chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
18 March 2015. Okinawa, Japan
484 Black Wood Pigeon
484 Black Wood Pigeon
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55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list (1 Viewer)
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chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
19 March 2015. Okinawa, Japan.
485 Asian Stubtail
486 Stejnegers Stonechat
487 Richards Pipit
20 March. From boat to Amami-oshima, Japan..
488 Bulwers Petrel
489 Red-necked Phalarope
490 Pomarine Skua
21 March, 2015. Amami-oshima, Japan.
491 Amami / Owstons Woodpecker
492 Zitting Cisticola
493 Lidths Jay
494 Amami Thrush
495 Siberian Rubythroat
A full house of Amami endemics, plus the nominate taxon of Ryukyu Robin
485 Asian Stubtail
486 Stejnegers Stonechat
487 Richards Pipit
20 March. From boat to Amami-oshima, Japan..
488 Bulwers Petrel
489 Red-necked Phalarope
490 Pomarine Skua
21 March, 2015. Amami-oshima, Japan.
491 Amami / Owstons Woodpecker
492 Zitting Cisticola
493 Lidths Jay
494 Amami Thrush
495 Siberian Rubythroat
A full house of Amami endemics, plus the nominate taxon of Ryukyu Robin
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
11 April 2015. West Kirby / Hoylake, Wirral, Uk
496 Willow Warbler
497 Tree Pipit
498 Ring Ouzel
496 Willow Warbler
497 Tree Pipit
498 Ring Ouzel
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chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
13 April 2015, Wirral Way, Caldy, UK
499 Northern Wheatear
500 Whinchat
16 - 20 April 2015, Mumbai / Tansa WLS India
501 Lesser Whistling-duck
502 Red Spurfowl
503 Painted Francolin
504 Common Peafowl
505 Grey-fronted Green Pigeon - lifer ( 1st since split )
506 Laughing Dove
507 Asian Palm Swift
508 Crested Treeswift
509 Common Hawk Cuckoo
510 Gtr Coucal
511 Grey-headed Swamphen
512 Spot-billed Pelican
513 Pheasant-tailed Jacana
514 Yellow-wattled Lapwing
515 Black-winged Stilt
516 Indian River Tern
517 Asian White-backed Vulture
518 Pallas' Fish Eagle
519 Besra Sparrowhawk
520 Gtr Spotted Eagle
521 Indian Scops Owl
522 Forest Owlet - mega lifer
523 Malabar Trogon - lifer
524 Little Green Bee-eater
525 Indian Roller
526 Brown-headed Barbet
527 Gtr Flameback
528 Red-necked Falcon
529 Alexandrine Parakeet
530 Ring-necked Parakeet
531 Plum-headed Parakeet
532 Vernal Hanging Parakeet
533 Black-nape Oriole
534 Large Cuckoo-shrike
535 Racquet-tailed Drongo
536 Rufous Treepie
537 Indian Jungle Crow
538 Clamourous Reed Warbler
539 Bristled Grassbird
540 Tawny-flanked Prinia
541 Brown-throated Martin
542 Dusky Crag Martin
543 Red-vented Bulbul
544 White-browed Bulbul
545 Sulphur-bellied Warbler
546 Greenish Warbler
547 W Crowned Warbler
