Gibbo 92's 2015 Year List (1 Viewer)

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Gibbo 92

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• Jan 9, 2015

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1st January - A walk very close to home, to Furzton Lake in Milton Keynes, UK

1) Magpie
2) Carrion Crow
3) Starling
4) Wood Pigeon
5) Blue Tit
6) House Sparrow
7) Dunnock
8) Robin
9) Black-headed Gull
10) Blackbird
11) Feral Pigeon
12) Collared Dove
13) Great Tit
14) Lesser Black-backed Gull
15) Redwing
16) Herring Gull
17) Moorhen
18) Grey Heron
19) Mallard
20) Long-tailed Tit
21) Kingfisher - great to see this bird very close to home
22) Goldfinch
23) Cormorant
24) Common Gull
25) Great Crested Grebe
26) Mute Swan
27) Canada Goose
28) Great Black-backed Gull
29) Coot

 

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Gibbo 92

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• Jan 9, 2015

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3rd January

30) Pied Wagtail

4th January

31) Kestrel
32) Common Buzzard
33) Chaffinch

7th January

34) Rook

 

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Gibbo 92

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• Jan 10, 2015

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10th January - driving back from work in Cambridge

35) Jackdaw
36) Lapwing
37) Sparrowhawk - over my house

 

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Gibbo 92

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• Jan 11, 2015

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11th January

38) Pheasant

12th January

39) Goldcrest - 1 in the garden

15th January

40) Red Kite - 1 flying low over grandparents garden in Bletchley

 

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Gibbo 92

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• Jan 25, 2015

• #5

24th January - Working in London

41) Ring-necked Parakeet - 3 over the M25
42) Tufted Duck - Near Wallington

25th January - Willen Lake, Milton Keynes

43) Greylag Goose
44) Goldeneye - 2 males 3 females
45) Wigeon
46) Gadwall
47) Pochard
48) Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2
49) Little Grebe - 12 in total
50) Green Woodpecker - 1 male
51) Teal
52) Song Thrush
53) Wren - 1 in the back garden

 

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Gibbo 92

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• Mar 5, 2015

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14th February - On the way to Hereford from Milton Keynes

54) Grey Partridge - 4 in a field in Oxfordshire

 

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Gibbo 92

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• Mar 5, 2015

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A two week holiday to Hong Kong and Macau gave a trip list of 120 and 60 new ones.

17th February - Hong Kong International Airport

55) Crested Myna - common everywhere in Hong Kong

 

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Gibbo 92

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• Mar 5, 2015

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18th February - A day looking around Kowloon, Chi Lin Nunnery and Nan Lian Gardens

56) Red-whiskered Bulbul - everywhere cannot miss
57) Light-vented Bulbul (Chinese Bulbul) - " "
58) Cinereous Tit - common
59) Black-collared Starling - common
60) Black Kite - ubiquitous
61) Large-billed Crow - several seen on the trip
62) Spotted Dove - very common
63) Black-crowned Night Heron -
64) Tree Sparrow - cannot miss
65) Alexandrine Parakeet - I believe is now breeding in Kowloon Park 4 seen
66) Red-billed Blue Magpie - 2 seen at Granville Square
67) Masked Laughingthrush - seen in small groups throughout the trip, this one at Nan Lian Gardens
68) House Swift - 3 over Chi Lin Nunnery
69) Japanese White-eye - very common
70) Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 in the Gardens, great to finally see this bird after missed attempts at Wells Wood back home

 

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Gibbo 92

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• Mar 5, 2015

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19th February - Chinese New Year, Hong Kong Park and Victoria Peak

71) Yellow-crested Cockatoo - 25 seen flying around the Park
72) Blue Whistling Thrush - 1 by the waterfall
73) Oriental Magpie-Robin - common
74) Eastern Buzzard - 1 soaring at the top of the peak

 

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Gibbo 92

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• Mar 5, 2015

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20th February - Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve

75) Velvet-fronted Nuthatch - several
76) Scarlet Minivet - 1 male and 3 females seen
77) Chestnut-flanked White-eye - 1 in a Japanese white-eye group
78) Fork-tailed Sunbird - 1 brilliant male seen
79) Yellow-cheeked Tit - 2
80) Silver-eared Mesia - always seen in mixed flocks
81) Chestnut Bulbul - common here
82) Grey-chinned Minivet - 1 male and female seen
83) White-bellied Erpornis (White-bellied Yuhina) - 1
84) Huet's Fulvetta - not shy
85) Rufous-capped Babbler - several in the undergrowth
86) Red-billed Leiothrix - 2
87) Chinese Pond Heron - 1 in breeding plumage seen on a small lagoon from the MTR on the way home.

