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

I saw avocet, pintail, short-eared owl and long-eared owl on the north Kent marshes yesterday. And rough-legged buzzard. And corn bunting.
 
Avocet goes on the combined Europe list (179) and also the UK list, along with long-eared owl, corn bunting and blackcap (145).
 
Team USA on 79 so far. Hopefully a few people out there still to report!

American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Kestrel
American Robin
American Tree Sparrow
American Wigeon
Anna's hummingbird
Bald Eagle
Belted Kingfisher
Bewick's wren
Black Vulture
Black-capped chickadee
Blue Jay
Brown creeper
Bufflehead
Bushtit
California Condor
Canada Goose
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Cedar Waxwing
Chestnut-backed chickadee
Chipping Sparrow
Common Grackle
Common Merganser
Common Raven
Coot
Dark-eyed junco
Double-crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Towhee
European Starling
Field Sparrow
Fish Crow
Fox sparrow-sooty
Gadwall
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned sparrow
Great Black Backed Gull
Great Blue Heron
Hairy Woodpecker
Hermit Thrush
Herring Gull
Hooded Merganser
House Finch
House Sparrow
Mallard
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal
Northern flicker
Northern Harrier
Northern Mockingbird
Northwestern crow
Pileated Woodpecker
Red Tailed Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-breasted nuthatch
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-winged Blackbird
Ring-billed Gull
Ring-necked Duck
Rock Pigeon
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruddy Duck
Short-eared Owl
Shoveler
Song Sparrow
Spotted towhee
Swamp Sparrow
Townsend's warbler
Tufted Titmouse
Turkey Vulture
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-throated Sparrow
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
 
Some UK additions, unless I've misread what has happened so far:

Red Kite
Mediterranean Gull
Brambling
Marsh Harrier
Common Sandpiper
Black-necked Grebe
Yellow-legged Gull

We got 97 all in Hampshire, some ludicrous misses such as Greylag and Egyptian Geese, Kestrel, Greenfinch: there were 27 species on Hampshire Going Birding for yesterday that we didn't see... Overcast morning then increasing drizzle in the afternoon definitely suppressed bird action!

John
 
From our 2020 NYD bird race in Somerset, I think common cranes might be the only addition from our list:
1. Tawny Owl
2. Robin
3. Carrion crow
4. Mute Swan
5. Magpie
6. Jackdaw
7. Rook
8. House sparrow
9. Pied wagtails
10. Stonechat
11. Meadow pipit
12. Blackbird
13. Moorhen
14. Chaffinch
15. Redwing
16. Wren
17. Kestrel
18. Lapwing
19. Reed Bunting
20. Long tailed tit
21. Mallard
22. Cormorant
23. Pheasant
24. Spotted Redshank
25. Curlew
26. Golden plover
27. Teal
28. Shelduck
29. Shoveler
30. Dunlin
31. Redshank
32. Lesser black backed
33. Grey heron
34. Great spotted woodpecker
35. Raven
36. Little egret
37. Black headed gull
38. Knot
39. Wigeon
40. Woodpigeon
41. Fieldfare
42. Turnstone
43. Canada geese
44. Grey plover
45. Avocet
46. Herring Gull
47. Collared dove
48. Treecreeper
49. Marsh tit
50. Goldcrest
51. Blue tit
52. Great tit
53. Green woodpecker
54. Chiffchaff
55. Nuthatch
56. Coal tit
57. Grey wagtail
58. Goosander
59. Mistle thrush
60. Stock dove
61. Crane
62. Great egret
63. Common buzzard
64. Snipe
65. Dunnock
66. Common gull
67. Gadwall
68. Goldfinch
69. Jay
70. Coot
71. Little grebe
72. Tufted duck
73. Pochard
74. Scaup
75. Water rail
76. Greylag
77. Pintail
78. Great crested grebe
79. Cattle egret
80. Song thrush
81. Feral pigeon
82. Starling
83. Marsh harrier
N👍
 
From Germany, a few additions for Team Europe:

- Middle Spotted Woodpecker (heard only, and not entirely certain - not sure if you want to include this one, just mentioning it for completeness' sake)
- Black Woodpecker
 
Yes - Mew Gull is the American name for what we Brits call Common Gull.

