Murat's 2021 List (Turkey) (1 Viewer)

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JANUARY (10 Turkish Ticks)

02/01 Validebag Wood / Istanbul

1. Rock Pigeon - Columba livia
2. Laughing Dove - Streptopelia senegalensis
3. Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahellis
4. Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo
5. Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri
6. Eurasian Magpie - Pica pica
7. Eurasian Jackdaw - Corvus monedula
8. Rook - Corvus frugilegus
9. Hooded Crow - Corvus cornix
10. Great Tit - Parus major
11. Common Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita
12. Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus
13. Sardinian Warbler - Sylvia melanocephala
14. Eurasian Blackbird - Turdus merula
15. European Robin - Erithacus rubecula
16. Common Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs

05/01 Kocacay Delta / Bursa

17. Eurasian Marsh-Harrier - Circus aeruginosus
18. White-backed Woodpecker - Dendrocopos leucotos
19. Common Raven - Corvus corax
20. Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros
21. European Stonechat - Saxicola rubicola
22. Siberian Stonechat - Saxicola maurus
23. House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
24. European Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis

05/01 Manyas / Balikesir

25. Graylag Goose - Anser anser
26. Ruddy Shelduck - Tadorna ferruginea
27. Northern Shoveler - Spatula clypeata
28. Gadwall - Mareca strepera
29. Eurasian Wigeon - Mareca penelope
30. Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
31. Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
32. Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca
33. Smew - Mergellus albellus
34. Greater Flamingo - Phoenicopterus roseus
35. Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
36. Eurasian Coot - Fulica atra
37. Pied Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta
38. Northern Lapwing - Vanellus vanellus
39. Common Ringed Plover - Charadrius hiaticula
40. Eurasian Curlew - Numenius arquata
41. Dunlin - Calidris alpina
42. Little Stint - Calidris minuta
43. Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago
44. Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus
45. Pallas's Gull - Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
46. Mew Gull - Larus canus
47. Pygmy Cormorant - Microcarbo pygmaeus
48. Great Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo
49. Great White Pelican - Pelecanus onocrotalus
50. Dalmatian Pelican - Pelecanus crispus
51. Gray Heron - Ardea cinerea
52. Great Egret - Ardea alba
53. Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
54. Eurasian Spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia
55. Black Kite - Milvus migrans
56. Common Kingfisher - Alcedo atthis
57. Syrian Woodpecker - Dendrocopos syriacus
58. Eurasian Jay - Garrulus glandarius
59. Eurasian Blue Tit - Cyanistes caeruleus
60. Crested Lark - Galerida cristata
61. European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
62. White Wagtail - Motacilla alba

12/01 Hersek Lagoon / Yalova

63. Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator
64. Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus
65. Black-bellied Plover - Pluvialis squatarola
66. Common Redshank - Tringa totanus
67. Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus
68. Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti

18/01 Tuzla Lake / Adana

69. Namaqua Dove - Oena capensis
70. Eurasian Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus
71. Armenian Gull - Larus armenicus
72. Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus
73. White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrnensis
74. Eurasian Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus
75. White-spectacled Bulbul - Pycnonotus xanthopygos
76. Meadow Pipit - Anthus pratensis
77. Common Crane - Grus grus
78. Pied Kingfisher - Ceryle rudis

18/01 Various Places / Mersin

79. Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis
80. Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus
81. Song Thrush - Turdus philomelos
82. Short-toed Snake-Eagle - Circaetus gallicus
83. Eurasian Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne rupestris
84. Wallcreeper - Tichodroma muraria
85. Slender-billed Gull - Chroicocephalus genei
86. Sandwich Tern - Thalasseus sandvicensis
87. Graceful Prinia - Prinia gracilis
88. European Greenfinch - Chloris chloris
89. Brown Fish-Owl - Ketupa zeylonensis
90. Tawny Owl - Strix aluco
91. Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis
92. Pomarine Jaeger - Stercorarius pomarinus
93. Parasitic Jaeger - Stercorarius parasiticus
94. Caspian Gull - Larus cachinnans
95. Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus

19/01 Tuzla Lake / Adana

96. Common Shelduck - Tadorna tadorna
97. Kentish Plover - Charadrius alexandrinus
98. Spotted Redshank - Tringa erythropus
99. Common Greenshank - Tringa nebularia
100. Caspian Tern - Hydroprogne caspia
101. Spanish Sparrow - Passer hispaniolensis
102. European Serin - Serinus serinus
103. Merlin - Falco columbarius

