Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread (2 Viewers)

[Colin Conroy]

Oh and I forgot to mention - even though it's not on the Green list - my wife and I both saw the B;lack-browed Albatross on our way to our holiday destination (only a 'slight' detour). Lovely bird (but too far to cycle)

 

[Colin Conroy]

Two more new birds for my list yesterday - Brent Goose (Pale Bellied) and Red-throated Diver. My list is now at 168. Both were new for the UK list (now 181) but not for the world (on as Brant and Red-throated Loon respectively).

 

[Colin Conroy]

Here's the link for the list again - has everyone else stopped, or just stopped seeing new birds?
Joint BF Green/Lockdown List 2021

 

[Richard Prior]

Thanks Colin, that saves us trawling back to locate it, I’ve added just the one this month, Middle Spotted Woodpecker, new for me but already on the overall list- must try harder!

 

[Xenospiza]

Here's the link for the list again - has everyone else stopped, or just stopped seeing new birds?
Joint BF Green/Lockdown List 2021

I was too lazy to cycle to a Purple Heron that was 1.5 h away... It was also much easier to photograph from the car (I'll stick to that excuse).

(Middle Spotted Woodpecker is not too hard to find for me, but I still enjoyed adding it to my "house list" this week!)

 

[Colin Conroy]

I was too lazy to cycle to a Purple Heron that was 1.5 h away... It was also much easier to photograph from the car (I'll stick to that excuse).

(Middle Spotted Woodpecker is not too hard to find for me, but I still enjoyed adding it to my "house list" this week!)

I dipped on a Purple Heron a couple of months ago - despite staying for a couple of hours at the place where it had been being seen

 

[Colin Conroy]

After several failed attempts I finally caught up with my first Little Stint of the year yesterday. Not an addition to either the Global or UK list but number 169 for me

 

[Colin Conroy]

If anyone is interested in reading a bird-by-bird account of my last few NMT ticks (or Green-list ticks if you prefer), you can read it here in my blog Birding by Bike and Boots - NMT Update

 

[Xenospiza]

Two plovers added to my list (Common Ringed and European Golden), sadly both heard only!

 

[kuzeycem]

3 new in the last month: Sand Martin, Ring Ouzel⭐ and European Green Woodpecker. Now on 115, will I make it to 120 by Dec 31?

 

[Colin Conroy]

Two more new ones for me, and the UK list, yesterday, bring my list to 171 and the UK list to 183. They were Black-throated Diver (aka Arctic Loon, aka (apparently although I don't think anyone other than the authors of the Collins guide use it) Black-throated Loon), and Arctic Warbler - so two 'Arctics' in one day . Arctic Warbler was new for the world list bringing it to 578.
Arctic Warbler was also (I think) my first full lifer for the NMT/Green year list as I haven't seen it anywhere in the world

 

[Richard Prior]

A lifer that’s a Green tick too, that’s not an everyday event! My last one of those was Pygmy Owl in 2012 as I hiked up from our previous abode and I suppose its relative the Tengmalm’s Owl is the most likely next one possible, I’ve heard one but never seen one so they are within walking distance 🤞

 

[Swindon Addick]

OK, so I got curious as to what might be my most recent green-ticked lifer. I have to go back to January 2013 for my last lifer at one of my green listing spots, great white egret at Coate Water, back when they were something to get excited about in the UK. And back to March 2012 for the most recent lifer close enough to home to be completely sure I walked there.

 

[Colin Conroy]

If anyone is interested, here is my latest blog post about my green year listing efforts

Two arctic birds bring the NMT list to 171

On Saturday, after nearly three weeks without a new bird for the NMT list, I added two species to the list. The second one was, on the fac...

northormesbynaturalist.blogspot.com

 

[Xenospiza]

The last lifer I cycled to was a Rustic Bunting in Noordwijk (NL), back in 2002 (when I still lived close to the coast).
I did see a few lifers by public transport after that, with the last one being the famous Cley White-crowned Sparrow.
A lifer within cycling distance in Germany seems improbable...

 

[Colin Conroy]

What would have been another green lifer flew past one of my local headlands this morning (5 Little Auks) along with another that would have been a green year-tick (Velvet Scoter). Sadly I am confined to the house and (mostly) to bed with (after managing to evade it for so long) Covid. So far not too ill (but probably too ill to cycle 40 miles even if I was allowed to). Is it wrong to hope that nothing really good turns up for the next ten days? I see that Romania has had its first Sibe Accentor. Could this be the sign of another influx into Europe and if so will one linger within reach of me for long enough?

 

[JLRamos]

What would have been another green lifer flew past one of my local headlands this morning (5 Little Auks) along with another that would have been a green year-tick (Velvet Scoter). Sadly I am confined to the house and (mostly) to bed with (after managing to evade it for so long) Covid. So far not too ill (but probably too ill to cycle 40 miles even if I was allowed to). Is it wrong to hope that nothing really good turns up for the next ten days? I see that Romania has had its first Sibe Accentor. Could this be the sign of another influx into Europe and if so will one linger within reach of me for long enough?

I hope you get better soon and keep in mind that for sure, when you are recovered, birds and miles will be waiting for you.

 

[Richard Prior]

I hope you get better soon and keep in mind that for sure, when you are recovered, birds and miles will be waiting for you.

Yes, get well soon Colin. One for Europe and the World List too for me today, a Citril Finch feeding outside the house for around 20 minutes in the falling snow.

 

[Xenospiza]

The first Spotted Redshank on my local patch for four years was an unexpected addition to my green list.

 

[Paul Chapman]

My world got rather chaotic and I ended up neglecting my 'on foot' list but will have a proper look before the year end.

However, back on foot a bit more recently and the last week has yielded three species that were 'on foot' year ticks for me being Brent Goose, Black Redstart and Shag. The Black Redstart appears to be a UK addition?

All the best

Paul