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I won't add to the report being compiled by Jos Stratford as yet as it is making for good reading any way. If you do want to read it then here is the link to the thread.

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=408936#post408936

Any way, I have attached a link to the report of all the birds I saw whilst with Jos last week.

Out of them I had the following Lifers and year birds.

Lesser Spotted Eagle (Lifer)
Nutcracker (Lifer)
Black Woodpecker (Lifer)
Middle Spotted Woodpecker (year)
Wood Sandpiper (year)
Golden Oriole (year)
Marsh Warbler (year)
Caspian Tern (year)
Black Stork (year)
Thrush Nightingale (year)
Bluethroat (year)
Serin (year)
Hoopoe (year)

I also saw a flock of gorgeous Northern Long tail Tits for the first time in my life.

The list is as follows:

Grebes -2
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Cormorants -1
Cormorant (Great)
Herons and Egrets -2
Great Egret
Grey Heron
Storks -1
Black Stork
Swans, Geese and Ducks -13
Black Brant
Mute Swan
Whooper Swan
Wigeon (Eurasian)
Gadwall
Teal (Eurasian)
Mallard
Pintail (Northern)
Garganey
Shoveler (Northern)
Pochard (Common)
Tufted Duck
Goldeneye (Common)
Osprey -1
Osprey
Hawks, Vultures and Eagles -6
Lesser Spotted Eagle
White-tailed Eagle
Marsh Harrier (Eurasian)
Goshawk (Northern)
Sparrowhawk (Eurasian)
Buzzard (Common)
Falcons -1
Hobby (Eurasian)
Grouse -1
Black Grouse
Cranes -1
Crane (Common)
Rails -2
Water Rail
Coot (Common)
Plovers and Lapwings -4
Little Ringed Plover
Ringed Plover
Golden Plover (European)
Lapwing (Northern)
Sandpipers and Allies -9
Little Stint
Dunlin
Ruff
Snipe (Common)
Curlew (Eurasian)
Spotted Redshank
Greenshank (Common)
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Gulls -5
Yellow-legged Gull
Little Gull
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull (Mew)
Herring Gull
Terns -1
Caspian Tern
Pigeons -3
Feral Pigeon
Stock Dove (Pigeon)
Wood Pigeon (Common)
Kingfishers -1
Kingfisher (Common)
Hoopoe -1
Hoopoe
Woodpeckers -4
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Black Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Larks -1
Sky Lark
Swallows -2
Swallow
House Martin
Pipits and Wagtails -4
White Wagtail
Tree Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Yellow Wagtail
Shrikes -2
Red-backed Shrike
Great Grey Shrike
Wrens -1
Wren
Chats and Thrushes -9
Robin (European)
Thrush Nightingale
Bluethroat
Whinchat
Wheatear (Northern)
Blackbird (Common )
Fieldfare
Song Thrush
Mistle Thrush
Old World Warblers -8
Sedge Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Whitethroat (Common)
Garden Warbler
Blackcap
Chiffchaff (Common)
Long-tailed Tits -1
Northern Long-tailed Tit
Tits -6
Marsh Tit
Willow Tit
Crested Tit
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Nuthatches -1
Nuthatch (Wood)
Treecreepers -1
Treecreeper (Eurasian)
Buntings and New World Sparrows -2
Yellowhammer
Reed Bunting
Finches -8
Chaffinch
Serin (European)
Greenfinch (European)
Goldfinch (European)
Siskin (Eurasian)
Linnet (Common)
Bullfinch (Common)
Hawfinch
Sparrows -2
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow (Eurasian)
Starlings -1
Starling (Common)
Old World Orioles -1
Golden Oriole (Eurasian)
Jays, Crows and Magpies -7
Jay (Eurasian)
Magpie (Black-billed)
Spotted Nutcracker
Jackdaw (Eurasian)
Rook
Hooded Crow
Raven (Common)

Hi Reader

Glad you had a good trip and I've enjoyed reading Jos's account. Seven lifers for me amongst that lot and plenty more I'd love to be able see regularly. Had you been drinking Jos's home brew vodka when you saw a Black Wheatear though?

E

Edward said:

Hi Reader

Glad you had a good trip and I've enjoyed reading Jos's account. Seven lifers for me amongst that lot and plenty more I'd love to be able see regularly. Had you been drinking Jos's home brew vodka when you saw a Black Wheatear though?

E

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Thanks for pointing that out Edward. Somehow I clicked onto Black Wheatear instead of Northern on my data base. I have rectified it now.