my life list (5 Viewers)

[Michael Frankis]

Hi Erik!

Just realising the ghastly truth . . . . this is my 3,000th post . . . so I thought I'd post my Northumberland bird list:

Red-throated Diver #
Black-throated Diver #
Great Northern Diver #
White-billed Diver
Pied-billed Grebe
Little Grebe #
Great Crested Grebe #
Red-necked Grebe #
Slavonian Grebe #
Black-necked Grebe #
Fulmar #
Fea's Petrel #
Cory’s Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater #
Manx Shearwater #
Balearic Shearwater #
Wilson's Petrel #
Storm Petrel #
Leach’s Petrel #
Swinhoe’s Petrel
Gannet #
Cormorant #
Shag #
Bittern
Night Heron
Little Egret
Great White Egret
Grey Heron #
Purple Heron
White Stork
Spoonbill
Mute Swan #
Bewick’s Swan #
Whooper Swan #
Bean Goose #
Pink-footed Goose #
White-front Goose #
Greylag Goose #
Snow Goose
Canada Goose #
Barnacle Goose #
Brent Goose #
Egyptian Goose
Ruddy Shelduck
Shelduck #
Mandarin Duck #
Wigeon #
American Wigeon
Gadwall #
Common Teal #
Green-winged Teal
Mallard #
Pintail #
Garganey #
Shoveler #
Red-crest Pochard
Pochard #
Ring-necked Duck
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck #
Scaup #
Lesser Scaup
Eider #
King Eider
Long-tailed Duck #
Common Scoter #
Surf Scoter
Velvet Scoter #
Goldeneye #
Smew #
Red-breast Merg #
Goosander #
Ruddy Duck #
Black Kite #
Red Kite
Marsh Harrier #
Hen Harrier #
Montagu’s Harrier
Goshawk #
Sparrowhawk #
Buzzard #
Rough-leg Buzzard
Golden Eagle
Osprey
Kestrel #
Merlin #
Hobby #
Peregrine Falcon #
Red Grouse #
Black Grouse #
Red-leg Partridge #
Grey Partridge #
Quail
Pheasant #
Water Rail #
Spotted Crake
Corn Crake [h]
Moorhen #
Coot #
Crane
Oystercatcher #
Black-winged Stilt
Avocet #
Little Ringed Plover #
Ringed Plover #
Kentish Plover
Dotterel #
American Gold Plover
Golden Plover #
Grey Plover #
Lapwing #
Knot #
Sanderling #
Red-necked Stint
Little Stint #
Temminck’s Stint
White-rump Sandp
Pectoral Sandpiper #
Curlew Sandpiper #
Purple Sandpiper #
Dunlin #
Broad-bill Sandpiper
Buff-breast Sandpip
Ruff #
Jack Snipe #
Common Snipe #
Long-billed Dowitcher
Woodcock #
Black-tailed Godwit #
Bar-tailed Godwit #
Whimbrel #
Slender-billed Curlew
Curlew #
Spotted Redshank #
Redshank #
Greenshank #
Lesser Yellowlegs
Green Sandpiper #
Wood Sandpiper #
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper #
Turnstone #
Wilson’s Phalarope
Red-neck Phalarope
Grey Phalarope
Pomarine Skua #
Arctic Skua #
Long-tailed Skua #
Great Skua #
Mediterranean Gull #
Laughing Gull (#)
Little Gull #
Sabine’s Gull #
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull #
Ring-billed Gull
Common Gull #
Lesser Black-back #
Yellow-legged Gull #
Herring Gull #
Iceland Gull #
Glaucous Gull #
Great Black-back #
Kittiwake #
Lesser Crested Tern
Sandwich Tern #
Roseate Tern #
Common Tern #
Arctic Tern #
Little Tern #
Black Tern #
White-winged Tern
Guillemot #
Razorbill #
Black Guillemot #
Little Auk #
Puffin #
Rock Dove #
Stock Dove #
Wood Pigeon #
Collared Dove #
Turtle Dove #
Cuckoo #
Barn Owl #
Little Owl #
Tawny Owl #
Long-eared Owl #
Short-eared Owl #
Nightjar #
Swift #
Alpine Swift #
Kingfisher #
Hoopoe
Wryneck #
Green Woodpecker #
Great Spot Woodp #
Lesser Spot Woodp
Short-toed Lark
Sky Lark #
Shore Lark
Sand Martin #
Red-rump Swallow
Barn Swallow #
House Martin #
Richard's Pipit #
Tawny Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit #
Tree Pipit #
Meadow Pipit #
Rock Pipit #
Water Pipit #
Yellow Wagtail #
Grey Wagtail #
Pied Wagtail #
Waxwing #
Dipper #
Wren #
Dunnock #
Robin #
Rufous Nightingale
Bluethroat #
Red-flanked Bluetail
Black Redstart #
Redstart #
Whinchat #
Siberian Stonechat #
Stonechat #
Northern Wheatear #
Pied Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Ring Ouzel #
Blackbird #
Fieldfare #
Song Thrush #
Redwing #
Mistle Thrush #
Grasshopper Warbler #
River Warbler
Sedge Warbler #
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Reed Warbler #
Great Reed Warbler
Icterine Warbler #
Subalpine Warbler (#)
Barred Warbler #
Lesser Whitethroat #
Whitethroat #
Garden Warbler #
Blackcap #
Greenish Warbler #
Arctic Warbler
Pallas’s Warbler #
Yellow-brow Warbler #
Hume’s Warbler
Radde’s Warbler
Dusky Warbler #
East Bonelli Warbler
Wood Warbler #
Chiffchaff #
Willow Warbler #
Goldcrest #
Firecrest #
Spotted Flycatcher #
Red-breast Flycatcher #
Pied Flycatcher #
Bearded Tit #
Long-tailed Tit #
Marsh Tit #
Willow Tit #
Coal Tit #
Blue Tit #
Great Tit #
Nuthatch #
Treecreeper #
Red-backed Shrike #
Isabelline Shrike
Great Grey Shrike #
Woodchat Shrike
Jay #
Magpie #
Jackdaw #
Rook #
Carrion Crow #
Hooded Crow #
Raven #
Starling #
Rosy Starling
House Sparrow #
Tree Sparrow #
Chaffinch #
Brambling #
Greenfinch #
Goldfinch #
Siskin #
Linnet #
Twite #
Lesser Redpoll #
Mealy Redpoll #
Arctic Redpoll
Common Crossbill #
Scarlet Rosefinch
Bullfinch #
Hawfinch #
Lapland Bunting #
Snow Bunting #
Black-faced Bunting
Pine Bunting
Yellowhammer #
Ortolan Bunting
Rustic Bunting
Little Bunting
Yellowbreast Bunting
Reed Bunting #
Corn Bunting #