548 Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
549 Common Babbler
550 Jungle Babbler
551 Indian Spotted Creeper - lifer ( 1st since split )
552 Hill Myna
553 Jungle Myna
554 Bank Myna
555 Brahminy Starling
556 White-rumped Shama
( Stonechat ? sp. )
557 Pied Bushchat
558 Asian Brown Flycatcher
559 White-bellied Blue Flycatcher - lifer
560 Tickell's Blue Flycatche
561 Verditer Flycatcher
562 Malabar Whistling Thrush - lifer
563 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
564 Crimson-bellied Sunbird
565 W Crimson Sunbird -lifer
566 Golden-fronted Leafbird
567 Baya Weaver
568 Indian Silverbill
569 Chestnut-shouldered Petronia
570 Citrine Wagtail
571 White-browed Wagtail
499 Northern Wheatear
500 Whinchat
16 - 20 April 2015, Mumbai / Tansa WLS India
501 Lesser Whistling-duck
502 Red Spurfowl
503 Painted Francolin
504 Common Peafowl
505 Grey-fronted Green Pigeon - lifer ( 1st since split )
506 Laughing Dove
507 Asian Palm Swift
508 Crested Treeswift
509 Common Hawk Cuckoo
510 Gtr Coucal
511 Grey-headed Swamphen
512 Spot-billed Pelican
513 Pheasant-tailed Jacana
514 Yellow-wattled Lapwing
515 Black-winged Stilt
516 Indian River Tern
517 Asian White-backed Vulture
518 Pallas' Fish Eagle
519 Besra Sparrowhawk
520 Gtr Spotted Eagle
521 Indian Scops Owl
522 Forest Owlet - mega lifer
523 Malabar Trogon - lifer
524 Little Green Bee-eater
525 Indian Roller
526 Brown-headed Barbet
527 Gtr Flameback
528 Red-necked Falcon
529 Alexandrine Parakeet
530 Ring-necked Parakeet
531 Plum-headed Parakeet
532 Vernal Hanging Parakeet
533 Black-nape Oriole
534 Large Cuckoo-shrike
535 Racquet-tailed Drongo
536 Rufous Treepie
537 Indian Jungle Crow
538 Clamourous Reed Warbler
539 Bristled Grassbird
540 Tawny-flanked Prinia
541 Brown-throated Martin
542 Dusky Crag Martin
543 Red-vented Bulbul
544 White-browed Bulbul
545 Sulphur-bellied Warbler
546 Greenish Warbler
547 W Crowned Warbler
548 Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
549 Common Babbler
550 Jungle Babbler
551 Indian Spotted Creeper - lifer ( 1st since split )
552 Hill Myna
553 Jungle Myna
554 Bank Myna
555 Brahminy Starling
556 White-rumped Shama
( Stonechat ? sp. )
557 Pied Bushchat
558 Asian Brown Flycatcher
559 White-bellied Blue Flycatcher - lifer
560 Tickell's Blue Flycatche
561 Verditer Flycatcher
562 Malabar Whistling Thrush - lifer
563 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
564 Crimson-bellied Sunbird
565 W Crimson Sunbird -lifer
566 Golden-fronted Leafbird
567 Baya Weaver
568 Indian Silverbill
569 Chestnut-shouldered Petronia
570 Citrine Wagtail
571 White-browed Wagtail
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chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
