New Year's Day County Bird Race 2013 (1 Viewer)

Thought this might be quite a useful or/and entertaining thread and unite Birdforum members for the start of the New Year!

Rules: Obvious by my title:-O, but birds seen in one county only on Jan 1st. Oh and please can we try and keep this thread friendly, kind and courteous please – peace to all:t:

Good Luck, enjoy the day and drive carefully!:t:

Penny:girl:

I know some good Suffolk teams are doing this again. I think the record is 130 I wonder what Norfolks is? Personally im staying local again and doing the patch (Jan 1st record 108-Lowestoft area). Good luck to all in the new year.

Cortonbirds said:

I know some good Suffolk teams are doing this again. I think the record is 130 I wonder what Norfolks is? Personally im staying local again and doing the patch (Jan 1st record 108-Lowestoft area). Good luck to all in the new year.

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I got out and about in Suffolk today, although nowhere near the heady hights of 130 I managed 77 species. All the gory details on the blog :t:

Cheers,

Jonny

Norfolk County Bird Race

Full account of the day to be added tomorrow. Took ages to sort my list. I thought I had way over a hundred and then discovered I had written a few things down twice, as you do!

100 Species seen

Robin
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Carrion Crow
Hedgesparrow
Goldcrest
Jackdaw
Rook
Barn Owl
Collared Dove
Common Pheasant
Blue Tit
Pink-footed Goose
Grey-lagged Goose
Coot
Moorhen
Mallard
Stock Dove
Woodpigeon
Little Grebe
Teal
Lapwing
Gadwall
Common Gull
Jay
Kestrel
Red-legged Partridge
Starling
Curlew
Kingfisher
Chaffinch
Tree Sparrow
Yellowhammer
Reed Bunting
Egyptian Goose
Great Tit
Mistle Thrush
House Sparrow
Mute Swan
Grey Partridge
Common Buzzard
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Redwing
Sparrowhawk
Black-headed Gull
Magpie
Cetti's Warbler
Little Egret
Shelduck
Brent Goose
Golden Plover
Shoveler
Pochard
Tufted Duck
Wigeon
Pintail
Avocet
Great Black-backed Gull
Meadow Pipit
Skylark
Pied Wagtail
Spotted Redshank
Black-tailed Godwit
Redshank
Grey Heron
Herring Gull
Sanderling
Oystercatcher
Eider
Turnstone
Dunlin
Knot
Great Crested Grebe
Common Scoter
Red-throated Diver
Cormorant
Guillemot
Golden Eye
Red-breasted Merganser
Grey Plover
Bar-tailed Godwit
Red Kite
Marsh Harrier
Ruff
Long-tailed Tit
Siskin
Red-crested Pochard
Common Redpoll
Brambling
Wren
Water Rail
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Linnet
Rock Dove
Fulmar
Coal Tit
Nuthatch
Golden Pheasant
Canada Goose
Barnacle Goose (dodgy one)

I ended my January 1st Miami-Dade county list with 122 seen/6 heard only... total of 128.

Highlights: six species of waterfowl (Gadwall and American Wigeon being 'best'), White-tailed Kite, Swainson's Hawk, Merlin, 16 species of shorebird (including Wilson's Plover, Western Sandpiper, and American Avocet), five flycatchers (Least and Vermilion Flycatchers, Tropical Kingbird), 16 warbler species (including Black-throated Blue, Magnolia, Wilson's, and Black-throated Green), Yellow-throated Vireo, Hermit Thrush, and Lincoln's Sparrow.

First bird of the year was Eastern Screech-Owl. Last bird of the day was Green Heron...

Carlos

Hi Penny,
Not being one for crowds I don't go anywhere much on new years day, (although I did see Bittern and cranes at Hickling) so I did my big watch on Wednesday. It wasn't well thought out except an idea that Titchwell was going to feature heavily.
(I'd not been to Titchwell for about 2 years, it's those crowds again!) Even without much forethought I reached 80 species including cracking views of 2 Common Buzzard, Bittern and twite, but I'm more fascinated by what I missed.
I couldn't find a song thrush, checked every partridge covey around Courtyard farm and they were all frenchmen, didn't even hear, let alone see a Great spotted woodpecker, and not until it was dark, did I realise that I hadn't seen long tailed tit.
Like you I got Fulmar at Hunston cliffs before going to see father for a well deserved cuppa, and had to add canada goose in the dark.
Still can't believe I didn't see long tailed tits, I had marsh tit, coal tit and nuthatch within 30 seconds of pulling into the carpark at Holt country park.
Lastly I arrived home to my daughter's news that we had had a Song Thrush in the garden, a new tick for the garden and Yes. you guessed it, another bird I missed.