TheSeagull
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Going to Crosby tomorrow to try and see the Grey Phalarope hopefully. Not really important just wanted to get the 4000th post on this thread:-O
Well this is reply number 4000!
Going to Crosby tomorrow to try and see the Grey Phalarope hopefully. Not really important just wanted to get the 4000th post on this thread:-O
Well I'm going for the simple ones, the ones that aren't small chance 'on passage' or vagrant birds but rather ones like Robin, Kingfisher, Corncrake, Golden Eagle etc.
And you wouldn't happen to know these species that nobody's supposed to know about would you Or I suppose I could change my objective to visit every nature reserve or something. But we'll see.
Good luck Calvin on the resident birds. Beware though that Golden Eagle and Corncrake are hard. Golden Eagles are elusive and you have to be patient, whilst the Corncrake is very hard to see, you have to go to specialised places and have to be very patient. Robin should be really easy though, you'll get them in your garden.
Woke up waaaay too late this morning, ruining my chances of seeing the Rose-coloured Starling (which you can only really see in the morning), but felt I had to get out anyway so went to Port Meadow this evening. Glad I did!!! Found 3 Redshank, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Dunlin (trust me, these things are quite uncommon in Oxfordshire!), plus an adult Yellow-legged Gull and an adult Caspian Gull! I was pleased that I could actually identify the Caspian Gull, regardless of the fact that its pretty rare :-O A bit jammy that this is about the best haul anyone's had at Port Meadow this term, and its only the 3rd time I've been :t: I felt sorry for the more regular patchwatchers!
By the way, this is probably my last post as a Young Birder, since I'm 20 tomorrow :-C Its been an honour to bear that prestigious title!
Happy Birthday for tomorrow:t:By the way, this is probably my last post as a Young Birder, since I'm 20 tomorrow :-C Its been an honour to bear that prestigious title!
Maybe you could start a new group! The Young at Heart but Starting to Age a Bit Birders! :-O
Wouldn't mind seeing those breeding Icterine Warblers, that is assuming they breed next year as well, if they do I'll certainly try to find the site! If nobody hands over the info then I'll just have to travel the country with trial and error!
I've got several Robins that will hopefully stick around until January And don't worry (regarding Corncrake), I'm shameless and will tick on heard :smoke: Of course I won't be satisfied until I've got at least a record shot :-O Anyway my Dad used to see loads of the things back on Barra in the 80s or so he says, he recognised them from a picture anyway.
Happy Birthday for tomorrow:t:
Some nice birds you had there, a shame about the RC Starling though.
Good luck in the future as an "Old Birder":-O
That'll be a lot of error! And there's no garuntee they'll breed next year as these records were only the 4th and 5th for Britain! Interestingly, all breeding records of Icterine Warbler in the UK have been in Scotland, including a pair which raised 3 young in Orkney!
Icterine warblers aparrently like to breed in "sunny glades of forest edges" so that's a start...
Happy Birthday James!
I don't think I've got any targets for 2010, certainly nothing as ambitious as your plan TheSeagull. Should be fun though even if you don't manage to find that sunny glade with the Icterines I think I might set myself a target of a year list of 200. Seems reasonable and if I can persuade my mum that fair Isle is the place to be over October half term I should be in good stead.
And Mr sim. I went out today to walk the dog and maybe see some birds and got absolutely drenched. Was the same weather here in london.
My top ten birding highlights of this year are ( to date that is ) 1. Brown shrike 2. Black-winged pratincole 3. Rough-legged buzzard 4. Barn owl 5. Wood sandpiper 6. Hobby 7. Glossy ibis 8. Curlew sandpiper 9 Zitting cisticola 10. Pintail , not many rare ones but good views and patience make these birds my favs of 2009, i was lucky with the ibis as it had not been seen for a while then it flew over my head and the zitting cisticola i waited nearly three hours to see :t::t: