Stand on Zanzibar's 2007 List (1 Viewer)

Stand on Zanzibar

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• Jan 15, 2007

• #1

My BOU area list for 2007...

Lifers in Red.
Honourable Mentions in Orange.

1st January 2007 (Travelling home to Manchester from North Yorkshire)

1. Jackdaw Ravenscar
2. Blue Tit Ravenscar
3. Magpie Ravenscar
4. Great Tit Ravenscar
5. Chaffinch Ravenscar
6. Great Spotted Woodpecker Ravenscar
7. House Sparrow Ravenscar
8. Song Thrush Ravenscar
9. Blackbird Ravenscar
10. Coal Tit Forge Valley
11. Robin Forge Valley
12. Marsh Tit Forge Valley
13. Collared Dove Forge Valley
14. Wood Pigeon Wykeham
15. Rook Wykeham
16. Black-headed Gull Brompton
17. Carrion Crow Snainton
18. Starling Davyhulme

Tim

 

Stand on Zanzibar

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• Jan 15, 2007

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Lifers in Red.
Honourable Mentions in Orange.

2nd January 2007 (Back to work)

19. Feral Pigeon Rochdale
20. Long-tailed Tit Davyhulme

Tim

 

Stand on Zanzibar

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• Jan 18, 2007

• #3

Lifers in Red.
Honourable Mentions in Orange.

6th January 2007 (Conwy and around)

21. Dunnock Davyhulme
22. Mute Swan Nr. Abergele
23. Herring Gull Llanddulas
24. Oystercatcher Rhos Point
25. Turnstone Rhos Point
26. Dunlin Rhos Point
27. Cormorant Rhos Point
28. Wigeon Kinmel Bay
29. Common Scoter Kinmel Bay
30. Lesser Black-backed Gull Kinmel Bay
31. Short-eared Owl Kinmel Bay
32. Grey Heron Kinmel Bay
33. Goldfinch Kinmel Bay
34. Greater Black-backed Gull Rhyl
35. Redshank Rhyl
36. Curlew Rhyl
37. Kestrel Tan Lan
38. Whooper Swan S. of Burton Marsh
39. Common Buzzard Shotwick

Tim

 

Stand on Zanzibar

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• Jan 18, 2007

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Lifers in Red.
Honourable Mentions in Orange.

7th January 2007 (Marton Mere)

40. Long-eared Owl (BOU Lifer No.228) Marton Mere

Tim

 

Stand on Zanzibar

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• Jan 18, 2007

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Lifers in Red.
Honourable Mentions in Orange.

14th January 2007 (Anglesey)

41. Lapwing Nr. Jct. 10 M56
42. Common Pheasant Nr. Halkyn
43. Mallard Beddmanarch Bay
44. Moorhen Beddmanarch Bay
45. Shelduck Beddmanarch Bay
46. (Pale-bellied) Brent Goose Beddmanarch Bay
47. Ringed Plover Beddmanarch Bay
48. Black-throated Diver Holyhead
49. Black Guillemot Holyhead
50. Raven South Stack
51. Chough South Stack
52. Little Egret Nr. Beddmanarch Bay
53. Coot Cemlyn Bay
54. Little Grebe Cemlyn Bay

Tim

 

Stand on Zanzibar

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• Jan 22, 2007

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Lifers in Red.
Honourable Mentions in Orange.

21st January 2007 (Leighton Moss and around)

55. Greenfinch LM Visitor Centre
56. Canada Goose LM Lillian's Hide
57. Teal LM Lillian's Hide
58. Wren LM Causeway
59. Tufted Duck LM Public Hide
60. Pochard LM Public Hide
61. Gadwall LM Public Hide
62. Greylag Goose LM Public Hide
63. Water Rail LM Causeway
64. Peregrine LM Lower Hide
65. Pied Wagtail Nr. Galgate

Tim

 

Stand on Zanzibar

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• Jan 27, 2007

• #7

Lifers in Red.
Honourable Mentions in Orange.

27th January 2007 (A brief dash to Bingley)

66. American Robin (BOU Lifer No.229) Dowley Gap
67. Redwing Dowley Gap

Tim

 

Stand on Zanzibar

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• Feb 4, 2007

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Lifers in Red.
Honourable Mentions in Orange.

28th January 2007 (Wigan and around)

68. Bullfinch Pennington Flash
69. Reed Bunting Pennington Flash
70. Goldeneye Pennington Flash
71. Great Crested Grebe Pearson's Flash
72. Ruddy Duck Pearson's Flash

Tim

 

Stand on Zanzibar

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• Feb 4, 2007

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Lifers in Red.
Honourable Mentions in Orange.

4th February 2007 (The War of the Roses)

- . Pacific Diver Farnham, Yorks (C'mon BOU!)
73. Red Grouse Barden Moor, Yorks
74. Black Redstart (BOU Lifer No.230) Fleetwood Marina, Lancs
75. Stonechat Fleetwood Marina, Lancs

Norfolk here I come...