22 April 2015. Enbetsu-cho / Teshio-sanchi, Hokkaido, Japan
572 Harlequin Duck
573 Stejnegers Scoter
574 Pacific Fulmar
575 Mountain Hawk Eagle
576 Red-crowned Crane
577 Lathams Snipe
578 Far Eastern Curlew
579 Vega Gull
580 Common Tern ( longipennis )
581 Long-billed Murrelet
582 White-backed Woodpecker
583 Middendorffs Warbler
584 Oriental Reed Warbler
585 Black-browed Reed Warbler
586 Japanese Leaf Warbler
587 Sakhalin Leaf Warbler
588 E Crowned Warbler
589 Chestnut-cheeked Starling
590 Whites Thrush
591 Japanese Robin
592 Japanese Accentor
572 Harlequin Duck
573 Stejnegers Scoter
574 Pacific Fulmar
575 Mountain Hawk Eagle
576 Red-crowned Crane
577 Lathams Snipe
578 Far Eastern Curlew
579 Vega Gull
580 Common Tern ( longipennis )
581 Long-billed Murrelet
582 White-backed Woodpecker
583 Middendorffs Warbler
584 Oriental Reed Warbler
585 Black-browed Reed Warbler
586 Japanese Leaf Warbler
587 Sakhalin Leaf Warbler
588 E Crowned Warbler
589 Chestnut-cheeked Starling
590 Whites Thrush
591 Japanese Robin
592 Japanese Accentor
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
28 April 2015. Miura, Kanagawa-ken, Japan
593 Long-billed Plover
594 Great Knot
595 Terek Sandpiper
596 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
597 Little Cuckoo
598 Eur Cuckoo
599 Oriental Scops Owl
600 White-throated Needletail
601 Ashy Minivet
602 Japanese Paradise-flycatcher
603 Japanese Thrush
604 Narcissus Flycatcher
593 Long-billed Plover
594 Great Knot
595 Terek Sandpiper
596 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
597 Little Cuckoo
598 Eur Cuckoo
599 Oriental Scops Owl
600 White-throated Needletail
601 Ashy Minivet
602 Japanese Paradise-flycatcher
603 Japanese Thrush
604 Narcissus Flycatcher
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
30 April - 04 May 2015, Beijing / Xiolangmen, China
605 Koklass Pheasant
606 Brown Eared Pheasant - lifer
607 Mandarin Duck
608 Hill Pigeon
609 Chinese Pond Heron
610 Collared Scops Owl
611 Common Swift (pekinensis)
612 Pacific Swift s.s.
613 Black-capped Kingfisher
614 Grey-headed Woodpecker
615 Eur Hoopoe
616 Long-tailed Minivet
617 Red-billed Blue Magpie
[ Oriental Magpie - P. (p.) sericea ]
618 Spotted Nutcracker
619 Daurian Jackdaw
620 Yellow-bellied Tit
621 Songar Tit
622 Asian Short-toed Lark
623 Chinese Hill Warbler
624 :Eur Crag Martin
625 Yellow-streaked Warbler
626 Chinese Leaf Warbler - lifer
627 Pallas' Warbler
628 Yellow-browed Warbler
629 Hume's Warbler
630 Arctic Warbler s.s.
631 Claudia's Warbler - lifer
632 Vinous-throated Parrotbill
633 Chinese Nuthatch
634 Daurian Starling
635 Eastern Blackbird - lifer. 1st since split.
636 Grey-sided Thrush - lifer
637 Chinese Thrush
638 White-bellied Redstart
639 Plumbeous Redstart
640 Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
641 Chinese Flycatcher - lifer
642 Brown Dipper
643 Forest Wagtail
644 Rosy Pipit
645 Chinese Beautiful Rosefinch lifer. 1st since split.
646 Tristram's Bunting
[ Black-faced Bunting s.s ]
Although I've been to China, and the Beijing area, before this was my first time birding the Eastern Tombs.
647 Golden Eagle
605 Koklass Pheasant
606 Brown Eared Pheasant - lifer
607 Mandarin Duck
608 Hill Pigeon
609 Chinese Pond Heron
610 Collared Scops Owl
611 Common Swift (pekinensis)
612 Pacific Swift s.s.
613 Black-capped Kingfisher
614 Grey-headed Woodpecker
615 Eur Hoopoe
616 Long-tailed Minivet
617 Red-billed Blue Magpie
[ Oriental Magpie - P. (p.) sericea ]
618 Spotted Nutcracker
619 Daurian Jackdaw
620 Yellow-bellied Tit
621 Songar Tit
622 Asian Short-toed Lark
623 Chinese Hill Warbler
624 :Eur Crag Martin
625 Yellow-streaked Warbler
626 Chinese Leaf Warbler - lifer
627 Pallas' Warbler
628 Yellow-browed Warbler
629 Hume's Warbler
630 Arctic Warbler s.s.
631 Claudia's Warbler - lifer
632 Vinous-throated Parrotbill
633 Chinese Nuthatch
634 Daurian Starling
635 Eastern Blackbird - lifer. 1st since split.
636 Grey-sided Thrush - lifer
637 Chinese Thrush
638 White-bellied Redstart
639 Plumbeous Redstart
640 Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
641 Chinese Flycatcher - lifer
642 Brown Dipper
643 Forest Wagtail
644 Rosy Pipit
645 Chinese Beautiful Rosefinch lifer. 1st since split.
646 Tristram's Bunting
[ Black-faced Bunting s.s ]
Although I've been to China, and the Beijing area, before this was my first time birding the Eastern Tombs.
647 Golden Eagle
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chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
08 May. Red Rocks, Wirral, U.K.
648 Manx Shearwater
649 Nthn Gannet
650 Sandwich Tern
651 Common Tern
652 Eur Reed Warbler
653 Sedge Warbler
654 Common Whitethroat
A couple of hours seawatching, and a walk through the marsh and dunes, produced some good sea birds and ( finally ) some common summer migrants.
