JWN Andrewes
Poor Judge of Pasta.
Third year of setting targets and it’s starting to get tricky coming up with a decent list of targetable birds that we can realistically pursue on odd weekends and school holidays, so what appears below is a list of obvious gaps in the list, and this year’s target is a little different, in that I’d like to try and get through at least half of this list, as well as halve the distance to 300 (so 19 new birds in all).
Also we’ll be trying to track down a few things we saw back in 2015 but haven’t caught up with since, like Little Owl & Willow Tit, and potentially Ptarmigan & Capercaillie if we get up that way, (although there are no plans yet for a 2018 Scotland trip I’d be surprised if we don’t venture north of the border at some point).
And of course there’s Woodcock still outstanding from 2017 to lay to rest, and we’re still keen on good views of Bittern, and then there’s Beaver to sort out.... Something tells me there will be plenty of targets left for 2019.
So, the targets, half of these please…
King Eider
Black-throated Diver
Any new Shearwater
Leach’s Storm Petrel
Montagu’s Harrier
Honey Buzzard
Dotterel
Grey Phalarope
Any Skua
Caspian Gull
White-winged Black Tern
Little Auk
Ring-necked Parakeet
Garden Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Crested Tit
Red-backed Shrike
Lapland Bunting
Bring it on!
Also we’ll be trying to track down a few things we saw back in 2015 but haven’t caught up with since, like Little Owl & Willow Tit, and potentially Ptarmigan & Capercaillie if we get up that way, (although there are no plans yet for a 2018 Scotland trip I’d be surprised if we don’t venture north of the border at some point).
And of course there’s Woodcock still outstanding from 2017 to lay to rest, and we’re still keen on good views of Bittern, and then there’s Beaver to sort out.... Something tells me there will be plenty of targets left for 2019.
So, the targets, half of these please…
King Eider
Black-throated Diver
Any new Shearwater
Leach’s Storm Petrel
Montagu’s Harrier
Honey Buzzard
Dotterel
Grey Phalarope
Any Skua
Caspian Gull
White-winged Black Tern
Little Auk
Ring-necked Parakeet
Garden Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Crested Tit
Red-backed Shrike
Lapland Bunting
Bring it on!