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How is your 2018 List Going?
I've had my first for Warwickshire today at Napton Reservoir with two Grey Phalarope's. 186. Grey Phalarope -
How is your 2018 List Going?
An hour at Brandon Marsh, near Coventry produced two new birds for the year. 184. Pectoral Sandpiper 185. Green Sandpiper -
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I have been away for just over a week touring through Yorkshire, Northumberland and Scotland. Along the way I saw a few new year birds. 165. Gannet 166. Puffin 167. Razorbill 168. Corn Bunting 169. Eider 170. Little Tern 171. Arctic Tern 172. Slavonian Grebe 173. Common Sandpiper 174. Spotted... -
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My first Swifts of the year whilst out walking my dog. 164. Swift -
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I have been out for a couple of days in Norfolk & Suffolk. A few to add to my list. 156. House Martin 157. Stone Curlew 158. Nightingale 159. Kittiwake 160. Dartford Warbler 161. Bittern 162. Sandwich Tern 163. Sanderling -
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Kingfisher whilst out walking my dog. 155. Kingfisher -
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A good day today, although I wasn't going out until I heard that a Drake Garganey was only 4 miles away at Brandon Marsh. Sadly dogs are not allowed there so I had to leave him at home thinking I would be no more than an hour. The Garganey was found straight away so I started to explore the... -
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I popped over to Brandon Marsh again to see the Osprey. It was thankfully easy to find and watch. As I walked around the reserve I did add three more birds to my year list. 145. Common Tern 146. Sedge Warbler 147. Cetti's Warbler -
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Today was my annual pilgrimage to the Wyre Forest. Before during to there I had to take my dog for a walk and along the route I saw my first Willow Warbler of the year. I had 5 target birds to find. Four of them were relatively easy but the Redstarts were missing from their usual areas but... -
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Saw my first Sand Martins of the year today. 138. Sand Martin -
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Went or a walk with my Dog to Bubbenhall Woods. Quite a few Chiffchaff and Blackcaps singing but I only managed to see one of the Blackcaps. 137. Blackcap -
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Still no birding for me. Haven't had the urge to go out, especially with some of the bad weather we are having. Did a very soggy walk this morning with my Dog and saw my first Chiffchaff of the year. I have heard a few over the last few weeks but they were always out of sight. 136. Chiffchaff. -
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My first proper twitch for ages saw me driving over to Friskney, near Skegness for the female Snowy Owl, which was a lifer for me. 135. Snowy Owl -
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Today I had a relatively short drive into South Derbyshire to see 2 Cattle Egrets near Burton on Trent in a field at the side of Newton Solney village. 134. Cattle Egret -
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I'm home now after a further three days in East Anglia culminating in me driving home via Nottingham after a Great Grey Shrike and a Spotted Sandpiper. 125. Woodlark 126. Pintail 127. Whimbrel 128. White-fronted Geese (Russian) 129. Barnacle Geese 130. Barn Owl 131. Great Grey Shrike 132. Grey... -
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I have been away in East Anglia and seen some excellent birds along the way (missed a few as well). So far new birds seen are: 85. Crane 86. Marsh Harrier 87. Green Woodpecker 88. Tree Sparrow 89. Bewick Swan 90. Pink-footed Goose 91. Oystercatcher 92. Fulmar 93. Brent Goose 94. Curlew 95... -
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I had a trip over to Eyebrook Reservoir today (a few miles south of Rutland Water) then down to Ravensthorpe Reservoir and finally near home at Wolston. Birds added today were: 72. Red Kite 73. Smew 74. Wigeon 75. Gadwall 76. Dunlin 77. Siskin 78. Golden Plover 79. Little Owl 80.Red-legged... -
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A few more from Charlecote, near Stratford upon Avon. 68. Corn Bunting 69. Yellowhammer 70. Linnet 71. Raven -
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Two more new birds this morning whilst out walking my dog. 66. Little Egret 67. Wren -
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A friend sent me a message telling me that both a Caspian Gull and a female Mandarin Duck was less than half a mile from my house on Stoke Floods, Coventry. Needless to say that I loaded up and was on site within 10 minutes. The Mandarin Duck was feeding with the Mallards and the Gull was... -
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I have changed my car so decided to have a drive in it today to see what it's like on a run. I had a day out in Gloucestershire and had four new birds of the year, two of which were real quality birds. 59. Penduline Tit 60. Stonechat 61. Meadow Pipit 62. Richards Pipit -
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I had to go near to Kenilworth this afternoon so took the chance to call into the Abbey Pool for the Whooper Swan that has been there for a few days. It was easy to see as it was only about ten feet from the bankside. 58. Whooper Swan -
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A new year bird in the garden this morning. 57. Bullfinch -
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Two more whilst out walking my dog. 55. Mistle Thrush 56. Song Thrush -
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A few more relatively local birds today. 40. Pied Wagtail 41. Buzzard 42. Starling 43. Great black backed Gull 44. Greylag Goose 45. Pheasant 46. Rook 47. Collared Dove 48. Stock Dove 49. Lapwing 50. Kestrel 51. Common Gull 52. Fieldfare 53. Marsh Tit 54. Nuthatch