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Trystan's 2015 world list (1 Viewer)

Trystan

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I'm aiming for 600 species this year based on planned holidays to Ghana and Greece plus the usual suspects at home.

As in previous years, lifers will be in capitals.

Initial plans to go for Blyth's pipit at Pugney's were altered at the last minute with the arrival of the Little Bustard near Bridlington. I made a half hearted effort to see robin and wren singing near the house as I set off then nothing seen until a shadowy probable kestrel while stood around the field at Fraisthorpe with a few hundred other birders.

So the first bird actually seen and ID'd was:

01/01/15

Fraisthorpe, Yorkshire

1. LITTLE BUSTARD

Could only go down hill from this incredible start and with the blustery weather, I certainly missed a few things on the coast which I would normally have picked up.

2. Mute swan
3. Herring gull
4. Black headed gull
5. Jackdaw
6. Feral pigeon

All seen as I returned from the bustard field to the village. Next I headed over to Bridlington to check out the area just south of the harbour for waders with a few common species picked up along the drive.

Bridlington

7. Rook
8. Woodpigeon
9. Carrion crow
11. Blackbird
12. Magpie
13. Turnstone
14. Sanderling
15. Oystercatcher
16. Redshank
17. Purple sandpiper

No sign of any dunlin and in my eagerness to head out to try for the Grindale rough legged buzzard, I didn't bother checking the harbour which cost me red throated diver for the day.

Grindale

18. Buzzard - On the hedge next to the road, thought I had got lucky straight away but it wasn't to be.

19. Kestrel
20. Fieldfare
21. Mistle thrush
22. Blue tit
23. Coal tit
24. Long tailed tit
25. Chaffinch
26. Yellowhammer

Report of Lapland bunting at Buckton so I tried there next with no joy. A few more common species picked up.

Buckton

27. Pheasant
28. Moorhen
29. Tree sparrow
30. Collared dove

Next stop Filey for a quick look at the dams then out on the brigg where the wind really prevented any decent birding, the bay seemed devoid of anything much.

Filey

Dams:

31. Mallard
32. Greylag goose
33. Canada goose
34. Gadwall
35. Teal
36. Grey heron
37. Coot
38. Sparrowhawk

Brigg:

39. Fulmar
40. Gannet
41. Shag
42. Great black backed gull
43. Starling

Too windy to persist, gave up trying to scope the bay and headed up to Scarborough next.

Scarborough

44. Mediterranean gull - As usual on the roof of the first house at holbeck carpark with black headed gulls.

45. Cormorant

Scarborough was heaving along the front so plans to stop and check out the harbour were abandoned and I headed out to the forge valley.

46. Marsh tit
47. Nuthatch
48. Great spotted woodpecker
49. Stock dove
50. Jay

I gave it a little while to try and get treecreeper and also still had failed to see robin, wren, goldfinch, greenfinch and great tit but bizarrely these species usually in my first 20 of the year all eluded me for the day!

Next up to my last stop on the coast for Richard's pipit.

Cloughton wyke

51. Richard's pipit

I arrived at the car park at the same time as a couple of other birders and we circled the usual field until we spotted it hopping around thrush-like giving great scope views.

With about 2 hours light left, I considered heading back to try again for RLB but instead thought to head back closer to home and pick up the Great northern diver on Mixenden reservoir. I arrived in the gloom with rain and wind blasting across the water and failed miserably to locate the bird despite doing a full circuit of what is not a very big reservoir and concluded that it had finally moved on in the face of such abysmal weather. I did pick up one more year tick here however.

Mixenden reservoir

52. Goldcrest
 
3/1/15

Garden

55. Robin!

Pugney's

My plan for the 1st Jan executed today with the Blyth's pipit being the main target.

Very promising start in dull but dry conditions as I arrived to

56. Jack snipe - Flushed by a birder at the top of the field
57. Pied wagtail
58. Blyth's pipit - Much closer than last year but always in and out of the grassy tussocks

A walk round Calder wetlands then Pugneys added

59. Tufted duck
60. Goosander
61. Great crested grebe
62. Wigeon
63. Shoveler
64. Pochard
65. Lapwing
66. Goldeneye
67. Great tit
68. Song thrush
69. Wren
70. Lesser black backed gull

By the time I'd finished, it was pouring down and I abandoned plans to move on to Winterset as no reports of Smew, however, the Great Northern Diver was still on Mixenden res so as the weather improved in the afternoon I headed out again, this time finding the bird easily.

Mixenden reservoir

71. Great northern diver
 
4/1/15

Another jaunt to find a few year ticks planning to end up at Blacktoft for the harrier roost.