648 Manx Shearwater
649 Nthn Gannet
650 Sandwich Tern
651 Common Tern
652 Eur Reed Warbler
653 Sedge Warbler
654 Common Whitethroat
A couple of hours seawatching, and a walk through the marsh and dunes, produced some good sea birds and ( finally ) some common summer migrants.
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
09 May 2015. Anglesey, Nth Wales
655 Eur Shag
656 Black-legged Kittiwake
657 Arctic Tern
658 Little Tern
659 Common Guillemot
660 Razorbill
661 Black Guillemot
662 Common Grasshopper Warbler
663 W. Yellow Wagtail
655 Eur Shag
656 Black-legged Kittiwake
657 Arctic Tern
658 Little Tern
659 Common Guillemot
660 Razorbill
661 Black Guillemot
662 Common Grasshopper Warbler
663 W. Yellow Wagtail
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
11 May 2015. Gilroy NP, West Kirby, Wirral
664 Spotted Flycatcher
664 Spotted Flycatcher
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
15 May 2015. Gilroy NP, Wirral, UK
665 Northern Hobby
A wander over the fields turned up a Hobby hunting among the good numbers of hirundines and Swifts passing through.
Leasowe, Wirral, UK
666
Eur. Turtle Dove
A text message had me belting over to Leasowe for a NW England mega.
665 Northern Hobby
A wander over the fields turned up a Hobby hunting among the good numbers of hirundines and Swifts passing through.
Leasowe, Wirral, UK
666
Eur. Turtle Dove
A text message had me belting over to Leasowe for a NW England mega.
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chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
16 May 2015. Manifold Valley, Derbys, UK
667 Wood Warbler
Had a run out to the Peak District, mainly for limestone flora.
668 Garden Warbler
667 Wood Warbler
Had a run out to the Peak District, mainly for limestone flora.
668 Garden Warbler
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chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
20 May 2015, BMW / IMF, Burton, W. Cheshire
669 Garganey
Called into the local RSPB reserve on the way passed.
669 Garganey
Called into the local RSPB reserve on the way passed.
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
04 June, Moscow ( Losiny Ostrov ), Russia.
After a couple of days sorting out the bureaucratic nightmare involved in visas, permits etc. for a survey next year I had the chance to accompany a team of researchers through the non-public areas of this reserve in the southern suburbs of Moscow. No sign of the Elk ( Eur. Moose ) that are there but I did manage Eur. Otter and Eur. Beaver.
670 Ferruginous Duck
671 Spotted Crake
672 Corn Crake ( heard )
673 Terek Sandpiper
674 Black Tern
675 Whiskered Tern
676 Black Kite
677 W. Honey-buzzard
678 Eur. Roller
679 Eur. Golden Oriole
680 Red-backed Shrike
681 Eur. Penduline-tit
682 Wood Lark
683 Marsh Warbler
684 Gt. Reed Warbler
685 Icterine Warbler
686 Savi's Warbler
687 Barred Warbler
688 Less. Whitethroat
689 Red-breasted Flycatcher
690 Scarlet Rosefinch
After a couple of days sorting out the bureaucratic nightmare involved in visas, permits etc. for a survey next year I had the chance to accompany a team of researchers through the non-public areas of this reserve in the southern suburbs of Moscow. No sign of the Elk ( Eur. Moose ) that are there but I did manage Eur. Otter and Eur. Beaver.
670 Ferruginous Duck
671 Spotted Crake
672 Corn Crake ( heard )
673 Terek Sandpiper
674 Black Tern
675 Whiskered Tern
676 Black Kite
677 W. Honey-buzzard
678 Eur. Roller
679 Eur. Golden Oriole
680 Red-backed Shrike
681 Eur. Penduline-tit
682 Wood Lark
683 Marsh Warbler
684 Gt. Reed Warbler
685 Icterine Warbler
686 Savi's Warbler
687 Barred Warbler
688 Less. Whitethroat
689 Red-breasted Flycatcher
690 Scarlet Rosefinch
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
08 - 12 June 2015. Petropavlovsk - Kamtchatki, Russia.
