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G8INA's 2006 + life list, seen and heard (1 Viewer)

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He's pining for the Fjords !
G8INA's Life list, seen & heard + photo links

Being a relative newbie to birding, I may make a few mistakes, so if anyone spots a glaring error, please LMK. Gear consists of my own eyes and ears, plus a Nikon D70, D200, Tamron 28-300 F6.3, and I used to have a Revelation telescope as a manual lens at 500mm F6.2. Home was Telford, about 40Km west of Birmingham UK, but is now Northampton.


Edit 12 June - corrected errors in descriptions and count.
Edit 23 April 2009, removed photo links, updated intro.


Seen at home, Telford Park Carsington Water, Venus Pools, all in no particular order:-

1. Blue Tit
2. Great Tit
3. Tree Sparrow
4. House Sparrow
5. Dunnock
6. Blackbird
7. Song Thrush
8. Chaffinch
9. Buzzard
10. Kestrel
11. Nuthatch
12. Robin
13. Coal Tit
14. Long Tailed Tit
15. Crow
16. Jay
17. Pheasant
18. Collared Dove
19. Wood Pigeon
20. Wren
21. Green Woodpecker
22. Gt Spotted Woodpecker
23. Black Cap
24. Magpie
25. Starling
26. Chiffchaff
27. Swift
28. Bullfinch
29. Goldfinch
30. Siskin
31. Goldcrest
32. Heron
33. Mute Swan
34. Mallard
35. Canada Goose
36. Greylag Goose
37. Coot
38. Moorhen
39. Pied Wagtail
40. Gt Crested Grebe
41. Little Grebe
42. Pochard
43. Osprey
44. Wigeon
45. Teal
46. Hen Harrier
47. Knot
48. Common Sandpiper
49. Red Kites (Brecon)
50. Sparrowhawk
51. Lapwing
52. Lesser Black Backed Gull
53. Herring Gull
54. Feral Pigeon
55. Skylark
56. Waxwing (about 20, at Secret Hills Centre, S Shropshire, May 05)
57. Jackdaw

57

Heard only in no particular order :-
58. Barn Owl
59. Tawny Owl
60. Cuckoo
61. Yellowhammer

61
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Grand Total Life List : 61.

Will update as the year passes.
4 May 2006.
 
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New lifer (big deal :) )

New lifer today at Secret Hills, S Shrops :

62. Tufted Duck (M/F pair) ( - big deal |8(| )
 
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63: Treecreeper, woods at back of fields behind house (via 60x scope)
 
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First trip to Venus Pools, 4 lifers

Venus Pools, Shropshire, first real birdwatching outing anywhere !

64. *Oystercatcher
65. Dunlin
66. Gadwall Female
67. Little Ringed Plover
68. Black Headed Gulls
69. Sedge Warbler

Quite pleased for a first time outing ;)
 
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Another happy hour and a half at Venus Pools Shropshire !

70. Cormorant
71. Yellow Wagtail
72. Ringed Plover
73. Linnet
 
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A great week at Carsington Water !

Either at Carsington Water, or at the cottages in Carsington Village :-

5-6 June 2006 :-

75. Swallow (nesting in barns by cottages)

76. Redshank (+6 chicks)
77. Barnacle Goose
78. Cackling Goose (5 on the res. at one time) "Branta hutchinsii minima"
79. Curlew
80. (Hybrid) Leucistic Red Crested Pochard (as confirmed by Roger Carrington, County Recorder, 6 June 2006)
81. Reed Bunting

8 June 2006 :-

82. Grasshopper Warbler (heard only in Sheepwash Car Park)

10 June 2006 :-

83. Bar Headed Goose (escapee)
84. Hobby (heard only)
85. Garden Warbler (heard and glimpsed, enough to know it's not a Blackcap)

Late addition, from photos :
86. House Martin

A great week and lots of nice people at C/W ! Thanks guys...
 
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In Portugal, Algarve. Nice :)

88. Sardinian Warbler
89. Stonechat
90. White Stork
91. Azure Winged Magpie (wow)

And just today at Quinta da Rocha migratory ringing station (near Alvor marshes) Quinta Da Rocha :-
92. Cattle Egret pair
93. Waxbill pair (wow again)
94. Serin
95. Bee Eater (hurray !)
96. Southern Grey Shrike
97. Crested Lark
98. Turtle Doves
99. Woodchat Shrike

Great place, well worth a trip (IF you can find it !!)
 
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I just did some checking of my records and my 100th bird seems to be a Northern Harrier, Circus cyaneus. I saw this species for the first time on September 29, 1990. Some people here still call this bird the Marsh Hawk, which is what it was called here in the states years ago.

This is the same species as your Hen Harrier, Circus cyaneus, (bird #46 in your list).
 
Thanks Larry, and - hehehehehehe -

100. HOOPOE ;-) yayyyy !!! (just taking a stroll in our Portugal friend's garden)

Cape St Vincent -

101. Crag Martin
102. Sand Martin
103. Black Redstart

Back at Lagos

104. Pallid Swift (nice surprise)
105. Red Legged Partridge (on neighbours roof !)

and that was it for Portugal, a fantastic holiday, and already booked for Spring 2007.
 
Not an increase but an upgrade :

No 58 is upgraded from heard to seen. Barn Owl, last night. Now I know where he lives, I might take a hike (in my wheelchair, yeah sure...) and see if I can see him again.
 
Venus Pools 22 Sept 2006 - a long time since i was last out, I tore a muscle in my right shoulder blade about 6 weeks ago which made travel VERY uncomfortable ! Still suffering, but managed :

106. Black Tailed Godwits (pair).
107. Female Shoveler.
 
108. Ruddy Duck

Venus Pools. I was sure I'd already ticked this one, but apparently not !

First real outing of 2007 ! Health better but still only in wheelchair if I go out :(
 
109. Red Rumped Swallow

Quinta De Rocha, Portugal. If I'm REALLY lucky, I'll bag an eagle of some sort when we visit the Monchique mountains on Sat.
 
110. Little Egret

Caught a fleeting glimpse of a large bird, like an eagle, but no positive ID, so no life tick :(

Top of the mountains at Monchique, and 100% mist cover, plus severe travel sickness to boot... Not going there again!
 
111. Pied Flycatcher :)

Just sat in the garden and it flew into a bush and stayed there for 20 mins. After that, I kept seeing it in the same place, so I reckon it "lives" very close.
 
112. Booted Eagles, pair.

Just driving away from our hosts villa, and they were circling overhead. Great :)
 
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