Young Birder (22 Viewers)

[birding maniac]

Personally I would like to do it on here, combine the two threads. We can put our yearticks on hear, have discussions on hear, and plans (Which we have done on the yearlist) and discuss the birds. Just a thought, up to all of us.

Anyway, I'm on 70 birds so far.
Nuthatch on the feeders,
Pintail over Saltholme,
Long Eared Owl and SHort Eared Owl Saltholme area
3 Falcons in the Saltholme area (Peregrine, Merlin, Kestrel)

First three were Rook, Coal Tit and Greenfinch

 

[simmojunior]

Here is the trip list for my 10 day trip:

Little Grebe
Pink-backed Pelican
Long-tailed Cormorant
African Darter
Grey Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Great White Egret
Black Egret
Western Reef Heron
Little Egret
Squacco Heron
Cattle Egret
Striated Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Hammerkop
Yellow-billed Stork
Sacred Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
African Spoonbill
White-faced Whistling Duck
Osprey
Black-shouldered Kite
Black Kite
Palm-nut Vulture
Hooded Vulture
African Harrier Hawk
Lizard Buzzard
Shikra
Long-crested Eagle
Grey Kestrel
Lanner Falcon
Double-spurred Francolin
Stone Partridge
Four-banded Sandgrouse
Black Crake
Common Moorhen
African Jacana
Oystercatcher
Black-winged Stilt
Senegal Thick-knee
Spur-winged Plover
Wattled Plover
Grey Plover
Ringed Plover
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Curlew
Greenshank
Redshank
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Pomarine Skua
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Grey-headed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Slender-billed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
Little Tern
Speckled Pigeon
African Mourning Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Vinaceous Dove
Laughing Dove
Black-billed Wood Dove
Blue-spotted Wood Dove
African Green Pigeon
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Senegal Parrot
Green Turaco
Violet Turaco
Western Plantain-eater
Klaas' Cuckoo
Senegal Coucal
White-faced Scops Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Long-tailed Nightjar
African Palm Swift
Pallid Swift
Little Swift
Malachite Kingfisher
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Little Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Abyssinian Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Blue-bellied Roller
Broad-billed Roller
Green Wood Hoopoe
Red-billed Hornbill
Grey Hornbill
Pied Hornbill
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Vieillot's Barbet
Bearded Barbet
Greater Honeyguide
Buff-spotted Woodpecker
Grey Woodpecker
Crested Lark
Sand Martin
Red-chested Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Pied-winged Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Fanti Saw-wing
White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail
Common Bulbul
Little Greenbul
African Thrush
Singing Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Grey-backed Carmoroptera
Olivaceous Warbler
Melodious Warbler
Green Crombec
Northern Crombec
Green Hylia
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
Whitethroat
White-crowned Robin-Chat
Common Wattle-eye
African Paradise Flycatcher
Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher
Blackcap Babbler
Brown Babbler
Mouse-brown Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Splendid Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
African Golden Oriole
Yellow-billed Shrike
Northern Puffback
Yellow-crowned Gonolek
Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike
Fork-tailed Drongo
Piapiac
Pied Crow
Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling
Purple Glossy Starling
Long-tailed Glossy Starling
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
White-billed Buffalo Weaver
Little Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Village Weaver
Northern Red Bishop
Red-billed Firefinch
Black-faced Firefinch
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Lavender Waxbill
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Black-rumped Waxbill
Bronze Mannikin
Village Indigobird
Yellow-fronted Canary
House Sparrow
Grey-headed Sparrow
Oriole Warbler
Peregrine

 

[Jonny721]

Well I might aswell do the first table of the yearlist.

1st) Birding Maniac (Durham, GB) - 70 species
2nd) Jonny721 (Lancashire, GB) - 61 species

 

[FoghornKinghorn]

1 - Black-headed Gull
2 - Blackbird
3 - Collared Dove
4 - Magpie
5 - Long-tailed Tit
6 - Great black-backed Gull
7 - Herring Gull
8 - Common Gull
9 - Teal
10 - Mallard
11 - Moorhen
12 - Coot
13 - Lapwing
14 - Canada Goose
15 - Pheasant
16 - Jackdaw
17 - Reed Bunting
18 - Bullfinch
19 - Willow Tit
20 - Chaffinch
21 - Goldcrest
22 - Blue Tit
23 - Great Tit
24 - Robin
25 - Woodpigeon
26 - Greylag Goose
27 - Kestrel
28 - Goldfinch
29 - Siskin
30 - Lesser Redpoll
31 - Mealy Redpoll
32 - Mute Swan
33 - Whooper Swan
34 - Grey Heron
35 - Cormorant
36 - Bittern
37 - Redwing
38 - Starling
39 - Arctic Redpoll
40 - Long-eared Owl
41 - Waxwing (25)
42 - Fieldfare
43 - House Sparrow
44 - Carrion Crow
45 - Dunnock

So 45 for me please Johnny

 

[birding maniac]

Oh yeah, Bittern, I just checked my list and I missed that!
Flyover at Saltholme.
Wren too!

