[Penny Clarke]

How is your 2009 List Going?

OK this is a little early, but thread now ready for 1st January

Here's to another spectacular year ahead for
ALL BF Members across the world

Best Wishes Penny

[Penny Clarke]

My first bird of the year is Robin.

82 species today, not beating last year's News Year's Day record though of 84 species!

1. Robin
2. Blackbird
3. Carrion Crow
4. Collard Dove
5. Jackdaw
6. Barn Owl
7. Pheasant
8. Pink Footed Geese
9. Wood pigeon
10. Great Spotted Woodpecker
11. Great Tit
12. Hedge Sparrow
13. Common Gull
14. Curlew
15. Goldcrest
16. Blue Tit
17. Chaffinch
18. Jay
19. Coal Tit
20. Magpie
21. Starling
22. Goldfinch
23. Greenfinch
24. House Sparrow
25. Long tailed tit
26. Rook
27. Lapwing
28. Red Legged Partridge
29. Black Headed Gull
30. Linnet
31. Great Black Blacked Gull
32. Song Thrush
33. Oystercatcher
34. Mallard
35. Herring Gull
36. Turnstone
37. Fulmar
38. Brent Goose
39. Great Crested Grebe
40. Mistle Thrush
41. Golden Plover
42. Moorhen
43. Grey Wagtail
44. Fieldfare
45. Redwing
46. Kestrel
47. Wren
48. Wigeon
49. Heron
50. Shoveler
51. Teal
52. Pochard
53. Snipe
54. Reed Bunting
55. Stonechat
56. Bar Tailed Godwit
57. Ruff
58. Redshank
59. Dunlin
60. Sanderling
61. Grey Plover
62. Ringed Plover
63. Little Grebe
64. Tufted Duck
65. Water Rail
66. Coot
67. Marsh Harrier
68. Canada Goose
69. Greylag Goose
70. Shelduck
71. Long Tailed Duck
72. Grey Partridge
73. Little Egret
74. Pintail
75. Avocet
76. Goldeneye
77. Eider
78. Cormorant
79. Red Breasted Mergansers
80. Bearded Tit
81. Woodcock
82. Tawny Owl

[Stewart J.]

Mine was 2 Tawnies hooting as I waited outside for the bells to be our first foot!

Hope you all have a good 2009

Stewart

[Hotspur]

Greylag spooked off the mere in the village by fireworks

[Gill Osborne]

Ooooh I'm in the lead I'll bask in this fame for the brief few seconds that I'll, no doubt, have it
Already been out for a nice walk this morning at first light and it was absolute bliss - no other folks around - just me and the birds

1: Jackdaw
2: Feral Pigeon
3: Wood Pigeon
4: Robin
5: Starling
6: Pheasant
7: Rook
8: Blackbird
9: Mistle Thrush
10: Chaffinch
11: Greenfinch
12: Blue Tit
13: Nuthatch
14: Coal Tit
15: Great Tit
16: Dipper
17: Moorhen
18: House Sparrow
19: Collared Dove
20: Goldfinch

Not a bad start....and I'll be heading out after I've fed hubby and dragged him out for a nice walk

[TwoDipsfromAmsterdam]

And I'm likely to be in the lead for even less time!
09:30 - 12:00 in the Bois de Boulogne (very close to central Paris). Heavily overcast and misty with temperatures hovering around zero. Lakes 90% frozen.

1. Magpie
2. Starling
3. Wood Pigeon
4. Blackbird
5. Blue Tit
6. Chaffinch
7. Greater Spotted Woodpecker
8. Great Tit
9. Wren
10. Robin
11. Jay
12. Short-toed Treecreeper
13. Carrion Crow
14. Goldfinch
15. Marsh Tit
16. Black-headed Gull
17. Pheasant
18. Dunnock
19. Mallard
20. Coot
21. Herring Gull
22. Moorhen
23. Mistle Thrush
24. Nuthatch
25. Goldcrest

In the words of New Labour - things can only get better.

---------

David

[alan_rymer]

First bird out of bedroom window. Wood Pigeon!

1 Black Headed Gull
2 Blackbird
3 Blue Tit
4 Canada Goose
5 Carrion Crow
6 haffinch
7 Dunnock
8 Goldcrest
9 Great Tit
10 Greater Spotted Woodpecker
11 House Sparrow
12 Jackdaw
13 Magpie
14 Moorhen
15 Pheasant
16 Red Kite
17 Robin
18 Siskin
19 Song Thrush
20 Starling
21 Winter Wren
22 Wood Pigeon
23 Cormorant
24 Grey Heron
25 Mallard
25 Water Rail

[AlexC]

1. Black-capped Chickadee
2. American Crow

both out the window

JFK Airport, Istanbul and Greece here I come!