Swillington ings

72. Shelduck
73. Bullfinch
74. Redwing
75. Meadow pipit
76. Reed bunting
77. Stonechat
78. Curlew
79. Goldfinch
80. Black necked grebe
81. Pintail
82. Snipe
83. Red kite

Fairburn

Didn't have too long to spend here as Smew was reported at Huggin carr, I wanted to head here then get to Blacktoft in time for some general birding as well as the roost so stuck to the feeding station area.

84. Greenfinch
85. Willow tit

Huggin carr

86. Little grebe
87. Smew - Always nice to see, a male and a female here.

Blacktoft

Really poor here tonight. With kingfisher, bearded tit, merlin peregrine all around as well as the harriers the previous day, all I managed was:

88. Black tailed godwit
89. Marsh harrier

Stayed until 5pm, marsh harrier activity had stopped about half an hour previous and still no sign of the hen harriers.

May try again next weekend.
 
11/1/15

Bit of a re-run of last Sunday. Frustratingly still no Hen harriers, maybe more religious than I realised and don't roost on a Sunday.

Swillington

90. Little egret
91. Water pipit
92. Green woodpecker

Fairburn

93. Kingfisher

North Duffield Carrs

94. Whooper swan
95. Ruff
96. Dunlin
97. Golden plover

Blacktoft

98. Spotted redshank
99. Pink footed goose
 
18/1/15

Lisbon airport

A window of opportunity while waiting for my transfer didn't produce many species. Highlights were a pair of common buzzards and this bird on the Tarmac with house sparrows.

100. Created lark

A nice round number to start my holiday list from. Will update again on my return.
 
Ghana

19/1/15

Shai Hills

101. Cattle egret
102. Senegal coucal
103. Black (Yellow billed) kite
104. Grey kestrel
105. Vinaceous dove
106. Senegal parrot
107. African grey hornbill
108. BLACK SCIMITARBILL
109. WHITE SHOULDERED BLACK TIT
110. White throated bee-eater
111. Common bulbul
112. Yellow throated longclaw
113. African thrush
114. SHORT WINGED CISTICOLA
115. Senegal eremomela
116. Northern black flycatcher
117. SENEGAL BATIS
118. CROAKING CISTICOLA
119. Spotted flycatcher
120. BROWN CROWNED TCHAGRA
121. Splendid sunbird
122. GREEN HEADED SUNBIRD
123. Pied flycatcher
124. RED NECKED BUZZARD
125. European bee-eater
126. Scarlet chested sunbird
127. Northern puffback
128. Snowy crowned robin chat
129. Northern crombec
130. Whinchat
131. MOCKING CLIFF CHAT
132. Rock martin
133. Barn swallow
134. Flappet lark
135. VEILLOT'S BARBET
136. Yellow fronted tinkerbird
137. African pied hornbill
138. ROSY BEE-EATER
139. STRIPED KINGFISHER
140. African palm swift
141. Violet turaco
142. Western plantain eater
143. Blue spotted wood dove
144. Ahanta francolin
145. Lizard buzzard
146. Grey headed kingfisher
147. GREATER HONEYGUIDE
148. Rufous crowned roller
149. Yellow rumped tinkerbird
150. Tree pipit
151. Zitting cisticola
152. Tawny flanked prinia
153. Black crowned tchagra

Alexis hotel, Tema

154. Black shouldered kite
155. Grey headed sparrow
156. Laughing dove

Winneba plains/lily pond

157. African jacana
158. White faced whistling duck
159. Knob-billed duck
160. Wattled lapwing
161. LESSER BLACK WINGED LAPWING
162. Black bellied bustard
163. Green turaco
164. Village weaver
165. Bronze manikin
166. Yellow crowned gonolek
167. Plain backed pipit

