The Barn Owl said:'thread evolution' can be quite interesting.
Yesterday I saw c. 160 Redwings and c. 20 Fieldfares overhead at Brandon (my local patch)The Barn Owl said:Yet to see my first Redwings of the winter
Can't be too long now
There is some 24 hour limit to edit.Blue_Jay said:It's already starting to snow here!
I had to walk to the library to get a bird book and post here in the cold, and my house is pretty far away....^^
*Edit* This is wierd... I can't edit my post on my Canon EOS 400D camera thread... :/
I'm on 175 for 2006 after Gib Point today - 4 ahead of youThe Firecrest said:Hey Sam, I'm on 171 for 2006, level with you. 3 lifers and a year tick at Flamborough, lifers were (all self-found) Purple Sand, Sooty Shear and Pinkfoot. Year tick was Twite. Life 284, Britain 179. Still got Slimbridge to go!
Dang! Oh well, Slimbridge, and loads of different Devon sites... might still have a chance!The Barn Owl said:I'm on 175 for 2006 after Gib Point today - 4 ahead of you
And 196 BOU Brit List, with one lifer today
Lifer - Short-eared Owl, quartering the marsh, and what a stunner. Made my day!
Year ticks - Brent Geese, Pinkfeet and Goosander - saw Goosander earlier in the year several times, but didn't make it on the list for some reason
Also - 3 Red-throated Divers, 4 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Sanderling, far too many Curlew, a female Merlin a few feet away and at eye level, and that was about it
Good day, but a total of 6 hours in a coach with a dodgy seat wasn't amazingly fun!
Cya,
Sam
btw everyone, me and Jyothi enjoy a little friendly competition
oh, and PPS - still got some place in Wales I dare not try and spell, and probably Rutland as well this year
Simon M said:Actually this year East Anglia has been rubbish.... may have been better wandering round random gardens in the West Mids!