Tim

 

Last edited: Feb 7, 2007

Stand on Zanzibar

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• Feb 21, 2007

• #10

Lifers in Red.
Honourable Mentions in Orange.

10th February 2007 (Norfolk Day 1 - Travelling)

76. Fieldfare Flitcham
77. Red Legged Partridge Flitcham Abbey Farm

Tim

 

Stand on Zanzibar

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• Feb 21, 2007

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Lifers in Red.
Honourable Mentions in Orange.

11th February 2007 (Norfolk Day 2 - Warham Peace)

78. Stock Dove Houghton St. Giles
79. Jay Lynford Arboretum

No Hawfinches...yet.

80. Pintail Welney
81. (Tundra) Bean Goose (BOU Lifer No.231) Welney
82. Bewick's Swan Ten Mile Bank
83. Barn Owl Warham Greens

The first of many that week.

84. Hen Harrier Warham Greens


Tim

 

Stand on Zanzibar

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• Feb 21, 2007

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Lifers in Red.
Honourable Mentions in Orange.

12th February 2007 (Norfolk Day 3 - West from the East Bank)

85. Skylark Cley
86. A poor, limping Meadow Pipit Cley
87. Snow Bunting Cley
88. Glaucous Gull (BOU Lifer No.232) Cley
89. Grey Plover Cley
90. Egyptian Goose Cley
91. Shore Lark Cley
92. Waxwing Nr. Holkham
93. Mistle Thrush Choseley Barns
94. Corn Bunting Choseley Barns
95. Yellowhammer Choseley Barns
96. Sparrowhawk Holme NWT

Tim

 

Stand on Zanzibar

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• Feb 21, 2007

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Lifers in Red.
Honourable Mentions in Orange.

13th February 2007 (Norfolk Day 4 - The Broads)


97. American Wigeon (BOU Lifer No.233) Buckenham Marshes
98. Mediterranean Gull Great Yarmouth
99. Common Gull Nr. California
100. Marsh Harrier Horsey Mill
101. Pink-footed Goose Horsey Corner
102. Common Crane Hickling Broad


Tim

 

Stand on Zanzibar

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• Feb 21, 2007

• #14

Lifers in Red.
Honourable Mentions in Orange.

14th February 2007 (Norfolk Day 5 - Titchwell)

103. Avocet
104. Golden Plover
105. Bar-tailed Godwit
106. Spotted Redshank
107. Sanderling


Tim

 

Stand on Zanzibar

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• Feb 21, 2007

• #15

Lifers in Red.
Honourable Mentions in Orange.

15th February 2007 (Norfolk Day 6 - The - Lynford - Wolferton - Walsingham - Triangle)

108. Hawfinch Lynford Arboretum
109. Nuthatch Lynford Arboretum
110. Green Woodpecker Santon Downham (Where have the swings gone?)
111. Golden Pheasant Wolferton Triangle


Tim

 

Stand on Zanzibar

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• Feb 21, 2007

• #16

Lifers in Red.
Honourable Mentions in Orange.

16th February 2007 (Norfolk Day 7 - Cley to Holme)

112. Water Pipit (BOU Lifer No. 234) Cley
113. Snipe Cley
114. Red-throated Diver Holme NWT


Tim

 

Stand on Zanzibar

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• Feb 21, 2007

• #17

Lifers in Red.
Honourable Mentions in Orange.

17th February 2007 (Norfolk Day 8 - Holme NWT to Home)

115. Grey Partridge Great Walsingham
116. Slavonian Grebe Gore Point
117. Long-tailed Duck (BOU Lifer No. 235) Gore Point

Four drakes and a Black Guillemot meant that the holiday ended on a real high. B

118. Goosander Langtoft Gravel Pits


Tim

106 birds for the Norfolk trip list (plus 1 in Lincs)

Also heard only:

Water rail (several)
Tawny Owl (3)

I'll be back...in May...but first I have an appointment in the Highlands.

 

Stand on Zanzibar

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• Feb 26, 2007

• #18

Lifers in Red.
Honourable Mentions in Orange.

25th February 2007 (At home)

119. Goldcrest Davyhulme

Despite not getting out birding at all this weekend (taking the children to parties and decorating are to be blamed), I managed to glance out into the garden and see two Goldcrests in a bush right beside the window. Very nice.

Tim

 

Stand on Zanzibar

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• Mar 4, 2007

• #19

Lifers in Red.
Honourable Mentions in Orange.

4th March 2007 (Before the rains came...)

120. Willow Tit Woolston Eyes

Tim

Slowly, slowly......

 

Stand on Zanzibar

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• Mar 11, 2007

• #20

Lifers in Red.
Honourable Mentions in Orange.

11th March 2007 (North Wales)

121. Red Kite World's End
122. Black Grouse World's End

Four male Black Grouse at 3pm was a nice surprise... ...saves having to get up too early!

Also had a female Hen Harrier over the car.

A great day! B

Makes up for missing that Desert Wheatear... ...after all, there'll be another one (if not in Irlam).

Tim

 

Last edited: Apr 29, 2007