knotsbirder
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Two bogey birds of mine have been around in the last couple of days, and as it happens they are both terns. Both Roseate and Black Tern are birds I am yet to see, being scarce passage birds here. Both have been seen in the last couple of days at the Ythan Estuary. The latter species I am kicking myself by having not seen yet, and along with Black-necked Grebe is my worst bogey bird. The Roseate Tern was seen yesterday whilst the Black Tern was seen today. I am going to be heading down to the ternery tomorrow morning to see if I can locate either of them, will be delighted if I manage to see even just one of them!
Talking of bogey birds, what are people's top 10 bogeys at the moment (if you don't mind being honest) ? Here's my list:
1 - Black Tern
2 - Black-necked Grebe
3 - Capercallie
4 - Willow Tit
5 - Nightingale
6 - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
7 - Roseate Tern
8 - Red-necked Phalarope
9 - Wryneck
10 - Quail
Other birds I feel I should have seen by now include Balearic Shearwater, Storm Petrel, Yellow-legged Gull, Corncrake and Chough. I'm hoping to see Chough when in Islay on my West coast of Scotland trip coming up next week, as well as the possibility of of Storm Petrel and an outside chance of Corncrake. If I am lucky, I could cut down on one of those terns tomorrow. Would anyone care to share their bogey birds? :t:
Joseph
Mine are mostly seabirds:
1) LEO
2) Stormies
3) Bonxies
4) LT Skua
5) Pomarine Skua
6) Balearic Shearwater
7) Roseate Tern
8) Great Grey Shrike
9) Iceland Gull
10) Firecrest
Pleasantly surprised to get back from Waddington and hear about an Western Olivacious Warbler in North Derbys. Will hopefully be able to go for this after school tomorrow.