# = self-found (includes several co-found with others)
(#) = relocations

:gn:

Michael

 

[Fulmar]

That's a mighty impressive list Michael! And congratulations with your 3000th post, that many more may follow :clap:

Peter

 

[Tero]

My lifelist is also my yearlist, as I never thought to write them down before. They were just check marks in a book before that. Not sure why. I guess I thought the list was a bit too nerdy, serious. Wanted to be casual.

 

[Brian Stone]

Hi Erik!

Just realising the ghastly truth . . . . this is my 3,000th post . . . so I thought I'd post my Northumberland bird list:

<snip>
Lesser Black-back
Yellow-legged Gull
<snap>

Michael

You seem to have allowed this species to wrap onto two lines

 

[Michael Frankis]

Thanks Peter!

Hi Tero,
But you do have a life list . . . if you look at everything that's got a check next to it in your book, that's your life list!

It doesn't have to kept on a seperate piece of paper, lots of people do it with checks in their bird books.

Michael

 

[sparrowbirder]

dont really do much twitching now!! my life list in Uk has stalled on about 360 or so!! sad i know! did go for the black lark though and have seen a few decent birds in britain,tend to go on overseas trips more ,world list is very near to 1000 but aint been bothered working it out!!
have seen a few decent birds in britain though,ancient murrelet,blue cheeked bee eater (yet to see common bee eater), still need corncrake though,need to plan a trip to the outer isles before it becomes extinct!!

 

[Tero]

Yes, Michael, but some are just check marks, some are check marks with question marks. those got erased!