[cnybirder]

Here are my first ones from the feeder:

1. Mourning Dove
2. Red-bellied Woodpecker
3. Downy Woodpecker
4. Blue Jay
5. Black-capped Chickadee
6. White-breasted Nuthatch
7. European Starling
8. Dark-eyed Junco
9. American Goldfinch

Later I will get the rest of the easy ones!

[OK_Scissortail]

WOW nothing slow about bird forum. With sleepy eyes from a late New Years Eve night I see out my windows at 9:15 am:

1. Red Wing Blackbirds
2. Song Sparrow
3. House Sparrow
4. Cardinal
5. Blue Jay
6. Gold Finch
7. Phoebe
8. Red Bellied Woodpecker
9. Chickadee
10. Nuthatch
11. Starling
12. Red Tail Hawk
13. Later this afternoon....3 Bald Eagles..YES!!

About it for this morning but I'm sure lots more will come to the feeders today and I'll see some ducks while going to my husband's Aunt's house for New Years dinner. Hope to get some other birding in after the get together.

[chris w]

Not as good as last year I'm afraid. Some of the better ponds are frozen over at the moment. South Devon 09.00 -13.30hrs
1 Avocet
2 Black headed Gull
3 Black tailed Godwit
4 Blackbird
5 Blue Tit
6 Brambling
7 Bullfinch
8 Canadian Goose
9 Carrion Crow
10 Chaffinch
11 Chiffchaff
12 Collared Dove
13 Cormorant
14 Curlew
15 Dunnock
16 Goldfinch
17 Goosander
18 Great Black Back Gull
19 Great Tit
20 Greenfinch
21 Grey Heron
22 Greylag Goose
23 Herring Gull
24 House Sparrow
25 Jackdaw
26 Jay
27 Lapwing
28 Little Egret
29 Long Tailed Tit
30 Magpie
31 Mallard
32 Merlin
33 Mistle Thrush
34 Moorhen
35 Mute Swan
36 Oystercatchers
37 Pied Wagtail
38 Pintail Duck
39 Red breasted Merganser
40 Redwing
41 Robin
42 Rook
43 Sanderling
44 Shelduck
45 Shoveller Duck
46 Siskin
47 Song Thrush
48 Starling
49 Teal
50 Tree Creeper
51 Tufted Duck
52 Wigeon
53 Wood Pigeon
54 Wren

[MacGee]

In the garden:
..1.Carrion Crow
..2.Rook
..3.Black-headed Gull
..4.Blackbird
..5.Chaffinch
..6.Blue Tit
..7.Coal Tit

Walking to the newsagents:
..8.Jackdaw
..9.Treecreeper
.10.Starling
.11.Mistle Thrush
.12.Collared Dove
.13.Dunnock
.14.Woodpigeon
.15.Common Gull
.16.Pink-footed Goose

Stirling University:
.17.Robin
.18.Mute Swan
.19.Mallard
.20.Coot
.21.Swan Goose
.22.Tufted Duck
.23.Moorhen
.24.Magpie
.25.Heron
.26.Goosander

Dunblane to Ashfield:
.27.Redwing
.28.Fieldfare
.29.Feral Pigeon
.30.Greenfinch
.31.Goldfinch
.32.Dipper

Michael

[Tero]

Well, the first one was a chickadee, one of two species. Found one sharp shinned hawk. Starling and house sparrow did not make an appearance. I did hear the latter.

I moved my bird feeder and cut down a dead bush, a favorite perch. Birds did not come back.

[Pete Mella]

A pretty hungover day with a very long lie-in so all I've managed it...

In garden/from the house
1. Magpie
2. Robin
3. Grey Heron
4. Blackbird
5. Jackdaw
6. Blue Tit
7. Great Tit
8. Woodpigeon
9. Long-tailed Tit
10. Greenfinch
11. Goldfinch
12. Carrion Crow
13. Black-headed Gull

Loxley Valley

14. Wren
15. Kestrel
16. Mallard
17. Coot
18. Moorhen
19. Canada Goose
20. Coal Tit
21. Fieldfare
22. Song Thrush
23. Pheasant

Still plenty of time!

[JRE]

Going for a whopper this year, and already screamed up to, um, 22.

