What was your best found “patch bird”this year? (1 Viewer)

[Farnboro John]

Missed that!…amongst the others.😮

You missed the "would would" embracing your bracketed aside as well

Cheers

John

 

[Larry Sweetland]

It’s been a good year on patch, finding red-throated pipit was probably best, melodious warbler, 3 Serin, 3 Richards pipits, 2 bee-eaters, Kumulien’s gull, night heron and golden oriole other highlights. Seawatching also good from patch, finding 10+ Wilson’s, 2 feas, barolo, scopoli’s etc.

Also rather frustratingly, I found squacco heron, Woodchat, alpine swift and hoopoe within a mile of my patch. SW Cornwall is very underwatched, I barely saw a birder on or near my patch all year.

I think 2024 will be quieter…

Having hit my patch pretty hard for the last few years without finding anything remotely of interest in comparison to any of those birds mentioned by Ryan1, I've almost given up on it ever happening, let alone all of that lot in single year! 😂

 

[KenM]

You missed the "would would" embracing your bracketed aside as well

Cheers

John

Well I would, wooden eye.🤣

 

[pppppvvvv]

Having hit my patch pretty hard for the last few years without finding anything remotely of interest in comparison to any of those birds mentioned by Ryan1, I've almost given up on it ever happening, let alone all of that lot in single year! 😂

I've found about half of those, in GB, in my lifetime, and every one was within sight of a coastline (or on a boat)!

 

[Warixenjalka]

Not sure what "patch bird" is but I guessing that patch means you're regular walking (or biking) route?

If so, my 2023 title of best patch bird goes to Great Grey Owl or Collared Dove. Cos GGO wasn't self founded I choose CD. Sadly I only have foto for Owl.

 

[KenM]

Not sure what "patch bird" is but I guessing that patch means you're regular walking (or biking) route?

If so, my 2023 title of best patch bird goes to Great Grey Owl or Collared Dove. Cos GGO wasn't self founded I choose CD. Sadly I only have foto for Owl.

Yes Wari, walking or cycling for those that can.👍

 

[KenM]

Having hit my patch pretty hard for the last few years without finding anything remotely of interest in comparison to any of those birds mentioned by Ryan1, I've almost given up on it ever happening, let alone all of that lot in single year! 😂

Some spots are “hotter” than others Larry, the coast will always give you the “edge”, Beachy Head gave me that during the early ‘80’s.
On consecutive years- Pallid Swift, BeeEaters and Alpine Swift…ah yes! I remember it well.👍

 

[Larry Sweetland]

Indeed

Some spots are “hotter” than others Larry, the coast will always give you the “edge”, Beachy Head gave me that during the early ‘80’s.
On consecutive years- Pallid Swift, BeeEaters and Alpine Swift…ah yes! I remember it well.👍

Indeed! My one consolation (in direct contrast to Ryan1 being non-plussed at finding a hatful of additional rare birds marginally outside his patch boundary) is that not only did I find nothing of that "quality" on patch, neither me nor anyone else found anything of note within 5 miles of it either!

 

[01101001]

You should be able to get the odd flyover pipit though (different species present in Britain than where I live, so hard for me to say in more detail). Do you do much birding by the ear, or record sound?

 

[Mark Lew1s]

Best for me was a Caspian tern, with a supporting cast of hoopoe, Icterine warbler and Kumliens gulls on my east coast of Scotland patch.