691 Pelagic Cormorant
692 Steller's Sea Eagle ( A single sub-adult in the harbour. )
693 Aleutian Tern
694 Long-tailed Skua
695 Brunnich's Guillemot ( Much commoner than Common Guillemot! )
696 Pigeon Guillemot
697 Long-billed Murrelet
698 Ancient Murrelet
699 Tufted Puffin
700 Horned Puffin
701 Nthn. Hawk Owl
702 Eur. Three-toed Woodpecker ( The taxon albidor, found on Kamtchatka, is both very different in appearance and isolated from other taxa. Future split? )
["Kamtchatka" Magpie ]
703 Kamtchatka Leaf Warbler
704 Siberian Nuthatch. 1st since split.
705 Bluethroat
706 Swinhoe's /Red-tailed Robin
707 Dark-sided Flycatcher
708 Taiga Flycatcher
709 Pechora Pipit
After almost another week of struggling with beaurocracy I managed to fit in a couple of hours birding at the end of the day and a full day today.
691 Pelagic Cormorant
692 Steller's Sea Eagle ( A single sub-adult in the harbour. )
693 Aleutian Tern
694 Long-tailed Skua
695 Brunnich's Guillemot ( Much commoner than Common Guillemot! )
696 Pigeon Guillemot
697 Long-billed Murrelet
698 Ancient Murrelet
699 Tufted Puffin
700 Horned Puffin
701 Nthn. Hawk Owl
702 Eur. Three-toed Woodpecker ( The taxon albidor, found on Kamtchatka, is both very different in appearance and isolated from other taxa. Future split? )
["Kamtchatka" Magpie ]
703 Kamtchatka Leaf Warbler
704 Siberian Nuthatch. 1st since split.
705 Bluethroat
706 Swinhoe's /Red-tailed Robin
707 Dark-sided Flycatcher
708 Taiga Flycatcher
709 Pechora Pipit
After almost another week of struggling with beaurocracy I managed to fit in a couple of hours birding at the end of the day and a full day today.
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
25 June 2015. Clogcaenog Forest, Nth Wales
710 Eur Nightjar
After a look for clear felled areas on GoogleEarth I spent a Mosquito-free ( :t: )evening looking for Nightjar. The final count was a minimum of 5 bids, both seen and heard. Singing Eur Siskin and Less Redpoll, Eur Woodcock and a couple of Eur Badger rounded things off nicely.
710 Eur Nightjar
After a look for clear felled areas on GoogleEarth I spent a Mosquito-free ( :t: )evening looking for Nightjar. The final count was a minimum of 5 bids, both seen and heard. Singing Eur Siskin and Less Redpoll, Eur Woodcock and a couple of Eur Badger rounded things off nicely.
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
20 July 2015. Okinawa, Japan
711 Swinhoes Storm-Petrel
( Frigatebird ?sp. )
712 Barred Buttonquail
713 Oriental Pratincole
714 Gtr. Crested Tern
715 Roseate Tern
716 Black-naped Tern
717 Ruddy Kingfisher
23 July 2015. Enbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan.
718 Sooty Shearwater
719 Short-tailed Shearwater
720 Leaches Storm-Petrel
721 Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
722 Schrenks Bittern ( probably wanderer / early migrant from Sakhalin )
723 Oriental Honey-buzzard
724 Ruddy-breasted Crake
725 Rhinoceros Auklet
726 Nthn. Hawk Cuckoo
727 Ural Owl
728 Stepanyans Warbler
729 Siberian Thrush
730 Blue + White Flycatcher ( s.s )
711 Swinhoes Storm-Petrel
( Frigatebird ?sp. )
712 Barred Buttonquail
713 Oriental Pratincole
714 Gtr. Crested Tern
715 Roseate Tern
716 Black-naped Tern
717 Ruddy Kingfisher
23 July 2015. Enbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan.
718 Sooty Shearwater
719 Short-tailed Shearwater
720 Leaches Storm-Petrel
721 Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
722 Schrenks Bittern ( probably wanderer / early migrant from Sakhalin )
723 Oriental Honey-buzzard
724 Ruddy-breasted Crake
725 Rhinoceros Auklet
726 Nthn. Hawk Cuckoo
727 Ural Owl
728 Stepanyans Warbler
729 Siberian Thrush
730 Blue + White Flycatcher ( s.s )
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