What are your targets for this year?
I hope to have 100 by Tues, 240 by Dec

 

[Ash1456]

78 for me, missed a lot of very simple stuff which should have be guaranteed but decided not to show up. Another dawn-dusk'er tomorrow so should add the rest of the simple stuff, 100 maybe?? (doubt it tho')

 

[wildlifelove]

Shall someone do a young birders year list thread Again?

 

[Ash1456]

Shall someone do a young birders year list thread Again?

We are doing the Year listing in this thread this year

 

[wildlifelove]

Okay thanks!

 

[Jonny721]

1st) Ash1456 (Cornwall, GB) - 78 species
2nd) Birding Maniac (Durham, GB) - 72 species
3rd) Jonny721 (Lancashire, GB) - 61 species
4th) FoghornKinghorn (Durham, GB) - 45 species

Rules of the Yearlist
1) You count all the individual species that you have seen, you can't count species you've heard only.
2) It is only species you have seen in your own country that go on your list, in the case of Great Britain it excludes Republic of Ireland.
3) The competition is open to anyone who is 21 years old or under on 1st January 2011.
4) Your list has to be based on the your countries birding list regulator e.g. BOU for Britain, ABA for America

If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.

Jonny

 

[wildlifelove]

Thanks for the rules! BIRDING me thinks 2 morrow get some ticks

 

[Zac Hinchcliffe]

Happy New Year everyone! Top Birding 2011!

 

[Halcon]

On january 9th i´m doing a trip to the Ebro-Delta B

Will update my yearlist for then :t:

 

[Joseph N]

1st) Ash1456 (Cornwall, GB) - 78 species
2nd) Birding Maniac (Durham, GB) - 72 species
3rd) Jonny721 (Lancashire, GB) - 61 species
4th) FoghornKinghorn (Durham, GB) - 45 species

Rules of the Yearlist
1) You count all the individual species that you have seen, you can't count species you've heard only.
2) It is only species you have seen in your own country that go on your list, in the case of Great Britain it excludes Republic of Ireland.
3) The competition is open to anyone who is 21 years old or under on 1st January 2011.
4) Your list has to be based on the your countries birding list regulator e.g. BOU for Britain, ABA for America

If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.

Jonny

Hi Jonny,

Got Wi-fi again and was just wondering, would I be able to participate in the yearlist competition if I wanted to do a purely Scottish based list? I'm still debating whether I should do just a Scottish year list or do a full UK list. If I did the latter, it would be far less serious than last year. I would greatly welcome your thoughts, as I do want to participate in some way.

All the Best,

Joseph

 

[wildlifelove]

Hi I'm on 18! not bad!

 

[maltese falcon]

Here we go, another year of embarassing myself. I'm at 6! woohoo

 

[Jonny721]

Hi Jonny,

Got Wi-fi again and was just wondering, would I be able to participate in the yearlist competition if I wanted to do a purely Scottish based list? I'm still debating whether I should do just a Scottish year list or do a full UK list. If I did the latter, it would be far less serious than last year. I would greatly welcome your thoughts, as I do want to participate in some way.

All the Best,

Joseph

Sure you can Joseph, i'll just put Scotland next to your name instead of GB so people know thats what your doing.

1st) Ash1456 (Cornwall, GB) - 78 species
2nd) Jonny721 (Lancashire, GB) - 76 species
3rd) Birding Maniac (Durham, GB) - 72 species
4th) FoghornKinghorn (Durham, GB) - 45 species
5th) WildlifeLove (GB) - 18 species
6th) Maltese Falcon (Malta) - 6 species

Had another great day today with another 15 yearticks. The highlights were stunning views of a Bittern and 5 Long Eared Owls, photos on blog later

 

[wildlifelove]

20 Now! Had a good day as this was my first day...Got back to the UK yesterday in the dark!

 

[Ash1456]

Got to 100 today, including Waxwing, Little Gull and my 100th bird was Pacific Diver!

 

[birding maniac]

Got to 100 today, including Waxwing, Little Gull and my 100th bird was Pacific Diver!

Damn! Only managed 96... grr! :t:
Well done though!!

Tawny Owl, Slavonian Grebe, 2 Scoters, Long Tailed Duck and Red Throated Diver being Highlights, though too Woodcock flying at night was nice.