January 1st joint Birdforum list (2024 edition) (2 Viewers)

[LittleBitOfBreadNoCheese]

5 Mute Swans flew over my road on the way out, Cormorant flying along canal. Common Gull feeding on the grass. Also Raven flying around.

 

[Owene]

Just had a quick look through the lists, I think Raven and Jay might be new additions from me

 

[peterday]

Many of mine covered by mjh73., apart from these In South Australia this morning.

Australian Ringneck
Australian Spotted Crake
Baillon's Crake
Darter
Dusky Moorhen
Great Cormorant
Little Corella
Little Grassbird
Little Raven
Feral Pigeon
Spotted Turtle-dove
White-browed Babbler
Little Wattlebird

 

[Antik]

From Finland:
Willow it
(Eurasian) Blue tit
Great tit
Greater spotted woodpecker
White-throated dipper

Happy new year!

 

[angusmcoatup]

Sw Turkey

Working this morning and pouring down in the afternoon.

Anyway , excuses over.

Syrian Woodpecker
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Spanish sparrow
Corn Bunting

 

[earthdragon64]

Speyside, Scotland - I think these haven't been mentioned yet, apologies if they have.

Crested Tit
Hooded Crow
Fieldfare
Whooper Swan
Buzzard
Rook
Carrion Crow
Lesser Redpoll
Pheasant
Red-legged Partridge
Dunnock
Waxwing

 

[angusmcoatup]

Sw Turkey

Laughing Dove

 

[Paul Chapman]

Stopped for lunch as the rain started. 66 species on patch so far today. Quality has been Firecrest, Barn Owl, Black-necked Grebe, Purple Sandpiper, Avocet, Gannet & Great White Egret.

I will post a final list later. It may be 66 if the rain doesn't stop.... 😀

All the best

Paul

 

[Paalo]

Bodo, Northern Norway.

White-tailed Eagle
Great Cormorant
European Herring Gull
Great black-backed Gull
Grey Heron
Hooded Crow
Eurasian Magpie
Red-breasted Merganser
Mallard
Great Tit
Eurasian Blue Tit
Willow Tit
Coal Tit
Eurasian Bullfinch
European Greenfinch
Yellowhammer
Common Redpoll

 

[johnallcock]

Happy New Year from Hong Kong!
Here's my 1st Jan list, to add to the totals:
Bay Woodpecker (really pleased to get this as first for the year, calling at down before I even got out of bed!)
Little Egret
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Large-billed Crow
Common Tailorbird
Yellow-bellied Prinia
Chestnut Bulbul
Yellow-browed Warbler
Masked Laughingthrush
Black-collared Starling
Oriental Magpie Robin
Spotted Dove
Greater Coucal
Great Barbet
Japanese Tit
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Dusky Warbler
White-browed Laughingthrush
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Crested Myna
Amur Stonechat
Fork-tailed Sunbird
Scaly-breasted Munia
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
White Wagtail
Olive-backed Pipit
Feral Pigeon
Black-crowned Night Heron
Oriental Turtle Dove
Black Kite
Common Kingfisher
Light-vented Bulbul
Pallas's Warbler
Mountain Tailorbird
Swinhoe's White-eye
Rufous-capped Babbler
Streak-breasted Scimitar-babbler
Chinese Hwamei
Black-throated Laughingthrush
Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush
Rufous-tailed Robin
Siberian Rubythroat
Daurian Redstart
Great Cormorant
Sooty-headed Bulbul
Manchurian Bush Warbler
Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher
Grey Treepie
Asian Stubtail
Grey-backed Thrush
Two-barred Warbler

 

[aeshna5]

Don't see many European duck so far so can't see:

Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
Tufted Duck
Common Pochard
Red-crested Pochard.
Kestrel
Redwing
Long-tailed Tit
European Treecreeper
Goldcrest


My highlight was a flock of 100+ Lesser Redpoll feeding in some birches.

 

[dwallace]

On my south Hampshire patch this morning:

Dark-bellied Brent Goose.

Dave W

 

[Schneppe]

As far as I can see, the bird I encountered today so far in Westphalia/Germany on my patch that are not on the list include:

Northern Goshawk, Eurasion Collared Dove, Goldcrest, Eurasion Treecreeper (singing!) and Hawfinch.

Hapy new year!

-Fabian

 

[aeshna5]

As far as I can see, the bird I encountered today so far in Westphalia/Germany on my patch that are not on the list include:

Northern Goshawk, Eurasion Collared Dove, Goldcrest, Eurasion Treecreeper (singing!) and Hawfinch.

Hapy new year!

-Fabian

Think Goshawk & Hawfinch are new. Others already reported.

 

[Schneppe]

Damn! I knew I didn´t read right!

 

[gerald762]

I think that for mainland Europe I can only add Nuthatch, from SE Sweden. And Tree Sparrow, which I may have missed on someone´s list.

 

[Julie50]

Just got back - was a little harsh about Stanmore Country Park - very enjoyable couple of hours. Of course it's raining again now!

I don't think I can add anything but here is my list:

Woodpigeon
Magpie
Blackbird
Crow
Bullfinch
Chaffinch
Great tit
Goosander
Jay
Buzzard
Wren
Goldcrest
Robin
Blue tit
Long tailed tit
Nuthatch
Black headed gull

 

[ClarkWGriswold]

Not sure if I can add too many to the UK list. Have these been seen?

Greater Scaup
Goldeneye
Great Crested Grebe
Shag
Common Scoter
Black Grouse
Red Grouse
Pintail
Smew
Green-winged Teal
Tree Sparrow
Yellowhammer
Reed Bunting
Slavonian Grebe
Long-tailed Duck

 

[Andy Hurley]

Drive back from HH (Germany):
Common Crane
Great Egret
I think thats all to add

 

[CARERY]

Didn't manage to visit the Baltic shore, therefore some goodies are missing... But happy to be on board again this year! Three hours of local birding had to be it. Here my complete list including some nice fly-overs. Some are perhaps new to the Europe mainland list:

Tundra Bean Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Greylag Goose
Mute Swan
Whooper Swan
Mallard
Goosander
Great Cormorant
Common Buzzard
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Common Moorhen
Common Crane
Black-headed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Feral Pigeon
Wood Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dunnock
European Robin
Blackbird
Fieldfare
Redwing
Short-toed Treecreeper
Eurasian Treecreeper
Goldcrest
Eurasian Wren
Marsh Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Crested Tit
Eurasian Nuthatch
Eurasian Jay
Eurasian Magpie
Western Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Hooded Crow
Northern Raven
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
European Goldfinch
Eurasian Siskin
Eurasian Bullfinch
Hawfinch
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Yellowhammer