 

[HH75]

Hi Michael,
Need 47 species on that list for Ireland,plus two forms not treated as species here that I have yet to see(Sibe Stonechat and Mealy Redpoll),also have two forms on that list that aren't treated as species here(Yellow-legged Gull and Carrion Crow).
However,it must be pointed out that some of these species(Tawny Owl,LS and Green 'peckers,Nuthatch etc)are unlikely to occur here.
Have a few species NOT on that list,of course....
Harry H

 

[erik]

i'm going to Ameland, on a camp with my dispute from my studentunion, so again it's not mainly on birding purpose. Eventhough I'll spend as much time as possible on the beach and in the dunes, i have been checking out the sightings on the isle for a few days now.

I could have added a new species to my list today...A spotted Nutcracker has been sighted for the past few days now in the same village which happens to be my village of birth! It's near my parents home (30 min bikeride) but i decided not to go and seize the next opportunity... Did i choose wrong?

 

[Michael Frankis]

Hi Erik,

Do go for it! - there may not be another chance to see one so easily for a long time! And they're lovely birds to see, real characters (and probably the most intelligent bird there is, too)

If it has been there for a few days, there's a good chance it will still be for a few more . . . . try tomorrow or Sunday o:bounce:

Michael

 

[Edward woodwood]

Wow bit of effort must have gone into that Mr Frankis and I bet a fair few were self found so well done indeed

 

[Michael Frankis]

Hi Tim,

Thanks! I'll try and edit in the self-found ones

 

[Bluetail]

dont really do much twitching now!! my life list in Uk has stalled on about 360 or so!! sad i know! did go for the black lark though and have seen a few decent birds in britain,tend to go on overseas trips more ,world list is very near to 1000 but aint been bothered working it out!!
have seen a few decent birds in britain though,ancient murrelet,blue cheeked bee eater (yet to see common bee eater), still need corncrake though,need to plan a trip to the outer isles before it becomes extinct!!

That's almost exactly a pen picture of me too! Got a slightly bigger UK list (somewhere around 390) and a much smaller world list (I've no real idea either), but otherwise, spot on.

Jason

 

[Edward woodwood]

Hi Jason

same here!
not got a clue what my Brit List is to nearest 20 or 30 but over 400.
World list likewise no idea.
After a trip abroad I hardly get my notes written up never mind counting species and what with all the taxo upheaval at the mo it's not worth bothering. Asian birds esp. are set for a major revamp taxo wise resulting in many more species you've got to work out if you've seen or not.
takes off all the pressure too when u stop counting and u enjoy the birds much more!

 

[sparrowbirder]

I know I went to south africa last year and saw 356 species in 2 weeeks, i think at least 310 were new birds!! at a cost of £3.00 per tick!! excellent VFM..ive been to scilly (once) cost a bomb got 12 ticks at about £40 per tick..maybe this is why my British list has been neglected slightly!!

 

[erik]

I am going for the spotted nutcracker today! It seems to be still there, so let's take a chance! Also a slight chance on carduelis cabaret, something untranslatable.
We have common redpoll (grote barmsijs) but also kleine barmsijs (kleine = little). So it's the smaller version of common redpoll. Any english name connected to that?

 

[Edward]

Hi Erik,

Carduelis cabaret is called Lesser Redpoll in English, recently made into a new species by the powers that be, although I've also heard that it may be "lumped" with Common Redpoll again soon. Or will it?

Good luck with the Nutcracker.

E

 

[Michael Frankis]

Hi Erik,

Hope you get the Nutcracker!

Kleine Barmsijs (Carduelis cabaret, previously Carduelis flammea race cabaret) is a fairly common breeder in the Dutch coastal and heathland Pinus (den) plantations, and feeding in Betula (berk) and Alnus (els) trees in winter. It is the commonest 'barmsijs' in the Netherlands.

Grote Barmsijs (Carduelis flammea) is a regular winter visitor in small numbers, with larger numbers in invasion years.

In a really good winter you might also get one or two Witstuitbarmsijs (Carduelis hornemannii) - if you are very, very lucky!

Hi Edward,
I reckon this one is a good split which will very likely be maintained (unlike some ducks I could name!).

Michael

 

[Tero]

I think you folks should just stick to Latin names. More civilized than American, and even English names.

Oops, should be civilised maybe? We Americans can't even spell in an educated manner...

 

[erik]

well people, i can tell you i did not see the nutcracker. I guess it has found other places to stay. I did have a good day, seen some nice birds just for fun. And i had a great bikeride! Since it was in my village of birth i biked past the house i made my first noise in and i biked through all the forests.

Good weekend to y'all!