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Friday 30th December 2005, 23:00
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So Hows your 2006 Yearlist Going then ?
On your marks, get set........
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Sunday 1st January 2006, 02:39
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Ho Ho Ho
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1. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
2. Olive-backed Sunbird 3. White-rumped Munia Actually, that's Bollocks, couldn't see the difference between a Sparrow and an Eagle this morning:-))))
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Sunday 1st January 2006, 08:07
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Scouser in exile
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Starling.................sad !! Last year my first bird was White-fronted Geese.
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Sunday 1st January 2006, 09:06
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"Starting" the day with a pot of black coffee, behind the window.
1 Eurasian Blackbird 2 Great Tit 3 Eurasian Collared-Dove 4 Eurasian Magpie  |
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Sunday 1st January 2006, 09:08
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number 5 just came on the feeder
5 Eurasian Jackdaw |
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Sunday 1st January 2006, 09:12
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1. Black Headed gull
2. Magpie 3. Woodpigeon 4. Great tit 5. Blue tit 6. feral Pigeon 7.Blackbird 8. Carrion Crow 9. Dunnock 10. Starling 11. Lesser Black Backed gull 12. Greenfinch 13. Robin 14. Mallard hoping to beat last years total of 173 |
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Sunday 1st January 2006, 10:42
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went for some fresh air into the garden
6 Rock/Feral Pigeon 7 Blue Tit 8 European Starling 9 Black-headed Gull 10 Eurasian Tree Sparrow 11 Herring Gull 12 Eurasian Jay 13 Great Spotted Woodpecker 14 Common Wood-Pigeon already beaten by my "birding spousse" by two though : (Wren and Grey Heron)
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Sunday 1st January 2006, 12:57
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On opening the curtains............
House Sparrows Starlings Blackbirds Dunnocks Collared Doves Crows Jackdaws Hoping to go out for a drive so will update later. Rin |
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Sunday 1st January 2006, 13:24
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I know i said i wouldnt do a year list this year, but i couldnt resist it! However this year isnt going to be a mad one like last year; need to save the pennies!
Am on 50 after a 2 hour walk round local area, the best species being Lesser-spotted Woodpecker, Kingfisher and Raven. |
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Sunday 1st January 2006, 14:42
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wibble wibble
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Planned to go for Yank Wigeon and check the possible Lesser Scaup but that had to be shelved for another day.
Went for a local walk instead and bagged a local patch tick, Common Gull. Now on 42 and hoping for Glonk tomorrow which will be a Devon tick. Still watching the garden for one of the two Blackcaps. Typical. They came in everyday except when I need them! B******s!
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Sunday 1st January 2006, 14:55
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Bob the Birder
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Through blurry eyes managed to see
Peregrine Falcon Kestrel Blackredstart Syrian Woodpecker Collared dove Pied Wagtail Starling House Sparrow Goldfinch Great tit Chaffinch Lesser Black backed Gull just from the garden -not capable of walking/driving today |
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Sunday 1st January 2006, 15:31
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1. Ross's Gull - tik.
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Sunday 1st January 2006, 15:36
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wibble wibble
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You got style deboo!
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Sunday 1st January 2006, 15:56
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Well. after the celebrations got home at 4am. Tried to get up a lunchtime but then thought better of it. Finally felt human again by 4pm and went out for a sobering stroll with the dogs to tick off Sparrowhawk and Buzzard as my first two of the year.
Note to myself....... Will not drink tonight and will be up nice and early tomorrow to get a full days birding in!
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Sunday 1st January 2006, 16:26
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Got my list off to a start at 3.30am this morning, while walking home a robin was on a post singing away.
The state of my health prevented me from having the days birding I had planned, but still managed to get to 36 from the house.
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Sunday 1st January 2006, 16:27
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I got off to a great start this year with a Barn Owl; seen 2 minutes after midnight! My list was up to 35 at midday.
Best bird of the morning was a male Violaceous Euphonia that almost came to the fruit feeder in the back yard.
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Sunday 1st January 2006, 16:32
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Merlin
Kestrel Buzzard Little Egret Pintail Lapwing Fieldfare |
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Sunday 1st January 2006, 16:34
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85 without really trying.........
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Sunday 1st January 2006, 16:37
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31. Best of the afternoon, a pair of Peregrines coursing Black Tail Godwits and a pair of Hen Harriers.
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Sunday 1st January 2006, 16:45
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Anyway, that's the first 2006 lifer safely under the belt. Next please! (Maybe Scops if it's for real...) edit: oh, and the yearlist is about 80 - I haven't bothered to decipher the scribbling yet! Last edited by dbradnum : Sunday 1st January 2006 at 16:47. |
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Sunday 1st January 2006, 16:59
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Rain, rain all day meant I was restricted to watching from behind the house windows on and off.....and my sum total today is a measly 16, in the following order:
Great Tit Blue Tit Common Chaffinch Common Blackbird House Sparrow Hedge Accentor Eurasian Siskin Eurasian Nuthatch Eurasian Collared Dove Hawfinch European Greenfinch European Robin European Goldfinch Common Wood Pigeon Eurasian Jackdaw Black-billed Magpie Should do better tomorrow since I'm going to take a walk around my local patch, weather permitting. |
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Sunday 1st January 2006, 17:00
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Whos in favour of extending the Christmas Holidays to allow for future New Year birding for us year listers !!
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Sunday 1st January 2006, 17:08
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Moderator but.......If I say the wrong thing put it down to Senior Moments
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A 1- 2 hour walk through town and along the river a lovely sunny day and the snow is now ice!
I saw: Rook House Sparrow Collared Dove Wood Pigeon Starling Black Headed Gull Fieldfare (just 1) Blackbird Mallard Blue Tit Goosander (1 male 4 female) Robin Crow Greenfinch Chaffinch Herring Gull Common Buzzard Actually I'm more surprised by what I didn't see - Dipper, Wren, Treecreeper and Great and Coal Tits. D
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