsewhere in radius limit - crow, pheasant, oystercatcher, cormorant, swallow, swift, sand martin, house martin, osprey, raven, skylark, chaffinch, goldfinch, great, blue & coal tits, song thrush, blackbird, juv. dunnock, juv. robins, wren, pied wagtail, wood pigeon, collared dove, starling, house sparrow, jackdaw, herring gulls, red kite, willow tit, stonechat, willow warbler, reed warbler, great spotted woodpecker, mallard, mute swan, Canada goose, greylag geese, black-headed gull, curlew, dunlin)

 

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ROWANWOODS

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• Jun 16, 2012

• #19

ROWANWOODS said:

To 16 June:
NTS Threave Estate, Galloway:
84. Reed bunting

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ROWANWOODS

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• Jul 10, 2012

• #20

To 10 July: a bit of a fallow period, with only 1 new species in radius limit seen & very wet for birding
85. Yellowhammer
(Seen within radius limit 16 June-10 July - locally, gulls, oystercatcher, curlew returning to estuary, cormorant, starling, jackdaw, goldfinch, great tit, blackbird, robin, house sparrow, swallow, swift, house martin, sand martin, crow, collared dove, wood pigeon, buzzard, raven, mute swan, mallard,reed bunting
NTS Threave Estate - osprey, marsh harrier, raven, goosander, reed bunting, chiffchaff, pheasant, song thrush, skylark, swallow, swift, sand martin, pied wagtail
Seen outside radius limit - goosander, gulls)