Anomabo

168. Pied crow
169. Lanner falcon
170. Pied kingfisher
171. Hooded vulture
172. African pied wagtail
 
Ghana

20/1/15

Kakum National Park

173. VELVET MANTLED DRONGO
174. GABON WOODPECKER
175. USSHER'S FLYCATCHER
176. Common swift
177. African green pigeon
178. RED HEADED MALIMBE
179. SPLENDID GLOSSY STARLING
180. RUFOUS CROWNED EREMOMELA
181. BLACK CUCKOO
182. Honey buzzard
183. Grey headed negrofinch
184. YELLOW MANTLED WEAVER
185. African harrier hawk
186. WESTERN BEARDED GREENBUL
187. YELLOW THROATED TINKERBIRD
188. LITTLE GREEN WOODPECKER
189. FOREST CHESTNUT WINGED STARLING
190. SUPERB SUNBIRD
191. GOLDEN GREENBUL
192. FIRE BELLIED WOODPECKER
193. GREEN SUNBIRD
194. SPECKLED TINKERBIRD
195. PREUSS' GOLDEN BACKED WEAVER
196. BLACK WINGED ORIOLE
197. COLLARED SUNBIRD
198. BUFF THROATED SUNBIRD
199. KLAAS' CUCKOO
200. Wood warbler
201. YELLOWBILL
202. WHITE BREASTED NEGROFINCH
203. NAKED FACED BARBET
204. CASSIN'S HONEYBIRD
205. FOREST PENDULINE TIT
206. CHESTNUT WATTLE-EYE
207. Levaillant's cuckoo
208. SHARPE'S APALIS
209. YELLOW WHISKERED GREENBUL
210. BLACK CAPPED APALIS
211. HONEYGUIDE GREENBUL
212. CHESTNUT CAPPED FLYCATCHER
213. EMERALD CUCKOO
214. Yellow wagtail
215. BAR BREASTED FIREFINCH (Back at hotel during lunch break)
216. YELLOW SPOTTED BARBET
217. Palm nut vulture
218. BLUE THROATED ROLLER
219. HAIRY BREASTED BARBET
220. BAT HAWK
221. BROWN NIGHTJAR
 
Ghana

21/1/15

Kakum National Park

222. Red eyed dove
223. YELLOW WHITE-EYE
224. SIMPLE LEAFLOVE
225. Black necked weaver
226. VIELLOT'S BLACK WEAVER
227. YELLOW BROWED CAMEROPTERA
228. AFRICAN GOSHAWK
229. Rufous chested swallow
230. GREEN HYLIA
231. BLUE BILLED MALIMBE
232. WHITE SPOTTED FLUFFTAIL
233. GREY HEADED BRISTLEBILL
234. PUVEL'S ILLADOPSIS
235. OLIVE SUNBIRD
236. RED RUMPED TINKERBIRD
237. Slender billed greenbul
238. OLIVE GREEN CAMEROPTERA
239. African cuckoo hawk
240. DIDERIC CUCKOO
241. CHESTNUT BREASTED NEGROFINCH
242. Little greenbul
243. BUFF SPOTTED WOODPECKER
244. Red bellied paradise flycatcher
245. BLUE THROATED BROWN SUNBIRD
246. CASSIN'S HAWK EAGLE
247. SWAMP PALM BULBUL
248. JOHANNA'S SUNBIRD
249. FRASER'S FOREST FLYCATCHER
250. OLIVE BELLIED SUNBIRD
251. PRUESS' CLIFF SWALLOW
252. BLACK BEE-EATER
253. LESSER STRIPED SWALLOW
254. COPPER TAILED GLOSSY STARLING
255. BLACK AND WHITE MANNIKIN

Praso River

256. Little swift
257. Common sandpiper
258. WHITE THROATED BLUE SWALLOW
259. Senegal thick-knee
260. Striated heron
261. WHITE HEADED LAPWING
262. Mottled spinetail
263. Common fiscal

Abrafo Forest

264. Common wattle-eye
265. Fanti saw-wing
266. BLACK BELLIED SEED-EATER
267. Orange cheeked waxbill
268. FOREST WOOD-HOOPOE
269. TINY SUNBIRD
 
Ghana

22/1/15

Abrafo forest

270. Whistling cisticola
271. YELLOW MANTLED WIDOWBIRD
272. Black winged red bishop
273. WHITE CRESTED HORNBILL
274. ICTERINE GREENBUL
275. RED CHEEKED WATTLE-EYE
276. BLACK CASQUED HORNBILL
277. VIOLET BACKED STARLING
278. DUSKY BLUE FLYCATCHER
279. PIPING HORNBILL
280. RED VENTED MALIMBE
281. WESTERN BLACK HEADED ORIOLE
282. RED TAILED GREENBUL
283. FRASER'S SUNBIRD
284. RED TAILED BRISTLEBILL
285. BLUE CUCKOO SHRIKE

Kakum NP

286. MAXWELL'S BLACK WEAVER
287. CRESTED MALIMBE
288. FINSCH'S FLYCATCHER THRUSH
289. CHOCOLATE BACKED KINGFISHER
290. YELLOW BILLED TURACO
291. FRASER'S EAGLE OWL
 
Ghana

23/1/15

Kakum National Park

292. RED FACED CISTICOLA
293. LITTLE GREY GREENBUL
294. SOOTY BOUBOU
295. WESTERN BLUEBILL
296. Tambourine dove
297. BLUE BILLED FIREFINCH
298. GREEN CROMBEC
299. BLUE HEADED COUCAL
300. African pygmy kingfisher
301. COPPER SUNBIRD

