January 1st joint BF effort? (1 Viewer)

Swindon Addick

Registered User

Supporter

• Jan 1, 2014

• #41

Black-cap and greenfinch take the UK total to 45. Meanwhile the top species count on Birdtrack is 69, just by one person. Let's hope he's a BF member...

My trip to the shops produced my 29th species for the day, so that's the end of my contribution to the list. Here's hoping for better weather tomorrow.

 

Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Jan 1, 2014

• #42

From the USA, so far: American Crow, American Robin, House Sparrow.

 

JTweedie

Well-known member

• Jan 1, 2014

• #43

You can add Herring Gull to your list. I've not been out, but just after 15 minutes looking out the window, I've got 9 species so far.

 

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Votadinian

Active member

• Jan 1, 2014

• #44

I managed a total of 36 from a quick look around Glasgow/Ayrshire. To Swindon Addick's list I can offer: Goldfinch, Buzzard, Kestrel, Curlew, Oystercatcher, Linnet, Common Gull, Snipe, Pied Wagtail, Turnstone, Shag, Skylark, Common Goldeneye, Coal Tit, Sparrowhawk, Mistle Thrush and Yellowhammer. Nothing startling, but the Yellowhammers brightened up a rainy day!

 

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Paul Higson

Well-known member

• Jan 1, 2014

• #45

Glossy Ibis, Rock Dove, Hooded Crow, Barnacle Goose, Greylag Goose, G N Diver, Slavonian Grebe,Merlin, Hen Harier, L T Duck and Twite are a few contributions from the Far North.

 

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ClarkWGriswold

Carpe Carpum

Supporter

• Jan 1, 2014

• #46

Ok. Just arrived back and have put dry pants on. What a day!!!

1. Blackbird
2. Song Thrush
3. Redwing
4. Black Headed Gull
5. Herring Gull
6. Common Buzzard
7. Sparrowhawk
8. Rock Pipit
9. Brent Goose
10. Mallard
11. Wigeon
12. Gadwall
13. Eurasian Shoveller
14. Teal
15. Greylag Goose
16. Mute Swan
17. Pochard
18. Great Northern Diver
19. Goldfinch
20. Greenfinch
21. Chaffinch
22. Coal Tit
23. Great Tit
24. Blue Tit
25. Nuthatch
26. Robin
27. House Sparrow
28. Dunnocks
29. Dabchick
30. Cormorant
31. Black Tailed Godwit
32. Goldeneye
33. Curlew
34. Redshank
35. Red Breasted Merganser
36. Oystercatcher
37. Lapwing
38. Grey Heron
39. Little Egret
40. Wood Pigeon
41. Collared Dove
42. Jay
43. Magpie
44. Rook
45. Carrion Crow
46. Jackdaw
47. Wren.
48. Coot
49. Moorhen
50. Tufted Duck
51. Pied Wagtail
52. Shelduck
53. Starling

Not great but it was hard going today.

 

crazyfingers

Well-known member

• Jan 1, 2014

• #47

All pretty normal here. So far in the yard, mainly at the feeder.

Black Capped Chickadee
Goldfinch
Dark eyed Junko
Tufted titmouse
Downy woodpecker
House sparrows galore
White-Throated Sparrow
Carolina Wren
Blue jay
Gray Squirrel

Will probably pick up a few more before the day is out....

 

ovenbird43

Well-known member

• Jan 1, 2014

• #48

Feeder/yard birds so far:

1. House Sparrow
2. House Finch
3. Lesser Goldfinch
4. Anna's Hummingbird
5. Gila Woodpecker

 

Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Jan 1, 2014

• #49

crazyfingers said:

Gray Squirrel

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Ah, the honorary feeder-bird

 

Captain_of_Crunch

YVdpep_re64

• Jan 1, 2014

• #50

Andy Hurley said:

I've been for a short walk and added Common Chaffinch, Grey Heron, Long tailed Tit and Fieldfare to my miserable list. The weather is beautiful here with clear blue skies and 8°C. I can't get out to my local lake till tomorrow, it takes too long and it will be dark before I could walk around it so I will be doing that tomorrow if the weather holds.

