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I have noticed that Ian F and a few others have done threads on there year birds so far so I thought I would join in.

So far, as at todays date (25/03/05) i have seen 168 species and following is the list of them. I will update the list as I add new birds.

Divers 2
Red-throated Diver
Great Northern Diver

Grebes 4
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Slavonian Grebe

Petrels and Shearwaters 1
Fulmar (Northern)

Cormorants 2
Cormorant (Great)
Shag (European)

Herons and Egrets 2
Little Egret
Grey Heron

Ibises and Spoonbills 1
Spoonbill (Eurasian)

Swans, Geese and Ducks 36
Black Brant
Black Scoter
Mute Swan
Bewick Swan
Whooper Swan
Bean Goose
Pink-footed Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose
Brent Goose
Egyptian Goose
Shelduck (Common)
Mandarin Duck
Wigeon (Eurasian)
Gadwall
Teal (Eurasian)
Mallard
Pintail (Northern)
Shoveler (Northern)
Red-crested Pochard
Pochard (Common)
Ring-necked Duck
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Eider (Common)
Long-tailed Duck
Common Scoter
Velvet Scoter
Goldeneye (Common)
Smew
Red-breasted Merganser
Goosander
Ruddy Duck

Hawks, Vultures and Eagles 7
Red Kite
White-tailed Eagle
Marsh Harrier (Eurasian)
Hen Harrier
Goshawk (Northern)
Sparrowhawk (Eurasian)
Buzzard (Common)

Falcons 3
Kestrel (Common)
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon

Partridges, Quails and Pheasants 3
Red-legged Partridge
Grey Partridge
Pheasant (Common)

Grouse 1
Black Grouse

Cranes 1
Crane (Common)

Rails 3
Water Rail
Moorhen (Common)
Coot (Common)

Oystercatchers 1
Oystercatcher (Eurasian)

Stilts and Avocets 2

Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet

Plovers and Lapwings 4
Ringed Plover
Golden Plover (European)
Grey Plover
Lapwing (Northern)

Sandpipers and Allies 13
Knot (Red)
Sanderling
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Snipe (Common)
Woodcock (Eurasian)
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Curlew (Eurasian)
Spotted Redshank
Redshank (Common)
Lesser Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone

Gulls 7
Mediterranean Gull
Little Gull
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull (Mew)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull

Auks 1
Razorbill

Pigeons 4
Rock Pigeon
Stock Dove (Pigeon)
Wood Pigeon (Common)
Collared Dove (Eurasian)

Owls 3
Barn Owl
Little Owl
Short-eared Owl

Kingfishers 1
Kingfisher (Common)

Woodpeckers 2
Green Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker

Larks 2
Sky Lark
Shore Lark

Pipits and Wagtails 5
Richard’s Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Water Pipit
Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail (White)

Shrikes 1
Great Grey Shrike

Waxwings and Hypocolius 1
Bohemian Waxwing

Dippers 1
Dipper

Wrens 1
Wren

Accentors 1
Dunnock

Chats and Thrushes 8
Robin (European)
Black Redstart
Stonechat
Blackbird (Common )
Fieldfare
Song Thrush
Redwing
Mistle Thrush

Old World Warblers 8
Cetti’s Warbler
Blackcap
Pallas’s Leaf Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Chiffchaff (Common)
Siberian Chiffchaff
Goldcrest
Firecrest

Long-tailed Tits 1
Long-tailed Tit

Tits 5
Marsh Tit
Willow Tit
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit

Nuthatches 1
Nuthatch (Wood)

Treecreepers 1
Treecreeper (Eurasian)

Buntings and New World Sparrows 6
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Pine Bunting
Yellowhammer
Reed Bunting
Corn Bunting

Finches 13
Chaffinch
Brambling
Greenfinch (European)
Goldfinch (European)
Siskin (Eurasian)
Linnet (Common)
Twite
Lesser Redpoll
Mealy Redpoll
Arctic Redpoll
Crossbill (Common)
Bullfinch (Common)
Hawfinch

Sparrows 2
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow (Eurasian)

Starlings 1
Starling (Common)

Jays, Crows and Magpies 6
Jay (Eurasian)
Magpie (Black-billed)
Jackdaw (Eurasian)
Rook
Carrion Crow
Raven (Common)

[Reader]

Additions on 03/04/05

Stone Curlew at Weeting Heath & one other site
Woodlark at Weeting Heath
Swallow at Lakenheath
Willow Warbler at Lackford Lakes.

