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January 1st joint Birdforum list (2020 edition) (1 Viewer)

Birds I saw on my walk around Lodmoor this morning:

Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Common Shelduck
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Mallard
Eurasian Teal
Common Pochard
Tufted Duck
Common Woodpigeon
Feral Pigeon (not sure if counts?)
Collared Dove
Common Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Northern Lapwing
Common Snipe
Black headed Gull
Herring Gull
Cormorant
Grey Heron
Little Egret
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Common Starling
European Robin
European Stonechat
Dunnock
House Sparrow
 
From Southend and Hanningfield Reservoir, Essex UK:

Little Grebe
Green Woodpecker
Goldcrest
Great Crested Grebe
Long-tailed Tit
Coal Tit
Wigeon
Treecreeper
Dark-bellied Brent Geese
Oystercatcher
Redshank
Turnstone
Sanderling

Happy New Year!
 
Only the following to add:

Red-Crested Pochard
Garganey
Great Grey Shrike
Smew
Mandarin
Grey Wagtail
Dabchick
Siskin
Nuthatch
Great Spotted Woodpecker
 
A few more from this afternoon's perambulations:

Cormorant
Coot
Mallard
Sparrowhawk
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Nuthatch
Siskin (heard only)

Happy New Year to one and all!

Chris
 
Unless I've missed them I can add the following to the UK List from the Spey Valley;

Crested Tit
Goosander
Greenfinch
Greylag Goose
Jackdaw
Lesser Redpoll
Mistle Thrush
Pheasant
Red Grouse
Rook
Whooper Swan
 
Birds in our little valley in SW Wales today

Robin
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Marsh Tit
Chaffinch
Siskin
Dunnock
Nuthatch
Dipper
Wren
Bullfinch
Grey Wagtail
Grey Heron
Buzzard
Raven
Carrion Crow
Jay
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Long-tailed Tit
Jackdaw
Sparrowhawk
Woodcock

Curiously not a single Wood Pigeon?
 
For the UK list (all seen in NE Fife, Scotland). Don't think any of these have been posted yet....

Bar tailed Godwit
Black tailed Godwit
Common Gull
Common Scoter
Crossbill
Curlew
Dunlin
Eider
Fieldfare
Fulmar
Goldfinch
Great Black Backed Gull
Knot
Linnet
Long Tailed Duck
Peregrine
Pied Wagtail
Pintail
Purple Sandpiper
Red Breasted Merganser
Reed Bunting
Ringed Plover
Rock Pipit
Shag
Tree Sparrow
Velvet Scoter
Yellowhammer
 
Hi all and Happy New Year:

NOTHING NEW,!

But.......I am not good at identification by song so this is seen only - environs of Stanmore Hall Caravan Park where we are on holiday :) Excellent trip on the Severn Valley Railway yesterday btw!

Crow
Moorhen
Wood pigeon
Robin
Blackbird
Magpie
Blue tit
Song thrush
Gold finch
Great tit
Long tailed tit
Jay
Common buzzard
And..... Tree Creeper (I was so excited - haven’t seen one for years!!!!)
 
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Canada calling. I'm sure most of these will be covered by others in North America, but since I seem to be first to log on this morning:
American Goldfinch
Black Capped Chickadee
Hairy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Red Breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Downy Woodpecker
American Crow
Northern Shrike

May be back later, though there's very little around here at the moment! Happy New Year all.
 
Best birds seen today which may help with the UK list

Rough legged buzzard
Firecrest
Water pipit
Short eared owl
Water rail
Pintail
Kingfisher

Will check back later once full list starts to be compiled but doubt anything else I saw will help
 
My contribution for team Europe, from the coast of Asturias, in Spain:

1. Yellow-legged Gull
2. Rock Dove
3. Eurasian Magpie
4. House Sparrow
5. Lesser Black-backed Gull
6. Little Egret
7. White Wagtail
8. Ruddy Turnstone
9. Common Starling
10. Black-headed Gull
11. Mallard
12. Common Kingfisher
13. Great Cormorant
14. Purple Sandpiper
15. European Shag
16. Mediterranean Gull
17. European Stonechat
18. Black Redstart
19. Song Thrush
20. European Robin
21. Common Blackbird
22. Eurasian Wren
23. Eurasian Blue Tit
24. European Serin
25. Common Chaffinch
26. Western Cattle Egret
27. Meadow Pipit
28. Common Buzzard
29. Spotless Starling
30. Eurasian Collared Dove
31. Common Linnet
32. Great Black-backed Gull
33. Sardinian Warbler
34. Common Chiffchaff
35. Eurasian Blackcap
36. Common Wood Pigeon
37. Carrion Crow
38. Great Tit
39. Eurasian Coot
40. Common Moorhen
41. Tufted Duck
42. Common Pochard
43. Common Firecrest
44. European Goldfinch
45. Grey Wagtail
46. Northern Gannet
47. Northern Raven
48. Zitting Cisticola
49. Common Kestrel
50. European Greenfinch
 
A poor offering from Vejer de la frontera, Andalucis, Spain.
Griffon vulture
Blackcap
Redstart
Sardinian warbler
Robin
Goldfinch
House sparrow
Starling
Cattle egret
Kestrel
Tawny owl (heard only)

Happy New Year to all.
 
I think these are the only ones I saw that haven't been mentioned for the UK yet:
Cirl Bunting
Kestrel
Great Northern Diver
Black-throated Diver
 
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