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More from Germany:

Went to the Steinhorster Becken (http://goo.gl/maps/B65cF) this afternoon for about two hours and got about 25 species. The area is normally deserted but today there were hundreds of people on the trails around the reserve. Thankfully it didn´t put off the birds. The highlights were:

-White Stork (2)
-Great White Egret (5)
-Ruddy Shelduck (4)
-Egyptian Goose
-Buzzard (1 white-phase)
-Goosander
-Brambling (Single male and female amongst Chaffinches)

Also present: Mute Swan, Mallard, Gadwall, Teal, Tufted Duck, Grey Heron, Greylag & Canada Geese, Little Grebe, Kestrel, Lapwing, Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, Robin, Marsh Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Jay.

A quick walk around a woodland area added Short-toed Treecreeper, Crested Tit, Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker and Yellowhammer.

Mammals: Fallow Deer and Red Squeezel.

 

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chris butterworth

aka The Person Named Above

• Jan 1, 2014

• #51

I'm cold , wet and dying for some alcohol so I'm not inputting my Champagne Ardennes list - again. Here's the link.

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2898735#post2898735

Chris

 

Farnboro John

Well-known member

• Jan 1, 2014

• #52

Just got in having been out since 0500: Selsey - Church Norton - Sidlesham - Chichester GP - Pulborough Brooks RSPB (Reserve centre only) - Sandhurst Sewage Farm - Moor Green Lakes - Tundry Pond - Fleet Pond. I'm knackered, wet and cold.

The birds:

Robin
Coot
Blackbird
Moorhen
Lapwing
Teal
Wigeon
Mallard
Song Thrush
Herring Gull
Black-headed Gull
Brent Goose
Common Gull
Eider
Kittiwake
Gannet
Mediterranean Gull
Red-breasted Merganser
Guillemot
Pintail
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Northern Diver
Red-throated Diver
Carrion Crow
Cormorant
House Sparrow
Starling
Common Scoter
Woodpigeon
Collared Dove
Pheasant
Goldfinch
Wren
Chaffinch
Little Grebe
Oystercatcher
Curlew
Dunnock
Grey Plover
Ringed Plover
Dunlin
Knot
Redshank
Bar-tailed Godwit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Golden Plover
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Crested Grebe
Turnstone
Skylark
(Ruddy Shelduck)
Linnet
Slavonian Grebe
Jay
Shelduck
Shoveler
Tufted Duck
Pochard
Gadwall
Magpie
Rook
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Canada Goose
Jackdaw
Stock Dove
Greenfinch
Coal Tit
Marsh Tit
Feral Pigeon
Nuthatch
Mute Swan
Goldcrest
Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Goosander
Grey Heron
Redwing
Fieldfare
Little Egret
Barnacle Goose
Siskin
Reed Bunting
Lesser Redpoll
Snipe
Greylag Goose

85 plus the Ruddy Shelducks "of unknown origin". A tough but satisfying day out.

Two mammals: Fallow Deer at Pulborough and Grey Squirrel at Moor Green.

John

 

dantheman

Bah humbug

• Jan 1, 2014

• #53

Just got back meself. Bit knackered as I was walking the last 3 hours and forgot to take any food with me. Managed to get a few more for my lists (year, patch, patchwork, footit, this one, it's going to be a nightmare working out what goes on which ones!).

Think I'll start up a combined list in the lists section for the total list first though.

 

Stonefaction

Dundee Birding....(target 150 in 2024).

• Jan 1, 2014

• #54

I managed 47 species in a 12 mile round trip to my patch....