Garden/flyovers, after getting up at 13.45:

1. Pheasant
2. Bullfinch
3. Blue Tit
4. Jackdaw
5. Great Tit
6. Dunnock
7. Chaffinch
8. Robin
9. Wren
10. Carrion Crow
11. Woodpigeon
12. Jay
13. Goldcrest
14. Redwing
15. Raven
16. Rook
17. Coal Tit
18. Fieldfare
19. Herring Gull
20. Long-tailed Tit
21. Siskin
22. Buzzard

Still need House Sparrow, Collared Dove and Starling.

As you can see, this year is clearly going to be huuuuge.

[Gill Osborne]

Eventually managed to get Neil out of the house We'd planned to go to Boulmer but it was absolutely HEAVING with January 1st walkers We then decided to nip up to Budle Bay and then called into Stag Rocks on the way home. I was hoping for a diver or three but dipped out on those....but hey, I've still got 364 days birding to catch up with them

21: Carrion Crow
22: Black-headed Gull
23: Magpie
24: Lapwing
25: Kestrel
26: Herring Gull
27: Coot
28: Oystercatcher
29: Redshank
30: Mute Swan
31: Wigeon
32: Teal
33: Curlew
34: Great Black-backed Gull
35: Mallard
36: Shelduck
37: Eider
38: Long-tailed Duck

Going to pop over to Boulmer tomorrow afternoon after I finish work at 1pm.

[jackied]

In the Garden
1 Blackbird
2 Pheasant
3 Great Tit
4 Robin
5 Blue Tit
6 Greenfinch
7 Chaffinch
8 Coal Tit
9 Bullfinch
10 Fieldfare
11 Goldfinch
12 L T Tit
13 Crow
14 Song Thrush
15 Marsh Tit
16 Woodpigeon

On a walk round the vilage

17 Redwing
18 House Sparrow
19 R L Partridge
20 Jackdaw
21 Treecreeper
22 Raven
23 Dunnock

Plus one of the best views of a Fox I have ever had.

Jackie

[Nightjar61]

Each New Year's Day I try to see more species of birds than I did the previous New Year's Day. Last year, I saw 58 species. This year I set a new personal record of 65.

01. American Crow
02. Dark-eyed Junco
03. White-crowned Sparrow
04. Mourning Dove
05. American Goldfinch
06. Song Sparrow
07. European Starling
08. Red-bellied Woodpecker
09. House Finch
10. Cooper's Hawk
11. Blue Jay
12. Downy Woodpecker
13. Rock Pigeon
14. Red-tailed Hawk
15. Ring-billed Gull
16. Canada Goose
17. Mallard
18. Pied-billed Grebe
19. Northern Cardinal
20. Purple Finch
21. Tufted Titmouse
22. Belted Kingfisher
23. Golden-crowned Kinglet
24. Common Loon
25. Pileated Woodpecker
26. American Robin
27. Carolina Chickadee
28. Northern Flicker
29. Cedar Waxwing
30. Eastern Bluebird
31. White-breasted Nuthatch
32. Turkey Vulture
33. Red-shouldered Hawk
34. American Kestrel
35. House Sparrow
36. Horned Lark
37. American Tree Sparrow
38. Lapland Longspur
39. Bald Eagle
40. Eastern Meadowlark
41. Red-winged Blackbird
42. Northern Shoveler
43. Green-winged Teal
44. Swamp Sparrow
45. American Harrier
46. Northern Pintail
47. Cackling Goose
48. Common Goldeneye
49. Gadwall
50. Wild Turkey
51. Canvasback
52. Redhead
53. Ring-necked Duck
54. Tundra Swan
55. Trumpeter Swan
56. Lesser Scaup
57. American Wigeon
58. Rough-legged Hawk
59. American Black Duck
60. Great Gray Shrike
61. Carolina Wren
62. Great Blue Heron
63. American treecreeper
64. Short-eared Owl
65. Common Grackle

Dave

[chris butterworth]

First bird of the year was a Carrion Crow, then I girded my loins and took of for a 'New Years Day Bash' around NE France. White-tailed Eagle and Common Crane were only to be expected, Taiga and Tundra Bean Goose, Ferruginous Duck, Black-throated Diver, 6 sp. of Woodpecker, Bohemian Waxwing, Short-toed Treecreeper, Crested Lark and a load of Hawfinch were all good birds for a U.K. birder. Finished the day on 125, ending with Hedge Accentor ( and rather chilly "extremities"!).
Chris

[Gashead]

First bird a laughing dove.