21/01 Riva / Istanbul

104. Eared Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis
105. Red Knot - Calidris canutus
106. Sanderling - Calidris alba
107. European Shag - Phalacrocorax aristotelis
108. Water Pipit - Anthus spinoletta
109. Cirl Bunting - Emberiza cirlus

22/01 Hersek Lagoon / Yalova

110. Red-breasted Goose - Branta ruficollis
111. European Golden-Plover - Pluvialis apricaria

23/01 Validebag Wood / Istanbul

112. Goldcrest - Regulus regulus
113. Eurasian Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes
114. Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea
115. Alexandrine Parakeet - Psittacula eupatria

 

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FEBRUARY (3 Turkish Ticks)

01/02 Riva / Istanbul

116. Arctic Loon - Gavia arctica

04/02 Riva / Istanbul

117. White Stork - Ciconia ciconia
118. Eurasian Skylark - Alauda arvensis

07/02 Validebag Wood / Istanbul

119. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - Dryobates minor
120. Eurasian Blackcap - Sylvia atricapilla
121. Common Firecrest - Regulus ignicapilla

08/02 Agva / Istanbul

122. Great Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocopos major
123. Redwing - Turdus iliacus

11/02 Cogullu Village / Bolu

124. Eurasian Tree Sparrow - Passer montanus
125. Brambling - Fringilla montifringilla
126. Corn Bunting - Emberiza calandra

11/02 Kulu Lake / Konya

127. Greater White-fronted Goose - Anser albifrons
128. Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor
129. Ruff - Calidris pugnax
130. Calandra Lark - Melanocorypha calandra

11/02 Uzunbeyli Village / Ankara

131. Great Bustard - Otis tarda
132. Little Owl - Athene noctua

11/02 Balikdami / Eskisehir

133. Reed Bunting - Emberiza schoeniclus

22/02 Karacabey / Bursa

134. Dunnock - Prunella modularis
135. Eurasian Woodcock - Scolopax rusticola

23/02 Buyukcekmece Lake / Istanbul

136. Common Pochard - Aythya ferina
137. Tufted Duck - Aythya fuligula
138. Greater Scaup - Aythya marila

23/02 Validebag Wood / Istanbul

139. Fieldfare - Turdus pilaris

 

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MARCH (5 Turkish Ticks)

11/03 Manavgat / Antalya

140. Garganey - Spatula querquedula
141. Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
142. Hen Harrier - Circus cyaneus
143. Isabelline Wheatear - Oenanthe isabellina

12/03 Manavgat / Antalya

144. Little Crake - Zapornia parva
145. Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius
146. Eurasian Hoopoe - Upupa epops
147. Red-rumped Swallow - Cecropis daurica
148. Common House-Martin - Delichon urbicum
149. Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe
150. Hooded Wheatear - Oenanthe monacha
151. Desert Wheatear - Oenanthe deserti
152. Eurasian Linnet - Linaria cannabina

17/03 Mus Plains / Mus

153. Common Wood-Pigeon - Columba palumbus
154. Macqueen's Bustard - Chlamydotis macqueenii
155. Little Bustard - Tetrax tetrax
156. Green Sandpiper - Tringa ochropus
157. Greater Short-toed Lark - Calandrella brachydactyla

23/03 Validebag Wood / Istanbul

158. Tree Pipit - Anthus trivialis

25/03 Bakirkoy / Istanbul

159. Savi's Warbler - Locustella luscinioides

27/03 Validebag Wood / Istanbul

160. Common Swift - Apus apus
161. Hawfinch - Coccothraustes coccothraustes

31/03 Riva / Istanbul

162. Wood Sandpiper - Tringa glareola
163. Mistle Thrush - Turdus viscivorus
164. Western Yellow Wagtail - Motacilla flava

 

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APRIL

02/04 Manavgat / Antalya

165. Alpine Swift - Apus melba
166. Spotted Crake - Porzana porzana
167. Woodchat Shrike - Lanius senator
168. Sedge Warbler - Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
169. Eurasian Reed Warbler - Acrocephalus scirpaceus
170. Black-eared Wheatear - Oenanthe hispanica
171. Cretzschmar's Bunting - Emberiza caesia

