First day list of 50 from the house (1 Viewer)

Jane Turner

Well-known member

• Apr 17, 2004

• #1

Its clearly Spring.

Here is today's list in descending order of total count:

Herring Gull, Lesser Black-bcked Gull, White Wagtail (and Pied),Starling, meadow pipit, Little Gull, Ringed Plover, Cormorant, Feral Pigeon, Curlew, Dunlin, Knot, House Sparrow, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Sandwich Tern, Redshank, Wheatear (and prob Greenland), Grey Plover, Shelduck, Black-headed Gull, Oystercatcher, Collared Dove, Great-crested Grebe, Jackdaw, Dunnock, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Blue Tit, Robin, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Red-breasted Merganser, Siskin, Swallow, Gannet, Mute Swan, Wren, Peregrine, Red-throated Diver, Willow Warbler, linnet, Grey Heron
Whimbrel, Tree Pipit, Mediterranean Gull, Black Tern

 

Jasonbirder

Jason-occasional-twitcher

• Apr 17, 2004

• #2

Congrats Jane! A super count for a local patch - let alone your Garden!

 

Andrew Whitehouse

Professor of Listening

Supporter

• Apr 17, 2004

• #3

Hmm Med Gull and Black Tern. Any of your neighbours got houses for sale Jane? Not that I can stretch to it at the moment but hey, I can dream.

 

Jane Turner

Well-known member

• Apr 17, 2004

• #4

I managed 69...no comments thanks.. in early May two years ago - and 75 in October...on a big overhead passage day which coincided with a top drawer seawatch!

 

Andrew

wibble wibble

• Apr 17, 2004

• #5

Not fair, two of us went over 50 miles looking for Black Tern and you get them from your garden!

 

Jane Turner

Well-known member

• Apr 17, 2004

• #6

They're not exactly regular here... 7 or 8 ever, but one WWB Tern too!

 

Edward

Umimmak

• Apr 19, 2004

• #7

Two lifers for me there! Good to hear that Wheatear, White Wagtail and Whimbrel are all on their way. They haven't arrived yet but looks like they're moving through.

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Jane Turner

Well-known member

• Apr 19, 2004

• #8

The White Wags are massing in large numbers - they are def on their way

 

Charles Harper

Régisseur

• Apr 19, 2004

• #9

Felicitations, Jane! (5 years and only 33 species here. Boy am I disgruntled.)

 

Edward

Umimmak

• Apr 19, 2004

• #10

Hi Jane

I got ahead of myself, the first two White Wagtails were seen in Iceland yesterday along witht he first Wheatear! No Whimbrels yet though.

Are Med Gulls present in your area in late May-early June by the way?

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Jane Turner

Well-known member

• Apr 19, 2004

• #11

Sometimes.. but actually we have peaks in April and Aug... with a small number of wintering birds