Cape coast

302. Great white egret
303. Wood sandpiper
304. Malachite kingfisher

Brimso Reservoir

305. African finfoot
306. Squacco heron
307. Pin tailed whydah
308. MAGPIE MANNIKIN

Amenzule river and Mangroves

309. Little bee-eater
310. REICHENBACH'S SUNBIRD
311. Broad-billed roller
312. African pygmy goose
313. ORANGE WEAVER
314. HARTLAUB'S DUCK
315. Western reef egret
316. Greenshank
317. Ringed plover
318. Whimbrel
319. Purple heron
320. WHITE BROWED FOREST FLYCATCHER
321. Brown sunbird
 
24/1/15

Ankasa

322. RUFOUS SIDED BROADBILL
323. SQUARE TAILED SAW-WING
324. RED BILLED HELMETSHRIKE
325. ANSORGE'S GREENBUL
326. SHINING DRONGO
327. GREY LONGBILL
328. BLUE HEADED CRESTED FLYCATCHER
329. AFRICAN GREY PARROT
330. GREAT BLUE TURACO
331. BLACK DWARF HORNBILL
332. BROWN EARED WOODPECKER
333. CASSIN'S SPINETAIL
334. SABINE'S SPINETAIL
335. CROWNED EAGLE
336. BLUE HEADED WOOD DOVE
337. WESTERN NICATOR
338. FOREST ROBIN
339. OLIVE LONG TAILED CUCKOO
 
25/1/15

Ankasa

340. BLACKCAP ILLADOPSIS
341. DUSKY CRESTED FLYCATCHER
342. CASSIN'S FLYCATCHER
343. SHINING BLUE KINGFISHER
344. Grey backed cameroptera
 
26/1/15

Ankasa

345. PALE BREASTED ILLADOPSIS
346. RUFOUS WINGED ILLADOPSIS

Akyinim grassland

347. ETHIOPIAN SWALLOW
348. MARSH TCHAGRA
349. SINGING CISTICOLA
350. RED HEADED QUELEA
351. LITTLE BUTTONQUAIL
352. Great spotted cuckoo
 
27/1/15

Praso River

353. ROCK PRATINCOLE

Kakum National Park

354. PALE FLYCATCHER
355. White headed woodhoopoe
356. LONG TAILED HAWK

Bunkuro forest

357. YELLOW HEADED PICATHARTES
358. AFEP PIGEON
359. Red fronted parrot
360. AKUN EAGLE OWL
361. PLAIN NIGHTJAR
 
28/1/15

Opro river forest

362. Blue bellied roller
363. SABINE'S PUFFBACK
364. CAMEROON SOMBRE GREENBUL
365. WESTERN BRONZE NAPED PIGEON
366. GREAT SPARROWHAWK
367. TIT-HYLIA
368. YELLOW FOOTED HONEYGUIDE

Bobiri forest

369. RED BILLED DWARF HORNBILL
370. NARROW TAILED STARLING
 
29/1/15

Kumasi

371. African hobby

Bobiri forest

372. KEMP'S LONGBILL
373. PURPLE THROATED CUCKOOSHRIKE
374. BRISTLE NOSED BARBET
375. LEAST HONEYGUIDE

Atewa

376. GREY THROATED TIT FLYCATCHER
377. LEMON BELLIED CROMBEC
378. SHRIKE FLYCATCHER
 
30/1/15

Atewa

379. BROWN ILLADOPSIS
380. WHITE THROATED GREENBUL
381. WILLCOCK'S HONEYGUIDE
382. RED CHESTED OWLET
383. NARINA'S TROGON
384. FOREST SCRUB ROBIN
385. MANY COLOURED BUSH-SHRIKE
386. BLUE HEADED BEE-EATER
387. BLACK AND WHITE FLYCATCHER
 
31/1/15

Atewa

388. Mosque swallow
389. Green sandpiper
390. Grey woodpecker

Sokode

391. Piapiac

Kalapke

392. Fine spotted woodpecker
393. Red shouldered cuckooshrike
394. Sulphur breasted bush-shrike
395. DOUBLE TOOTHED BARBET
396. African golden oriole
397. AFRICAN MOUSTACHED WARBLER
398. Double spurred francolin
399. Yellow fronted canary
400. BLACK SHOULDERED NIGHTJAR
401. Long tailed nightjar
402. Standard winged nightjar
 
1/2/15

Kalapke

403. AFRICAN CUCKOO
404. Yellow billed shrike
405. GREY HEADED BUSH-SHRIKE
406. COMPACT WEAVER
407. Northern red bishop
408. Lesser blue eared glossy starling
409. Green woodhoopoe
410. African paradise flycatcher
411. Fork tailed drongo
412. Shikra
413. Heuglin's masked weaver
 

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