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How is your 2010 List Going? (1 Viewer)

I thought it was a much slower start than last year, thanks to the freezing weather, but looking back I see that I have only 2 fewer birds this year. And if we can get to Vane Farm tomorrow, as planned, I should be ahead of the all-important first-three-days total from 2009. The most exciting bird I've seen so far was the Great Northern Diver on the River Teith at Callander.


Friday 01/01
Garden:
..1. Carrion Crow
..2. Robin
..3. Black-headed Gull
..4. Blackbird
..5. Jackdaw
..6. Great Tit
..7. Blue Tit
..8. Common Gull
..9. House Sparrow
.10. Dunnock
Callander
.11. Pied Wagtail
.12. Collared Dove
.13. Cormorant
.14. Goldeneye
.15. Little Grebe
.16. Mute Swan
.17. Mallard
.18. Moorhen
.19. Goosander
.20. Chaffinch
.21. Wren
.22. Woodpigeon
.23. Great Northern Diver
Bridge of Allan
.24. Starling
.25. Redwing
Saturday 02/01
Bridge of Allan
.26. Magpie
.27. Goldfinch
.28. Fieldfare
.29. Mistle Thrush
Airthrey Loch
.30. Coot
.31. Tufted Duck
Bridge of Allan
.32. Rook
 
Slow going on patch today, only managed to make it to 39 with additions of fieldfare, tufted duck and siskin.

Still missing some very obvious ones I should have got today - grey heron, Canada goose (!), greenfinch, mistle thrush, song thrush and pied wagtail should have been shoo-ins, and stock dove, dipper and grey wagtail shouldn't have been too hard. Goes to show you can't always tell what's going to show up!
 
51 on the first, didn't try very hard though! Highlights were Black-throated Diver, Common Scoter, Dartford Warbler, Water Rail and Water Pipit. Only added 2 more today, but the second was probably a Siberian Chiffchaff.

Jon
 
A few more from Stocker's Lake and Staines Moor/Reservoir:

32) Eurasian Coot
33) Common Pochard
34) Gadwall
35) Red-crested Pochard
36) Common Teal
37) Eurasian Wigeon
38) Northern Shoveller
39) Common Goldeneye
40) Lesser Black-backed Gull
41) Northern Lapwing
42) Eurasian Siskin
43) European Goldfinch
44) Fieldfare
45) Little Owl
46) European Green Woodpecker
47) Dunnock
48) Smew
49) Northern Wren
50) Eurasian Nuthatch
51) European Stonechat
 
Been out yesterday to Old Moor and today at Pugney's/Calder Wetlands ...

Blackbird
goldfinch
sprawk
kestrel
starling
magpie
bullfinch
chaffinch
tree sparrrow
greenfinch
reed bunting
yellowhammer
wren
stonechat
robin
fieldfare
redwing
Great tit
blue tit
carrion crow
mistle thrush
pheasant
canada goose
barn owl
mallard
gadwall
pochard
tufted duck
shoveler
teal
coot
moorhen
wigeon
goosander
cormorant
lapwing
black headed gull
common gull
lesser bb gull
woodpigeon
stock dove
Collared Dove
Goldeneye
Smew
Red Breasted Merganser
Glaucous Gull
Kingfisher
Song Thrush
Ferruginous Duck
Redshank
Mute Swan
Willow Tit
Ring Necked Duck
Herring gull
Great Black-Backed Gull
Little Grebe
Great-crested Grebe
Grey Heron
Pied Wagtail
Jackdaw

60 up to now but I,m kinda thinking that it might slow down !!
 
Cortonbirds said:
112 seen on my local patch today which is a 7 mile radius around the centre of Lowestoft, Suffolk. Highlights included Black-throated Diver, Jack Snipe, Shag, Hen Harrier, Firecrests, Purple Sand, Short-eared Owl and Ruff. Only real miss of the Common stuff was Yellowhammer showing what an amazing patch this is with varied habitats.
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Thats quite a total !
On NYDay we managed 71 on foot on our land locked & snow bound local patch - especially happy as we managed to see the 5 owl species. :king:
We have a similar boundary stretching @ 6mile from home, didnt go too far on NYD - hope to venture further when we eventually get rid of all this snow.
 
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Sunny but quite cold for most of the day. I wasn't able to go out much further than yesterday and consequently only managed 7 additions to my year list:

20. Wood Pigeon
21. Starling
22. Chiffchaff
23. Mallard
24. Robin
25. White Wagtail
26. Linnet

List closed and transferred to Members' Lists 2010 and will be continued on that thread.
 
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Had a good day today,Jan.2.
Redwings,loads of them
Feildfare 30+
Blackbirds
Song Thrush.
Mistle Thrush.
Great tits and Blue.
Marsh Tits.
Jay,
Magpie.
Goldcrest x4
LTT,12+
Woodcock x3
Marsh Harrier x3
Green Woodpecker x 5
Sparrowhawk.
Peregrine.
Barnacle geese.
Robins.
Goldfinch,
Chaffinch.
Lapwing
Various Ducks.
Treecreeper
Stonechat.
Meadow pipit.
And thats about it.
 
Late this afternoon after work, I went out to a local lake and picked up three new birds, so I'm now up to 64.

62. Bonaparte's Gull
63. American Herring Gull
64. Belted Kingfisher

Dave
 
One more at home today:
17. Cedar Waxwing.

