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  1. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    ....meaning that my overall scores for 2017 were as follows: Global species list: 250 (Woohoo! My best year total by far, and including 33 lifers) Made up of: UK: 161, with 4 lifers Spain: 87 (of which 48 were seen on other lists, leaving 39 unique species) Switzerland: 57 (of which 50 were...
  2. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    A few final additions for the 2017 lists that I never got around to adding: For Switzerland (in November), near Versoix, GE: 57. Hawfinch - new for my Swiss list :) For France (also in November), in Meximieux: 55. Kestrel And one last species for the 2017 UK list, added in the last week of...
  3. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    Out to the coast last weekend, hoping for some interesting sea-watching, but the half hour I could stand, in cold north winds, didn't turn up a great deal. Nevertheless, just as I was about to call it a day, I had two passing: 160. Long-tailed duck
  4. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    Out on my bike at the weekend in search of some relative rarities in Northumberland. And very soon caught up with the small flock of 159. Hawfinch seen at Abbey Fields, west of Morpeth. Lovely birds on a lovely sunny morning. Headed down to Big Waters, and where the Red-crested Pochard pair...
  5. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    A trip to the caravan park north of Berwick-upon-Tweed at the end of October half-term was a nice family break, and as usual, I managed a few meanderings along the cliffs and beaches north of the town. As usual, waders were present in good numbers, including quite a few Grey Plover which are...
  6. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    Out at the weekend off up the coast on my bike on Saturday morning. And unusually, a potential lifer had stayed around. In fact, managed to add three species to my UK year list, quite unusual for October. Not only that, one was the target lifer, and another was new for my Northumberland life...
  7. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    Was looking back through my 2017 year list and comparing to 2016's and realised that I have somehow missed listing two species this year. Rather than go back an edit all the earlier posts, I'll add them here: 151. Grey partridge (actually seen back in March at Cresswell Pond, species 98) 152...
  8. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    Stopped off at St Mary's Island in Whitley Bay last week, coming back from the garage, and managed to hit both my target species, one that I knew was there, and a second that I hoped would be there: 149. Ruff 150. Yellow-browed Warbler (x2)
  9. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    Then, back in the UK, out on my bike along the coast north from Amble to Seahouses at the weekend, I added: 148. Brent goose - 7 came into mudflats near Boulmer
  10. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    While on the above trip to Switzerland, I drove through France a short while, adding: 53. House martin - in DOuvaine 54. Dipper - Vallee d'Abondance
  11. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    More travel with work, gave me a chance to advance my year's Swiss and French lists. In Switzerland, I made decent progress for the amount of free time I had. A stop by the Lake on the way out of Geneva, at Geneve plage, added: 42. Great crested grebe 43. Little grebe ...and in the Parc de la...
  12. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    First Autumn migrant yesterday, at Bothal Pond: 147. Greenshank
  13. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    Second week schedule was rather busy, so even less time to keep a look out for interesting birds, but still managed to add a few to the list. At Volcano Bay water park, a late afternoon lightning storm resulted in torrential rain, which brought in a few: 31. American Crow* - lifer At Magic...
  14. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    At Disney Springs: 18. Little Blue Heron* - lifer And at one of the Outlet centers: 19. Blue Jay* - lifer We went for dinner one evening at the Disney hotel, Grand Floridian, and on the grass verge outside the hotel was a group of: 20. Wild Turkey* - lifer Our only "wildlife" outing was to...
  15. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    So, I'm back from 3 weeks in Florida for our family holiday. Most of the trip revolved around Theme Parks - Disney, Universal Studios, and SeaWorld parks - but we had one trip to a managed nature reserve (Wild Florida, which also has an Alligator sanctuary and runs Airboat trips out over the...
  16. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    UK observation for July... At Druridge Pools: 140. Wood sandpiper 141. Little Owl At Prestwick Carr: 142. Grasshopper Warbler 143. Eurasian Treecreeper (really? my first of 2017?) From Church Point, Newbiggin: 144. Gannet 145. Sooty Shearwater - a lifer :) 146. Common scoter
  17. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    I also had a trip to Sweden with work in June, and managed an evening on the riverbank at Uppsala and then a couple of hours at Nyckelvikens Nature Reserve before heading home. 52 species including a lifer, so All-in-all, quite productive seeing as I was working! At Arlanda Airport: 1. White...
  18. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    Not had a chance to update my list for a few weeks, so here are the additions from the last couple of months...!! UK in June: 137. Ruddy duck - at Bothal Pond (my first in the UK for maybe 20 years!) 138. Red Kite - over the A1 near Wetherby 139. Willow tit - at Benridge Moor north of...
  19. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    A couple of family trips out over last weekend were rather favourable for me! First, my favourite local experience: a trip out on the boat to the Farne Islands. Despite a very foggy start, this bumped the list along nicely, with: 132. Puffin 133. Fulmar 134. Razorbill 135. Arctic tern Also...
  20. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    The Swiss list also moved on slightly: From the motorway at Plan-les-Ouates: 33. Jay From the motorway at Nyon(!): 34. Black kite* In a short stroll along the waterfront in Montreux: 35. Mute swan 36. Yellow-legged gull 37. Red-crested pochard 38. Blackcap 39. Common tern 40. Cormorant And...
  21. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    Away last week with work, taking a customer to see our factories near Lyon in France, and Geneva in Switzerland. As I was with clients most of the time, I didn't really make much of an effort to go birding, but I still added a few species to each country's year list, and some more species to the...
  22. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    Forgot to add the new sightings from a short ride up to Druridge Bay the weekend before last. Was trying for the Citrine Wagtail at Lynemouth to start with, but not there, so headed further north. Slightly disappointing (mostly because my binoculars fell apart, so I couldn't get good views of...
  23. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    Had a quick dash into Morpeth yesterday on my bike, and by the blue footbridge east of the town centre, there was a singing: 128. Sedge warbler Not only singing but doing excellent impressions of blackbird and dunnock, with a bit of lapwing thrown in every now and then!
  24. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    A short trip to London for work mid-week, and had an evening stroll around Regent's Park. It never ceases to amaze me how much wildlife can exist in the centre of London! It's also hard in some cases to determine which of the species are ornamental and which are part of feral, wild populations...
  25. lazza

    Lazza's 2017 lists

    One from the garden from last week: 117. Common whitethroat Then, over the weekend, I had a chance to get out on my bike to Castle Island: 118. Common swift 119. Sand martin Before having a trip into Upper Coquetdale with my girls on Sunday: 120. Northern wheatear 121. Whinchat 122. Cuckoo...
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