That puts me onto 172 for the year.

[Reader]

I thought that I had better update my list now I have my data base up and running again. I can thank Jeff for that as he had kept my data base of birds that I had sent him. If he hadn't kept them my complete records, from when I started birding, of my sightings would have been lost through the burglary.

Divers 3

Red-throated Diver
Black-throated Diver
Great Northern Diver

Grebes 5

Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Slavonian Grebe
Black-necked Grebe

Petrels and Shearwaters 2

Fulmar (Northern)
Manx Shearwater

Gannets and Boobies 1

Gannet (Northern)

Cormorants 2

Cormorant (Great)
Shag (European)

Herons and Egrets 3

Bittern (Great)
Little Egret
Grey Heron

Storks 1

White Stork

Ibises and Spoonbills 1

Spoonbill (Eurasian)

Swans, Geese and Ducks 37

Black Brant
Black Scoter
Mute Swan
Tundra Swan
Whooper Swan
Bean Goose
Pink-footed Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose
Brent Goose
Egyptian Goose
Shelduck (Common)
Mandarin Duck
Wigeon (Eurasian)
Gadwall
Teal (Eurasian)
Mallard
Pintail (Northern)
Garganey
Shoveler (Northern)
Red-crested Pochard
Pochard (Common)
Ring-necked Duck
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Eider (Common)
Long-tailed Duck
Common Scoter
Velvet Scoter
Goldeneye (Common)
Smew
Red-breasted Merganser
Goosander
Ruddy Duck

Osprey 1

Osprey

Hawks, Vultures and Eagles 9

Honey-buzzard (European)
Red Kite
White-tailed Eagle
Marsh Harrier (Eurasian)
Hen Harrier
Goshawk (Northern)
Sparrowhawk (Eurasian)
Buzzard (Common)
Golden Eagle

Falcons 4

Kestrel (Common)
Merlin
Hobby (Eurasian)
Peregrine Falcon

Partridges, Quails and Pheasants 4

Red-legged Partridge
Grey Partridge
Pheasant (Common)
Golden Pheasant

Grouse 4

Red Grouse
Ptarmigan
Black Grouse
Capercaillie

Cranes 1

Crane (Common)

Rails 3

Water Rail
Moorhen (Common)
Coot (Common)

Oystercatchers 1

Oystercatcher (Eurasian)

Stilts and Avocets 2

Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet

Stone Curlews and Thick-knees 1

Stone-curlew

Plovers and Lapwings 5

Little Ringed Plover
Ringed Plover
Golden Plover (European)
Grey Plover
Lapwing (Northern)

Sandpipers and Allies 18

Knot (Red)
Sanderling
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Snipe (Common)
Woodcock (Eurasian)
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Curlew (Eurasian)
Spotted Redshank
Redshank (Common)
Greenshank (Common)
Lesser Yellowlegs
Green Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone

Skuas 1

Great Skua

Gulls 8

Mediterranean Gull
Little Gull
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull (Mew)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Kittiwake

Terns 4

Sandwich Tern
Common Tern
Little Tern
Black Tern

Auks 4

Guillemot (Common)
Razorbill
Black Guillemot
Puffin

Pigeons 6

Feral Pigeon
Rock Dove
Stock Dove (Pigeon)
Wood Pigeon (Common)
Collared Dove (Eurasian)
Turtle Dove (European)

Cuckoos 1

Cuckoo (Common)

Owls 4

Barn Owl
Little Owl
Tawny Owl
Short-eared Owl

Nightjars 1

Nightjar (European)

Swifts 1

Swift (Common)

Kingfishers 1

Kingfisher (Common)

Woodpeckers 2

Green Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker

Larks 3

Wood Lark
Sky Lark
Horned Lark

Swallows 3

Sand Martin
Swallow
House Martin

Pipits and Wagtails 7

Richard’s Pipit
Tree Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Rock Pipit
Water Pipit
Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail (White)

Shrikes 1

Great Grey Shrike

Waxwings and Hypocolius 1

Bohemian Waxwing

Dippers 1

Dipper

Wrens 1
Winter Wren

Accentors 1

Hedge Accentor

Chats and Thrushes 12

Robin (European)
Nightingale (Common)
Black Redstart
Redstart (Common)
Stonechat
Wheatear (Northern)
Ring Ouzel
Blackbird (Common )
Fieldfare
Song Thrush
Redwing
Mistle Thrush

Old World Warblers 15

Siberian Chiffchaff
Cetti’s Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Reed Warbler (Eurasian)
Great Reed Warbler
Dartford Warbler
Whitethroat (Common)
Garden Warbler
Blackcap
Pallas’s Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Chiffchaff (Common)
Willow Warbler
Goldcrest
Firecrest

Old World Flycatchers 1

Pied Flycatcher

Long-tailed Tits 1

Long-tailed Tit

Tits 6

Marsh Tit
Willow Tit
Crested Tit
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit

Nuthatches 1

Nuthatch (Wood)

Treecreepers 1

Treecreeper (Eurasian)

Buntings and New World Sparrows 6

Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Pine Bunting
Yellowhammer
Reed Bunting
Corn Bunting

Finches 15

Chaffinch
Brambling
Greenfinch (European)
Goldfinch (European)
Siskin (Eurasian)
Linnet (Common)
Twite
Lesser Redpoll
Mealy Redpoll
Arctic Redpoll
Crossbill (Common)
Scottish Crossbill
Trumpeter Finch
Bullfinch (Common)
Hawfinch

Sparrows 2

House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow (Eurasian)

Starlings 1

Starling (Common)

Jays, Crows and Magpies 7

Jay (Eurasian)
Magpie (Black-billed)
Jackdaw (Eurasian)
Rook
Carrion Crow
Hooded Crow
Raven (Common)

[Reader]

Added two more today

228. Spotted Sandpiper
229. Spotted Flycatcher

[Reader]

Two More with the oop north bash.

230. Rose Couloured Starling.
231. Pom Skua

[Reader]

5 more after a day out in Norfolk / Suffolk

232. Grasshopper warbler
233. Bearded Tit
234. Red Footed Falcon
235. Montague's Harrier
236. Quail

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Somewhere along the way I have miscounted on my list. It should have been 238 on the last record. Anyway 4 to add from the weekend.

239. Arctic Skua
240. Arctic Tern
241. Roseate Tern
242. Chough

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243. Sooty Tern
244. Storm Petrels

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245. Bee-eater

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246. Yellow Legged Gull
247. Yellow Wagtail
248. Lesser Whitethroat

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249. Curlew Sandpiper
250. Pectoral Sandpiper
251. Ruff
252. Ruddy Shelduck

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253. Kentish Plover (First for Britain)
254. Wryneck
255. Spotted Crake

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256. Red backed Shrike
257. Whinchat
258. Little Stint

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259. Little Crake (lifer)
260. Hoopoe

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261. Leache's Petrel

I forgot to add the new ticks I had in Lithuania:

Lesser Spotted Eagle (Lifer)
Nutcracker (Lifer)
Black Woodpecker (Lifer)
Middle Spotted Woodpecker (year)
Wood Sandpiper (year)
Golden Oriole (year)
Marsh Warbler (year)
Caspian Tern (year)
Black Stork (year)
Thrush Nightingale (year)
Bluethroat (year)
Serin (year)
Hoopoe (year)

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262. Baird's Sandpiper (Lifer)
263. Red necked Phalarope
264. Temminks Stint

Only 13 more for my best ever year total.

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After a week in Cornwall (and 4 hours on St Mary's, Isle's of Scillies) my list has gone up a bit.

265. Great White Egret
266. Long Billed Dowitcher
267. Grey Phalarope
268. Upland Sandpiper
269. Sora
270. Jack Snipe
271. Blackpoll Warbler (Lifer)
272. Yellow Browed Warbler
273. Cirl Bunting
274. Squacco Heron.

Also saw a Siberian Stonechat at Porthgwarra

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275. White rumped Sandpiper

One more to go to equal my best ever total.

[Reader]

New year record acheived at last.

276. American Golden Plover
277. Green winged Teal

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278. Grey-cheeked Thrush (Lifer)
279. White-headed Duck

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After a 4 hour wait & search I finally got the Green Heron.

280. Green Heron

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Thanks to redeyedvideo (dave) i managed to see my very first Caspian Gull. It's a shame It didn't stay around long enough to study it more but I managed at least one half decent shot of it

281. Caspian Gull
282. American Wigeon

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Tried, and failed for the Reading Laughing Gull but had to go for the Sociable Plover. major tick that one.

283. Sociable Plover

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My 20th lifer of the year came at Porthmadog, Gwynedd in the shape of a laughing Gull.

284. Laughing Gull