 

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Gibbo 92

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• Mar 5, 2015

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21st February - Cheung Chau Island

88) Asian Koel - females here but males heard and seen calling later on
89) Common Sandpiper - 1
90) Scaly-breasted Munia - a small flock at Kwun Yam Temple
91) Chinese Hwamei - 2 on the track to Fa Peng Knoll
92) Blue Rock Thrush - 1
93) Plain Prinia - 1
94) Common Tailorbird - 1
95) Little Egret
96) Pacific Reef Heron - 1 on rocky coast

 

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Gibbo 92

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• Mar 5, 2015

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22nd February - Shek O Dragon Back Trail

97) Daurian Redstart - 1 female on the track males seen on Lamma and Mai Po later on
98) Barn Swallow - 3 past Shek O headland
99) Long-tailed Shrike - great views

 

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Gibbo 92

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• Mar 5, 2015

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23rd February - Lamma Island

100) Red-flanked Bluetail - 1 female at Lo So Shing
101) Japanese Thrush - 1 male, great views
102) Black-naped Monarch - 1 female
103) Grey Wagtail - 1
104) Great Egret - 1

 

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Gibbo 92

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• Mar 5, 2015

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24th February - Macau

105) White-cheeked Starling - 2 on Saint Dominques Church
106) Common Hill Myna - 2

 

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Gibbo 92

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• Mar 5, 2015

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25th February - Mai Po WWF reserve - a fantastic day at this reserve, I have never seen as many birds in one area than at the deep bay area.

107) Red Turtle Dove - 1 male and 2 females
108) Intermediate Egret - several seen
109) Collared Crow - several here
110) Osprey - 3
111) Asian Brown Flycatcher - 1 in a tree in the car park
112) Azure-winged Magpie - a group of 12 near the wardens hut
113) White-throated Kingfisher - 1
114) Eastern Cattle Egret - 1
115) White-breasted Waterhen - 2
116) White-shouldered Starling - a group of around 30
117) Avocet - lots
118) Greater Coucal - a couple
119) Wood Sandpiper
120) Purple Heron - 1
121) Shoveler - thousands
122) Pintail - lots
123) Pied Kingfisher - 3 seen, 1 hovering and diving
124) Spotted Redshank
125) Common Redshank
126) Greenshank
127) Striated Heron
128) Marsh Sandpiper - lots
129) Grey Plover
130) Curlew
131) Saunders's Gull - several in breeding plumage
132) Pacific Golden Plover - a few in the deep bay area
133) Black-faced Spoonbill - 21 seen, great to see this endangered bird
134) Black-tailed Godwit
135) Relict Gull - 1 first winter bird
136) Great Knot - 2
137) Black-winged Stilt
138) Little Ringed Plover
139) Sanderling
140) Chinese Penduline Tit - a group of 9 feeding in the reeds
141) Pallas's Leaf Warbler - 1
142) Dusky Warbler - 1
143) Red-rumped Swallow - 1 amongst the swallows and swifts
144) Eastern Yellow Wagtail - taviana race

 

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Gibbo 92

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• Mar 5, 2015

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26th February - Ngong Ping Plateau - Big Buddha

145) White-rumped Munia - 2 seen at Po Lin monastery

 

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Gibbo 92

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• Mar 5, 2015

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27th February - Long Valley and Ng Tung Chai Waterfalls

146) Olive-backed Pipit - 10 birds feeding along side of Sheung Yue River, my 900th life bird
147) Garganey - 2 males and 4 females
148) Stejneger's Stonechat - 3 at least around the fields
149) Common Snipe - 1
150) Richard's Pipit - 2 seen
151) Citrine Wagtail - 1 winter bird with yellow face great to find this one
152) Indochinese Yuhina (Striated Yuhina) - a group of 20 at the Waterfalls
153) Blue-winged Minla - 2

 

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Gibbo 92

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• Mar 5, 2015

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28th February Victoria Park

154) Brown Shrike - 1 adult

 

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Gibbo 92

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• Mar 5, 2015

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1st and 2nd March - Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve

155) Orange-bellied Leafbird - 1 in mixed flock along access road
156) Ashy Drongo - 1

2nd March

157) Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler - the last bird of the trip 2 seen in total.

 

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Gibbo 92

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• Mar 8, 2015

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8th March - Starting my new job near Hereford tomorrow, so had a day getting to know the place

158) Yellowhammer - 1 male near Preston Wynne
159) Goosander - 1 male and 5 females on the River Wye