04/04 Validebağ Wood / Istanbul

172. Booted Eagle - Hieraaetus pennatus
173. Pallid Swift - Apus pallidus

06/04 Validebağ Wood / Istanbul

174. Semicollared Flycatcher - Ficedula semitorquata

07/04 Uludag NP / Bursa

175. Coal Tit - Periparus ater
176. Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestris
177. Krüper's Nuthatch - Sitta krueperi
178. Short-toed Treecreeper - Certhia brachydactyla

07/04 Hersek Lagoon / Yalova

179. Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus
180. Black-tailed Godwit - Limosa limosa

08/04 Riva / Istanbul

181. Ring-necked Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus
182. Wood Lark - Lullula arborea
183. Whinchat - Saxicola rubetra
184. Tawny Pipit - Anthus campestris

09/04 Validebağ Wood / Istanbul

185. Collared Flycatcher - Ficedula albicollis

10/04 Validebağ Wood / Istanbul

186. Black Stork - Ciconia nigra
187. Lesser Spotted Eagle - Clanga pomarina

14/04 Validebağ Wood / Istanbul

188. Common Nightingale - Luscinia megarhynchos
189. Common Redstart - Phoenicurus phoenicurus

15/04 Validebağ Wood / Istanbul

190. Wood Warbler - Phylloscopus sibilatrix
191. European Pied Flycatcher - Ficedula hypoleuca

17/04 Validebağ Wood / Istanbul

192. Eurasian Wryneck - Jynx torquilla
193. Rüppell's Warbler - Sylvia ruppeli

20/04 Validebağ Wood / Istanbul

194. Lesser Whitethroat - Sylvia curruca

 

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[Scridifer]

Some great birds there Murat!

Chris

 

[Murat Kocas]

Thanks Chris! I am currently nine species behind your number #203

Murat

 

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Thanks Chris! I am currently nine species behind your number #203

Murat

It will be very interesting to compare lists at the end of the year to see which species are on one and not the other!

Chris

 

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Some sensational birds there, Murat!

 

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21/04 Validebağ Wood / Istanbul

195. Greater Whitethroat - Sylvia communis

22/04 Riva / Istanbul

196. Barred Warbler - Sylvia nisoria
197. Citrine Wagtail - Motacilla citreola
198. Red-throated Pipit - Anthus cervinus
199. Ortolan Bunting - Emberiza hortulana

23/04 Validebağ Wood / Istanbul

200. Willow Warbler - Phylloscopus trochilus

25/04 Validebağ Wood / Istanbul

201. Red-breasted Flycatcher - Ficedula parva

 

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29/04 Manyas / Balikesir

202. Ferruginous Duck - Aythya nyroca
203. Collared Pratincole - Glareola pratincola
204. Gull-billed Tern - Gelochelidon nilotica
205. Whiskered Tern - Chlidonias hybrida
206. Squacco Heron - Ardeola ralloides
207. Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus
208. Great Reed Warbler - Acrocephalus arundinaceus
209. Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleucos
210. White-winged Tern - Chlidonias leucopterus

29/04 Ulubat / Bursa

211. Purple Heron - Ardea purpurea
212. Red-footed Falcon - Falco vespertinus
213. Bank Swallow - Riparia riparia
214. Common Cuckoo - Cuculus canorus

1-5/05 Validebağ Wood / Istanbul

215. Red-backed Shrike - Lanius collurio
216. Eurasian Hobby - Falco subbuteo
217. European Honey-buzzard - Pernis apivorus
218. Spotted Flycatcher - Muscicapa striata
219. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler - Iduna pallida

07/05 Riva / Istanbul

220. Bar-tailed Lark - Ammomanes cinctura

9-13/05 Validebağ Wood / Istanbul

221. European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster
222. Levant Sparrowhawk - Accipiter brevipes
223. Eurasian Golden Oriole - Oriolus oriolus

14/05 Çaycuma / Zonguldak

224. Great Snipe - Gallinago media
225. River Warbler - Locustella fluviatilis

19-22/05 Validebağ Wood / Istanbul

226. Lesser Gray Shrike - Lanius minor
227. Masked Shrike - Lanius nubicus
228. Rosy Starling - Pastor roseus
229. Thrush Nightingale - Luscinia luscinia
230. Marsh Warbler - Acrocephalus palustris
231. Black-headed Bunting - Emberiza melanocephala