BF members in UK and Ireland have a long way to go yet - Lee Evans has declared that there were 220+ species seen yesterday.

Steve
 
Farnboro John said:
some ludicrous misses such as Greylag and Egyptian Geese, Kestrel, Greenfinch: there were 27 species on Hampshire Going Birding for yesterday that we didn't see.
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The randomness of the species we miss is one of my favourite things about this game. You saw brambling but missed greenfinch. I saw cirl bunting but missed starling. The UK team collectively saw black-throated diver but missed red-throated.
 
Ntgates said:
From our 2020 NYD bird race in Somerset, I think common cranes might be the only addition from our list:
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Under the rules we set for this, I don't think we can accept a crane from the Somerset population (the ones with the coloured leg-rings) as they're released.

However cattle egret definitely does count so that goes on the UK list.
 
Warixenjalka said:
Oops... Thanks for correcting. :t:

And it turned out that it was not yet on the rest of European list. Nutty, be careful.

A question: Is Mew Gull American English and Common Gull UK English?
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Steve Lister said:
Yes - Mew Gull is the American name for what we Brits call Common Gull.
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Yes; but also different subspecies which are prime candidates for splitting: Common Gull Larus canus and Mew Gull Larus [canus] brachyrhynchus. Already split in Olsen & Larsson Gulls book, and high time IOC et al. followed suit :t:
 
Swindon Addick said:
The randomness of the species we miss is one of my favourite things about this game. You saw brambling but missed greenfinch. I saw cirl bunting but missed starling. The UK team collectively saw black-throated diver but missed red-throated.
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Me too, that's why I thought it worth mentioning! :t:

John
 
Swindon Addick said:
Under the rules we set for this, I don't think we can accept a crane from the Somerset population (the ones with the coloured leg-rings) as they're released.

However cattle egret definitely does count so that goes on the UK list.
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Ah yes, fair enough, we had 8 calling and then flying away in the mist, so couldn't confirm if any of those were the few in that population without rings! Good that we managed to get in one more that hadn't yet made it on 👍 and on the theme of birds we missed, a whole day on the levels and we didn't see or hear a kingfisher?!
 
Coming in late from team USA, I'll try to just report additions:

Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Clapper Rail
Sora
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Sanderling
Ruddy Turnstone
Greater Yellowlegs
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Forster's Tern
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Osprey
Red-shouldered Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Bald Eagle
Eastern Screech-Owl
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Tree Swallow
Brown-headed Nuthatch
House Wren
Sedge Wren
Mash Wren
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Swamp Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orange-crowned Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
 
Europe on 183, with UK on 157 and the rest of Europe on 129. Team USA 132 unless I've included any duplicates. I'll have a look at a combined North America list later.
 
Here's the UK list. Late additions welcome as long as you saw/heard it on 1 Jan. Anyone who spots a duplicate or an incorrect name please do shout!

