dantheman's uk self-found list 2011 (1 Viewer)

[dantheman]

Here we go again ...

Punkbirder rules (mostly) applying. Birds in italics 'found'/seen, but not counted for reasons given ...

01/01/01

Falmouth

1. Robin
2. Tawny Owl (heard only)
3. Carrion Crow
4. Jackdaw

Pendennis, Falmouth

5. Herring Gull
6. Oystercatcher
... Whimbrel -29 days after I last saw one at this location. Drat.
7. Black-headed Gull
8. Blackbird
9. Song Thrush
10. Woodpigeon
11. Magpie
12. Blue Tit
13. Dunnock
14. Chaffinch
15. Shag
16. Cormorant
17. Peregrine Falcon
18. Eider
19. Wigeon
20. Great Black-backed Gull
21. Great Northern Diver
22. Pintail m
23. Knot
24. Gannet
25. Common Buzzard
26. Wren
27. Greenfinch
28. Jay
29. Long-tailed Tit
30. Redwing
31. Great Tit

Falmouth Beach

32. Rock Pipit
33. Pied Wagtail
34. Grey Heron
35. Black Redstart 2+ f type, 1m (higher count)
36. Curlew
37. Goldfinch
38. House Sparrow
39. Collared Dove
40. Little Egret
.... Mediterranean Gull, 3 - up to 4 have been reported along the front here recently
41. Blackcap

Swanpool Beach

.... Goldeneye - been here for a couple of weeks
42. Stonechat
43. Meadow Pipit
44. Lesser Black-backed Gull

Swanpool

45. Tufted Duck
46. Coot
47. Moorhen
48. Mute Swan
49. Little Grebe
50. Mallard
51. Goldcrest
52. Pochard
53. Water Rail (occur regularly here, and reported, but mine was in the woodland to the north)

Falmouth

54. Starling
55. Mistle Thrush
56. Fieldfare

Penryn River

57. Greenshank
58. Redshank
59. Teal
60. Turnstone
61. Great Spotted Woodpecker (h only)

College Reservoir

62. Kingfisher 2 (High count)
63. Bullfinch
64. Gadwall
65. Canada Goose
.... Shoveler 3 birds, first seen 2 days previously
66. Snipe
67. Coal Tit

Argal Reservoir (and fields to the west ...)

68. Common Gull
69. Treecreeper
71. Reed Bunting
71. Skylark

 

[dantheman]

04/01/11

Breage

72. Rook

Marazion

73. Feral Pigeon
74. Bar-tailed Godwit 3
75. Grey Plover 6
.... Sanderling
.... Waxwing
.... Purple Sandpiper
76. Sparrowhawk

Penzance

77. Ringed Plover
78. Dunlin
79. Mediterranean Gull 1ad
80. Razorbill 2
.... Common Scoter

Newlyn

81 . Firecrest

 

[dantheman]

07/01/11

Longdowns, nr Falmouth

82. Lapwing c.20

 

[dantheman]

09/01/11

Falmouth (Pendennis peninsula to Swanpool)

83. Kestrel
84. Whimbrel (3 birds feeding together on the rocks)
85. Chiffchaff (1 at Gyllyngvase)
86. Fulmar (9 on their breeding cliffs)

Twitched the Bewick's Swans at Stithians - nice and a good Cornwall bird