[IanF]

Year List : 2006 Recorded: 125 species Upated: 14th April 2006

Divers ( 1 )
Red-throated Diver

Grebes ( 4 )
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Black-necked Grebe

Cormorants ( 2 )
Cormorant (Great)
Shag (European)

Herons and Egrets ( 2 )
Grey Heron
Little Egret

Swans, Geese and Ducks ( 24 )
Mute Swan
Whooper Swan
Pink-footed Goose
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose
Shelduck (Common)
Wigeon (Eurasian)
Gadwall
Teal (Eurasian)
Pintail (Northern)
Mallard
Shoveler (Northern)
Pochard (Common)
Lesser Scaup
Tufted Duck
Eider (Common)
Common Scoter
Velvet Scoter
Muscovy duck
Goldeneye (Common)
Smew
Red-breasted Merganser
Goosander
Ruddy Duck

Hawks, Vultures and Eagles ( 2 )
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard

Falcons ( 3 )
Kestrel (Common)
Pererine Falcon
Merlin

Partridges, Quails and Pheasants (3)
Pheasant
Grey Partridge
Red-legged Partridge

Grouse (2)
Red Grouse
Black Grouse

Rails ( 2 )
Moorhen (Common)
Coot (Common)

Oystercatchers ( 1 )
Oystercatcher (Eurasian)

Stilts and Avocets ( 1 )
Pied Avocet

Plovers and Lapwings ( 4 )
Lapwing (Northern)
Grey Plover
Golden Plover
Ringed Plover

Sandpipers and Allies ( 13 )
Knot (Red)
Sanderling
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Ruff
Snipe
Woodcock
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Curlew
Redshank (Common)
Common Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone

Gulls ( 3 )
Black-headed Gull
Lesser Black backed Gull
Great Black backed Gull

Auks ( 1 )
Guillemot (Common)

Pigeons ( 3 )
Stock Dove (Pigeon)
Wood Pigeon (Common)
Collared Dove

Owls ( 1 )
Short-eared Owl

Kingfishers ( 1 )
Kingfisher

Woodpeckers ( 1 )
Great Spotted Woodpecker

Larks ( 1 )
Sky Lark

Swallows ( 3 )
Barn Swallow
Sand martin
House Martin

Pipits and Wagtails ( 3 )
Meadow Pipit
Pied Wagtail
Grey Wagtail

Waxwings and Hypocolius ( 1 )
Bohemian Waxwing

Dippers ( 1 )
White-throated Dipper

Wrens ( 1 )
Winter Wren

Accentors ( 1 )
Hedge Accentor

Chats and Thrushes ( 8 )
Robin (European)
Blackbird (Common )
Fieldfare
Song Thrush
Redwing
Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Mistle Thrush

Old World Warblers ( 4 )
Goldcrest
Blackcap
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler

Long-tailed Tits ( 1 )
Long-tailed Tit

Penduline Tits ( 1 )
Penduline Tit

Tits ( 5 )
Marsh Tit
Willow Tit
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit

Nuthatches ( 1 )
Nuthatch

Treecreepers ( 1 )
Treecreeper

Buntings and New World Sparrows ( 2 )
Yellowhammer
Reed Bunting

Finches ( 9 )
Chaffinch
Greenfinch (European)
Goldfinch (European)
Siskin (Eurasian)
Linnet (Common)
Lesser Redpoll
Bullfinch
Brambling
Twite

Sparrows ( 2 )
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow (Eurasian)

Starlings ( 1 )
Starling (Common)

Jays, Crows and Magpies ( 5 )
Magpie (Black-billed)
Rook
Carrion Crow
Jay
Jackdaw

[joannec]

Wow! you don't wste any time. The year is only one week old!

[IanF]

Lol! It's been a slow start to the year if anything. I've only been out a couple of times for a couple of hours and haven't even covered the coastal ponds yet. Hopefully that will be in the next few days.