1 Jan, Dubai, UAE
1. Little grebe.
2. Great cormorant.
3. Grey heron.
4. Great egret.
5. Little egret.
6. Western reef heron.
7. Cattle egret.
8. Eurasian spoonbill.
9. Common shelduck.
10. Mallard.
11. Nortern pintail.
12. Osprey.
13. Western marsh harrier.
14. Greater spotted eagle.
15. Grey francolin.
16. Black-winged stilt.
17. Greater flamingo.
18. Northern lapwing.
19. Red-wattled lapwing.
20. White-tailed lapwing.
21. Grey plover.
22. Little ringed plover.
23. Common snipe.
24. Green sandpiper.
25. Black-headed gull.
26. Rock dove.
27. Eurasian collared dove.
28. Laughing dove.
29. Indian roller.
30. Hoopoe.
31. Crested lark.
32. Eurasian skylark.
33. Barn swallow.
34. Richard's pipit.
35. Meadow pipit.
36. Water pipit.
37. White wagtail.
38. Yellow wagtail.
39. White-eared bulbul.
40. Red-vented bulbul.
41. Isabeline wheatear.
42. Graceful prinia.
43. Purple sunbird.
44. Brown shrike.
45. Isabeline shrike.
46. Common myna.
47. Rose-coloured starling.
48. Common starling.
49. House sparrow.
50. Streaked weaver.
51. Corn bunting.

2 Jan, Dubai, UAE
52. Indian silverbill.
53. Chiffchaff.
54. Humes leaf warbler. (WP tick)

[TwoDipsfromAmsterdam]

After yesterday's drab weather (and start to the New Year list) today perked up a bit especially once the snow stopped and the sun came out.

Bois de Boulogne (Longchamp) and River Seine

26. Long-tailed Tit
27. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
28. Grey Heron
29. Mute Swan
30. Cormorant
31. Green Woodpecker
32. Kingfisher
33. SongThrush
34. Redwing

Should have mentioned Red Squirrel yesterday - best thing seen all day!

____________________
David

[canadagurl123]

Here's the list so far:
1. Pacific Loon
2. Common Loon
3. Pied billed Grebe
4. Brandt's Cormorant
5. Pelagic Cormorant
6. Double crested Cormorant
7. Great Blue Heron
8. Canada Goose
9. Cacklin goose
10. Trumpeter swan
11. American Wigeon
12. Mallard
13. Green winged teal
14. Ring necked Duck
15. Lesser Scaup
16. Surf Scoter
17. White winged scoter
18. Long tailed duck
19. Bufflehead
20. Common Goldeneye
21. Hooded Merganser
22. Common Merganser
23. Red breasted Merganser
24. Bald Eagle
25. Cooper's Hawk
26. Red tailed Hawk
27. Merlin
28. Peregrine Falcon
29. Black bellied plover
30. Killdeer
31. Black Turnstone
32. Surfbird
33. Sanderling
34. Dunlin
35. Black Oystercatcher
36. Mew Gull
37. Ring billed gull
38. Glaucous winged Gull
39. Rock Pigeon
40. Barred Owl
41. Anna's Hummingbird
42. Downy Woodpecker
43. Northern Flicker
44. Steller's Jay
45. Common Raven
46. North western Crow
47. Chestnut backed Chickadee
48. Bushtit
49. Red breasted Nuthatch
50. Brown creeper
51. Bewick's Wren
52. Winter Wren
53. Marsh Wren
54. Golden crowned Kinglet
55. Ruby crowned Kinglet
56. American Robin
57. Varied Thrush
58. European Starling
59. American Pipit
60. Yellow rumped Warbler
61. Spotted Towhee
62. Savannah Sparrow
63. Fox Sparrow
64. Song Sparrow
65. Lincoln's Sparrow
66. White crowned Sparrrow
67. Golden crowned Sparrow
68. Dark eyed Junco
69. Red winged blackbird
70. Western Meadowlark
71. Brewer's Blackbird
72. Purple Finch
73. House Finch
74. Pine Siskin
75. American Goldfinch
76. House Sparrow

[tittletattler]

Originally Posted by Penny Clarke

How is your 2009 List Going?

OK this is a little early, but thread now ready for 1st January

Here's to another spectacular year ahead for
ALL BF Members across the world

Best Wishes Penny

Hi Penny,

Myself and a team of three other birders managed 137 species on Jan 1st in Kent. I think I've managed one more species since then: Blackcap in my garden. So 138 so far....

Cheers,

Andy.

[Penny Clarke]

Originally Posted by tittletattler

Hi Penny,

Myself and a team of three other birders managed 137 species on Jan 1st in Kent. I think I've managed one more species since then: Blackcap in my garden. So 138 so far....

Cheers,

Andy.

Blimey that was a good score!!!!!!!

[Penny Clarke]

83. Gadwall
84. Green woodpecker
85. Yellowhammer
86. Common Buzzard
87. Egyptian Goose
88. Brambling
89. Hen Harrier