Slow morning on the Katy Prairie but several new year birds:
18. Pied-billed Grebe
19. Canvasback
20. Great Egret
21. Great Blue Heron
22. Turkey Vulture
23. Black Vulture
24. Red-tailed Hawk
25. Northern Harrier
26. Killdeer
27. Mourning Dove
28. Eastern Phoebe
29. Loggerhead Shrike
30. Eastern Bluebird
31. Savannah Sparrow
32. Field Sparrow
33. Red-winged Blackbird
34. Eastern Meadowlark
35. Horned Lark
36. Vesper Sparrow

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com
 
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Still taking it slowly, up to 45 today with the addition of Canada goose, lesser redpoll, dipper, mistle thrush, song thrush and nuthatch.

Off to Calder Wetlands tomorrow so will hopefully get some of Simmo's haul ;)
 
19: House Sparrow

Just off out now for a walk across the Pastures and along by the river :king: Always lots of waterfowl along there during the winter months :t:
 
Now THAT is a lovely bird to see David :t: I have them in Hulne Park which is just five minutes from where I live but although I hear them yaffling a lot I never actually manage to see them! :smoke:

Had a nice walk across the Pastures and picked up a few nice birds :t:

20: Bullfinch
21: Siskin
22: Rook
23: Nuthatch
24: Coal Tit
25: Tufted Duck
26: Mute Swan
27: Common Gull
28: Little Grebe
29: Teal
30: Carrion Crow
31: Pheasant
32: Redwing
33: Wren
 
Went to a nearby National Wildlife Refuge this morning and picked up nine new birds for the year, so I'm now up to 73.

65. Sandhill Crane
66. Red-shouldered Hawk
67. Red Fox Sparrow
68. Purple Finch
69. Northern Flicker
70. Myrtle Warbler
71. Eastern Screech Owl
72. American Robin
73. Hairy Woodpecker

Dave
 
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This is me up to now (in no particular order)

1) Fieldfare
2) Redwing
3) Great tit
4) Blue tit
5) Carrion crow
6) Mistle thrush
7) Pheasant
8) Canada goose
9) Barn owl
10) Mallard
11) gadwall
12) Pochard
13) Tufted duck
14) Shoveler
15) Teal
16) Coot
17) Moorhen
18) Wigeon
19) Goosander
20) Cormorant
21) Lapwing
22) Black headed gull
23) Common gull
24) Lesser BB gull
25) Woodpigeon
26) Stock dove
27) Collared Dove
28) Goldeneye
29) Smew
30) Red Breasted Merganser
31) Glaucous Gull
32) Kingfisher
33) Song Thrush
34) Ferruginous Duck
35) Redshank
36) Mute Swan
37) Willow Tit
38) Ring Necked Duck
39) Herring gull
40) Great Black-Backed Gull
41) Little Grebe
42) Great-crested Grebe
43) Grey Heron
44) Pied Wagtail
45) Jackdaw
46) House Sparrow
47) Dunnock
48) Long-tailed tit
49) Peregrine Falcon
50) Green Woodpecker
51) Grey Wagtail
52) Great Spotted Woodpecker
53) Greylag Goose
54) Little Owl
55) Golden Plover
56) Snipe
57) Meadow Pipit
58) Blackbird
59) Goldfinch
60) Sparrowhawk
61) Kestrel
62) Starling
63) Magpie
64) Bullfinch
65) Chaffinch
66) Tree sparrrow
67) Greenfinch
68) Reed bunting
69) Yellowhammer
70) Wren
71) Stonechat
72) Robin

Been birding for 18 months or so and I have just realised that I have just done half of my lifelist in 3 days !!!

How bad is that !!! 3:)
 
Managed 92 on New Year's Day - 91 all at Rutland Water and one, Black Redstart, nearby in Exton village.

Another nine in the last two days takes me on to 111 ready for six days in Norfolk, weather permitting.

Steve
 
Westport CT Christmas Bird Count was a toughie - HORRIBLE winds that kept the birds hunkering down - our group had some STUNNINGLY big misses, despite our valiant efforts in 20 degree F weather (less than 10 degrees F with windchill).

9. Hooded Merganser
10. Bufflehead
11. Northern Mockingbird
12. Killdeer
13. Herring Gull
14. American Black Duck
15. Great Cormorant
16. American Goldfinch
17. Red-tailed Hawk
18. Canada Goose
19. Gadwall
20. Green-winged Teal
21. Blue Jay
22. Lesser Black-backed Gull
23. Great Black-backed Gull
24. Common Goldeneye
25. Red-breasted Merganser
26. American Wigeon
27. Mute Swan
28. Song Sparrow
29. Field Sparrow
30. White-throated Sparrow
31. Golden-crowned Kinglet
32. Sharp-shinned Hawk
33. Black-capped Chickadee
34. Tufted Titmouse
35. White-breasted Nuthatch
36. Northern Cardinal
37. Downy Woodpecker
38. Ruddy Turnstone
39. Dunlin
40. Hairy Woodpecker
41. House Sparrow
42. Dark-eyed Junco
43. Rock Pigeon
44. Black Vulture
45. Great Horned Owl
46. Mourning Dove
47. Pileated Woodpecker
 
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47 now... LBBG and pied wag picked up during a trip to the supermarket yesterday. Don't you love this time of year when you can pick up year ticks everywhere you go?!

Should break the 60 barrier today I think...
 
Decided to miss out out on the Shrike in London, opting to go and head back up to Rutland for another Bogey bird of mine ( Bittern ). I figure if i concentrate on the common bogeys i should end up with a better list at the end of the year, since the rest will just fall into place|<|

Still missed out some of the Rutland stuff though ( the place is so big!!! ), but had an enjoyable day at a place thats actually growing on meB :)


60. Red-throated Diver
61. Little Grebe
62. Bittern
63. Shelduck
64. Golden Plover
65. Great Black-Back
66. Song Thrush
67. Siskin


Ive got the danmed flu at the moment, so im not doing the mandatory full day in the field stint:C
 
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