Herring Gull, Blackbird, Black Headed Gull, Blue Tit, Bullfinch, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Coal Tit, Cormorant, Curlew, Fieldfare, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Grey Heron, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Jay, Long Tailed Tit, Mistle Thrush, Mute Swan, Oystercatcher, Pied Wagtail, Pink Footed Goose, Red Breasted Merganser, Redshank, Red Throated Diver, Redwing, Robin, Feral Pigeon, Rock Pipit, Siskin, Sparrowhawk, Starling, Treecreeper, Woodpigeon, Wren, plus Bar Tailed Godwit, Buzzard, Dunlin, Dunnock, Kestrel, Mallard, Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Song Thrush, Teal and Yellowhammer

 

crazyfingers

Well-known member

• Jan 1, 2014

• #55

Microtus said:

Ah, the honorary feeder-bird

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Honorary... hmmm. Not sure what I call him except for being an interesting pain in the neck. I just found the suet that disappeared a few days ago. It's way across the yard under a tree by the road.

 

Swindon Addick

Registered User

Supporter

• Jan 1, 2014

• #56

Stonefaction's additions take team UK up to 112, plus they get us to a crucial milestone: the rest of the team put together no longer have fewer species than Farnboro John on his own!

Revised UK list:

Barnacle Goose
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-headed Gull
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-throated Diver
Blackbird
Black-cap
Blue Tit
Brent Goose
Bullfinch
Buzzard
Canada Goose
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
Coal Tit
Collared Dove
Common Gull
Coot
Cormorant
Curlew
Dunlin
Dunnock
Eider
Fieldfare
Gadwall
Gannet
Glossy Ibis
Goldcrest
Goldeneye
Golden Plover
Goldfinch
Goosander
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Crested Grebe
Great Northern Diver
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Greenfinch
Grey Heron
Greylag Goose
Grey Plover
Grey Wagtail
Guillemot
Hen Harrier
Herring Gull
Hooded Crow
House Sparrow
Jackdaw
Jay
Kestrel
Kittiwake
Knot
Lapwing
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Redpoll
Linnet
Little Egret
Little Grebe
Long-tailed Duck
Long-tailed Tit
Magpie
Mallard
Marsh Tit
Meadow Pipit
Mediterranean Gull
Merlin
Mistle Thrush
Moorhen
Mute Swan
Nuthatch
Oystercatcher
Peregrine
Pheasant
Pied Wagtail
Pink-footed Goose
Pintail
Pochard
Purple Sandpiper
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-crested Pochard
Red-throated Diver
Red Kite
Redshank
Redwing
Reed Bunting
Ringed Plover
Robin
Rock Dove
Rock Pipit
Rook
Scoter
Shag
Shelduck
Shoveler
Siskin
Skylark
Slavonian Grebe
Snipe
Song Thrush
Starling
Stock Dove
Sparrowhawk
Teal
Treecreeper
Tufted Duck
Turnstone
Twite
Whimbrel
Wigeon
Woodpigeon
Wren
Yellowhammer

 

dantheman

Bah humbug

• Jan 1, 2014

• #57

Not gone through my stuff exhaustively for commoner species for the combined uk list, but did manage to connect with Scaup and Bittern earlier in the day, then Black-necked Grebe, Common Scoter, Chiffcahff and Common Sandpiper. Dipped Dipper unfortunately at a known site but the stream was pretty swollen.

Greenshank, later Razorbill and probably finally, the Grey Phalarope that's been around a week or so.

 

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Jon Turner

Well-known member

• Jan 1, 2014

• #58

A truly ghastly drive to Heathrow and on to Hampshire resulted in a year list so far of 22, does this make it the worst year start on record? Most of those were seen on a brief look at Wraysbury gravel pits, where no Parakeets were in evidence. Too wet and windy. It's a long way to go to reach 1,000 for the year if it goes on like this. Farlington tomorrow should help, I hope. Happy New Year to all. Don't think I've got anything to add Dan.

 

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PaulClack

Well-known member

• Jan 1, 2014

• #59

A brief dry spell on an awful day in Cardiff saw two additions from the Bay wetlands - drake lesser scaup still present and Cetti's warbler in the reeds.

Paul

 

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Steve Lister

Senior Birder, ex County Recorder, Garden Moths.

• Jan 1, 2014

• #60

I had a nice male Smew on Swithland reservoir as one of the highlights of a very wet day around Charnwood. Nobody has mentioned it yet. A Shag was a good bird for there but has been seen elsewhere obviously.

Happy New Year to everyone.

Steve