Bit of a rarity breakdown of Neil Hayward's Big Year 2013 (From
http://accidentalbigyear2013.blogspot.co.uk/ )
Black - target species for all contenders this year (John, Olaf and Christian)
Grey - recorded by both Olaf and John so far
Blue - recorded by Olaf only (ie target for John)
Orange - recorded by John only (ie target for Olaf)
(Interestingly Neil didn't record Mottled Petrel until October.)
JANUARY
(252 species total) -
Black-headed Gull (3)
Nutting’s Flycatcher (5)
Rufous-capped Warbler (3)
Ruddy Ground-Dove (3)
Brambling (3)
Red-flanked Bluetail (4)
FEBRUARY
(294 species total) - No rarity additions
MARCH
(376 species total) –
Northern Lapwing (4)
Barnacle Goose (4)
Tufted Duck (3)
Fieldfare (4)
Black-tailed Godwit (3)
Thick-billed Vireo (4)
Shiny Cowbird (3)
APRIL
(506 species total) -
Western Spindalis (3)
Clay-colored Thrush (3)
Crimson-collared Grosbeak (4)
White-collared Seedeater (3)
Tropical Parula (3)
Ruff (3)
MAY (
619 species total) –
Five-striped Sparrow (3)
White-eared Hummingbird (3)
Masked Booby (3)
Brown Booby (3)
Black Noddy (3)
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (3)
Little Gull (3)
White-tailed Eagle (4)
Buff-collared Nightjar (3)
JUNE (
653 species total) –
Slaty-backed Gull (3)
Steller's Eider (3)
White Wagtail (3)
Red-billed Tropicbird (3)
Yellow-green Vireo (3)
Flame-colored Tanager (3)
Red-necked Stint (3)
JULY
(698 species total) -
Rufous-necked Wood-Rail (5)
{Budgerigar (3)}
Fork-tailed Flycatcher (3)
Lesser Sand-Plover (3)
Slate-throated Redstart (4)
Black-capped Gnatcatcher (3)
Little Stint (3)
Berylline Hummingbird (3)
AUGUST (
711 species total) -
Plain-capped Starthroat (4)
Blue-footed Booby (4)
Curlew Sandpiper (3)
Trindade / Herald Petrel (3)
Sky Lark (3)
Baikal Teal (4)
Spectacled Eider (3)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (3)
Red-throated Pipit (3)
SEPTEMBER
(720 species total) –
Sinaloa Wren (5)
Flesh-footed Shearwater (3)
Common (Siberian) Stonechat (4)
Common Rosefinch (4)
Gray-streaked Flycatcher (4)
Common Snipe (3)
Olive-backed Pipit (3)
OCTOBER
(729 species total) –
Gray-tailed Tattler (3)
Ross's Gull (3)
Common Redstart (5)
Eyebrowed Thrush (3)
Least Storm-petrel (3)
Craveri's Murrelet (3)
Golden-crowned Warbler (4)
NOVEMBER
(741 species total) -
Amazon Kingfisher (5)
Rose-throated Becard (3)
Streak-backed Oriole (4)
Tundra Bean-goose (3)
Yellow-legged Gull (4)
Pink-footed Goose (4)
Rufous-backed Robin (3)
Dusky Thrush (4)
DECEMBER
(749 species total) -
American Flamingo (3)
Whooper Swan (3)
Little Bunting (4)
La Sagra's Flycatcher (3)
Rustic Bunting (3)
Great Skua (3)
Edit: added the running total to the monthly headings as an aside.