KenM
Well-known member
Certainly one I'll never get! :t:
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Garden (Yard) List 2014 (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter halftwo
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Certainly one I'll never get! :t:
timsg80
Gregor Tims
Mealy Redpoll is certainly one I'll never get- I've never even had a Lesser!
Very slow going here this year, hardly any birds in the garden, seawatching has been the saviour so far...
1 House Sparrow
2 Black-headed Gull
3 Black-throated Diver
4 Common Scoter
5 Teal
6 Herring Gull
7 Cormorant
8 Magpie
9 Starling
10 Common Gull
11 Blackbird
12 Great Black-backed Gull
13 Gannet
14 Wigeon
15 Kittiwake
16 Goldeneye
17 Brent Goose
18 Red-throated Diver
19 Great Skua
20 Mediterranean Gull
21 Dunnock
22 Robin
23 Pink-footed Goose
24 Great Crested Grebe
25 Fulmar
26 Sparrowhawk
27 Great Northern Diver
28 Guillemot
29 Razorbill
30 Shelduck
31 Shag
1 House Sparrow
2 Black-headed Gull
3 Black-throated Diver
4 Common Scoter
5 Teal
6 Herring Gull
7 Cormorant
8 Magpie
9 Starling
10 Common Gull
11 Blackbird
12 Great Black-backed Gull
13 Gannet
14 Wigeon
15 Kittiwake
16 Goldeneye
17 Brent Goose
18 Red-throated Diver
19 Great Skua
20 Mediterranean Gull
21 Dunnock
22 Robin
23 Pink-footed Goose
24 Great Crested Grebe
25 Fulmar
26 Sparrowhawk
27 Great Northern Diver
28 Guillemot
29 Razorbill
30 Shelduck
31 Shag
I'm hoping for a major boost this weekend - snow on the ground, temperature is falling to minus 17 C and numbers will be exploding 
In my Vilnius garden these last days (I don't count this one for this thread), bird table is attracting over 100 Tree Sparrows, 20 Greenfinches and a Hawfinch throughout.
In my Vilnius garden these last days (I don't count this one for this thread), bird table is attracting over 100 Tree Sparrows, 20 Greenfinches and a Hawfinch throughout.
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Cheshire Birder
Well-known member
Tawny Owl heard the other evening
CB
CB
halftwo
Wird Batcher
Ditto - a singing bird at 5:45 am today.
Bananafishbones
Incoherently Rambling .....
27.Bullfinch pair.
Still quiet here although the Greenfinch and Goldfinch numbers are still good.
Still quiet here although the Greenfinch and Goldfinch numbers are still good.
timsg80
Gregor Tims
30. Raven
I first heard one (but didn't see it) flying in the distance, before a few minutes later, one appeared, flying low over the garden, then yet another one appeared just after that. Other than that, it has been extremely quiet- I'm still missing a whole heap of normally easy species (Greenfinch, Dunnock, Fieldfare, Jay etc.). I did see (rather than just hear) my first garden Song Thrush, Wrens and best of all, Barn Owl of the year though.
I first heard one (but didn't see it) flying in the distance, before a few minutes later, one appeared, flying low over the garden, then yet another one appeared just after that. Other than that, it has been extremely quiet- I'm still missing a whole heap of normally easy species (Greenfinch, Dunnock, Fieldfare, Jay etc.). I did see (rather than just hear) my first garden Song Thrush, Wrens and best of all, Barn Owl of the year though.
Bananafishbones
Incoherently Rambling .....
28. House sparrow
at last
at last
Glorious here at present, minus 17 C or 18 C at night, crisp blue and minus 12 C or 14 C in the day. Good upswing at the feeders, flocks of Greenfinch and Redpolls , single Siskin and Bullfinch dropping in.
Top news though, after being dead chuffed at having a returning Three-toed Woodpecker for the third winter in a row, I now have two, both pecking away on a single tree. Brilliant. Also caught (and ringed) new male White-backed Woodpecker, retrapped Middle Spotted and Great Spotted Woodpeckers. Grey-headed Woodpecker on the feeders.
Only two additions for the year count however:
21. Grey-headed Woodpecker
22. Siskin
Set to get a fair bit colder over the next week, minus 21 C forecast.
Top news though, after being dead chuffed at having a returning Three-toed Woodpecker for the third winter in a row, I now have two, both pecking away on a single tree. Brilliant. Also caught (and ringed) new male White-backed Woodpecker, retrapped Middle Spotted and Great Spotted Woodpeckers. Grey-headed Woodpecker on the feeders.
Only two additions for the year count however:
21. Grey-headed Woodpecker
22. Siskin
Set to get a fair bit colder over the next week, minus 21 C forecast.
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dantheman
Bah humbug
I had 18 from the garden in lowland France for the couple of years I spent time there.
At my current location I'm on 0.
18 is my total for mine too, covers more than two years though :t:
White-tailed Eagle.
Osprey.
Lesser Spotted Eagle.
Short-toed Eagle.
Black Kite.
Marsh Harrier.
Hen Harrier.
Montagu's Harrier.
Pallid Harrier.
Rough-legged Buzzard.
Common Buzzard.
Honey Buzzard.
Sparrowhawk.
Goshawk.
Kestrel.
Merlin.
Red-footed Falcon.
Hobby.
Larry Lade
Moderator
While watching the bird feeders this morning I heard and viewed a flock of Snow Geese fly over. In among the flock I picked out:
# 23. Ross's Goose
# 23. Ross's Goose
Minus 18 C, rising to minus 17 C as I left at midday (almost tropical at minus 13 C when I arrived in the city).
But on the frozen lake, footprints of a new mammal species for my land ...any guesses?
But on the frozen lake, footprints of a new mammal species for my land ...any guesses?
KenM
Well-known member
Bananafishbones
Incoherently Rambling .....
That's a feast of Woodpeckers, Top stuff Jos
