kb57
Well-known member
My aims for 2019 are very simple: try and work a little less and get out birding a little more. I don't have any big trips planned, so am not anticipating significant additions to my life list, nor will I aim for particularly targeted additions to my year list. I just want to enjoy birds more frequently than in 2018.
That said, it would've been nice to start the year off well. Laid low with a bug, it wasn't to be - all I could manage was a quick walk round a country park not far from my partner's new place near Newcastle, and a visit to the chemists.
To add insult to injury, I had to go into the office due to a looming deadline, although that wasn't without its rewards in a birding sense...so
Jan 1st, somewhere near Newcastle on Tyne...
1. Eurasian Magpie
2. Dunnock
3. Common Wood Pigeon
4. Common Blackbird
5. Eurasian Bullfinch
6. Eurasian Blue Tit
7. European Greenfinch
8. Eurasian Wren
9. European Goldfinch
10. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
11. Mute Swan
12. Mallard
13. Yellowhammer
14. Carrion Crow
15. European Robin
16. Great Tit
17. Common Chaffinch
18. Long-tailed Tit
19. Coal Tit
20. Western Jackdaw
21. Black-headed Gull
22. European Herring Gull
23. White Wagtail (ssp. yarrellii)
Co. Durham (office)
24. Common Moorhen
(driving home)
25. Tawny Owl
So, a late night in the office rewarded by a tawny owl. Finding a feeding station with lots of tree sparrows was pretty good too, while I had to go to Lithuania for my first yellowhammer of 2018, so despite everything, not a terrible start!
That said, it would've been nice to start the year off well. Laid low with a bug, it wasn't to be - all I could manage was a quick walk round a country park not far from my partner's new place near Newcastle, and a visit to the chemists.
To add insult to injury, I had to go into the office due to a looming deadline, although that wasn't without its rewards in a birding sense...so
Jan 1st, somewhere near Newcastle on Tyne...
1. Eurasian Magpie
2. Dunnock
3. Common Wood Pigeon
4. Common Blackbird
5. Eurasian Bullfinch
6. Eurasian Blue Tit
7. European Greenfinch
8. Eurasian Wren
9. European Goldfinch
10. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
11. Mute Swan
12. Mallard
13. Yellowhammer
14. Carrion Crow
15. European Robin
16. Great Tit
17. Common Chaffinch
18. Long-tailed Tit
19. Coal Tit
20. Western Jackdaw
21. Black-headed Gull
22. European Herring Gull
23. White Wagtail (ssp. yarrellii)
Co. Durham (office)
24. Common Moorhen
(driving home)
25. Tawny Owl
So, a late night in the office rewarded by a tawny owl. Finding a feeding station with lots of tree sparrows was pretty good too, while I had to go to Lithuania for my first yellowhammer of 2018, so despite everything, not a terrible start!