Avocet
Bar tailed Godwit
Black Redstart
Black tailed Godwit
Blackbird
Blackcap
Black-headed Gull
Black-necked Grebe
Black-throated Diver
Blue Tit
Brambling
Brent Goose
Bullfinch
Buzzard
Canada Goose
Carrion Crow
Cattle egret
Cetti's Warbler
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Cirl Bunting
Coal Tit
Collared Dove
Common Gull
Common Sandpiper
Common Scoter
Coot
Cormorant
Corn bunting
Crested Tit
Crossbill
Curlew
Dipper
Dunlin
Dunnock
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Egyptian goose
Eider
Feral Pigeon
Fieldfare
Firecrest
Fulmar
Gadwall
Gannet
Garganey
Glossy Ibis
Goldcrest
Golden Plover
Goldeneye
Goldfinch
Goosander
Great Black Backed Gull
Great Crested Grebe
Great Grey Shrike
Great Northern Diver
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Great White Egret
Green Sandpiper
Green Woodpecker
Greenfinch
Greenshank
Grey Heron
Grey Partridge
Grey Plover
Grey Wagtail
Greylag Goose
Guillemot
Hen Harrier
Herring Gull
House Sparrow
Jack Snipe
Jackdaw
Jay
Kestrel
Kingfisher
Knot
Lapwing
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Redpoll
Linnet
Little Egret
Little Grebe
Little Owl
Long Tailed Duck
Long-billed Dowitcher
Long-eared owl
Long-tailed Tit
Magpie
Mallard
Mandarin
Marsh Harrier
Marsh Tit
Meadow Pipit
Mediterranean Gull
Mistle Thrush
Moorhen
Mute Swan
Nuthatch
Oystercatcher
Peregrine
Pheasant
Pied Wagtail
Pink Footed Goose
Pintail
Pochard
Purple Sandpiper
Raven
Red Breasted Merganser
Red Grouse
Red Kite
Red throated diver
Red-Crested Pochard
Red-legged Partridge
Redshank
Redwing
Reed Bunting
Ringed Plover
Robin
Rock Pipit
Rook
Rough legged buzzard
Sanderling
Scaup
Shag
Shelduck
Short eared owl
Shoveler
Siskin
Slavonian Grebe
Smew
Snipe
Song Thrush
Sparrowhawk
Spoonbill
Spotted Redshank
Starling
Stock Dove
Stonechat
Tawny Owl
Teal
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Tufted Duck
Tundra Bean Goose
Turnstone
Velvet Scoter
Water pipit
Water rail
White-fronted Goose
Whooper Swan
Wigeon
Woodcock
Woodpigeon
Wren
Yellowhammer
Yellow-legged Gull
 
And here's Europe excluding the UK:

Barnacle goose
Black Redstart
Black Woodpecker
Black-headed Gull
Black-necked Grebe
Black-throated Diver
Brambling
Bullfinch
Canada goose
Carrion Crow
Caspian Gull
Cetti's Warbler
Coal Tit
Common Blackbird
Common Buzzard
Common Chaffinch
Common Chiffchaff
Common Firecrest
Common Gull
Common Kestrel
Common Kingfisher
Common Linnet
Common Moorhen
Common Pheasant
Common Pochard
Common Redpoll
Common Sandpiper
Common shelduck
Common Starling
Common Wood Pigeon
Corn Bunting
Crested Lark
Crested Tit
Dunnock
Egyptian goose
Eurasian Blackcap
Eurasian Blue Tit
Eurasian Collared Dove
Eurasian Coot
Eurasian curlew
Eurasian Magpie
Eurasian oystercatcher
Eurasian spoonbill
Eurasian teal
Eurasian Treecreeper
Eurasian wigeon
Eurasian Wren
European Goldfinch
European green woodpecker
European Greenfinch
European Robin
European Serin
European Shag
European Stonechat
Fieldfare
Gadwall
Goldcrest
Goldeneye
Goosander
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Cormorant
Great crested grebe
Great egret
Great Grey Shrike
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Greater white-fronted goose
Green sandpiper
Grey Heron
Grey Wagtail
Greylag goose
Griffon vulture
Hawfinch
Hen harrier
Herring Gull
Hooded Crow
House Sparrow
Jackdaw
Jay
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Little Egret
Little grebe
Long-eared owl
Long-tailed tit
Mallard
Marsh Tit
Meadow Pipit
Mediterranean Gull
Mistle Thrush
Mute Swan
Northern Gannet
Northern lapwing
Northern pintail
Northern Raven
Northern shoveler
Nuthatch
Purple Sandpiper
Redstart
Reed Bunting
Rock Dove
Ruddy Turnstone
Sardinian Warbler
Short-toed treecreeper
Siskin
Skylark
Slender-billed Gull
Smew
Song Thrush
Spanish Sparrow
Sparrowhawk
Spotless Starling
Stock dove
Tawny owl
Tree Sparrow
Tufted Duck
Tundra swan
Velvet Scoter
Water pipit
Waxwing
Western Cattle Egret
Western marsh harrier
White stork
White Wagtail
White-tailed Eagle
Whooper Swan
Willow Tit
Yellowhammer
Yellow-legged Gull
Zitting Cisticola
 
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