Embaressing birds that you haven't seen (1 Viewer)

[Jonny721]

At least you saw the Penduline Tit. I saw the long staying Lancashire Glossy Ibis at Warton Marsh and Marshside over a couple of years.

 

[Kev23]

As my British list is still sub 200 I've got many absentees but as i've only been enthusiastically birding for a year and a bit, i'm cool about that as each trip i embark upon could produce a lifer. I am, however, somewhat frustrated that i've not seen a flycatcher in the UK. Any ideas for a Surrey resident? Tried at Pulborough RSPB enough times but only chiffchaffs pretending to be!

And, despite spending many a winter hour around the Raptor View Point on Sheppey, Merlin have so far eluded me...

Kev

Oh yeh, and Hawfinch Reported on a daily basis "behind the station" on Bookham common, Surrey (around the area in which I work) throughout the winter....

What, is only one person a day permitted by mother nature to view them?? Why not me, I ask...

Time for bed Kev...

 

[Tero]

You need to take a trip over "the pond" to clear that one Tero!!

That's where I was looking. 40 lifers, no jay.

 

[Microtus]

Tero, don't feel bad, when I visited the UK (four times) I rarely saw Jays.

 

[Perry Smale]

Mine is undoubtedly Savi's Warbler. What hurts the most is the fact that I've heard two (in Britain I mean, seen them abroad several times).

 

[Euan Buchan]

Still to see a Red Kite

 

[wintibird]

Still to see a Red Kite

You should come to Switzerland. There is one sitting outside in the next tree while I'm writing this

André

 

[Amarillo]

Still to see a Red Kite

surely you have plenty up there by now?

 

[ColonelBlimp]

Seen a hobby this evening thank God!!!

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Well, I can't say I'm embarassed, but there are two birds on the ABA list that I feel should have seen by now: rose-throated becard and grey partridge. I've seen them both outside the ABA area (Honduras and Romania, respectively), but despite going to places in the US where they were "supposed to be", I've missed them.

Other than that, I've never seen any owls in Europe and only one in Asia.

 

[Nova88]

A lot of the birds listed in this thread i will never see in my neck of the woods. You guys should feel lucky that you even have the chance to see some of those birds as where i live i will never have the chance because they just aren't native to here.

i guess the same would be true some of the birds local to here that someone in the UK won't ever see unless they come over for holiday.

i did spend a little over 2 years traveling australia. and got to see birds i thought i would never get the chance to lay eyes on

 

[steve west]

I remember it took me ages, with quite a few decent rarities in between, to set eyes on my first Little Owl and Hobby.

Steve
http://www.BirdingInSpain.com

 

[Joseph N]

Thanks for yet more submissions. I managed to dip on the Little Bittern whilst I was away, which is not embaressing, more frustrating. However, I could easily say that I have definitely mopped up on a few of my most embaressing birds now I have been to Ham Wall RSPB. So I will get rid of the birds I saw there that were on my list before. Keep the entries coming in folks.:t:

 

[Steve Babbs]

I remember it took me ages, with quite a few decent rarities in between, to set eyes on my first Little Owl and Hobby.

Steve
http://www.BirdingInSpain.com

I saw my first British little owl the same day as Mamora's warbler - got a bit of stick about that one. Even more when I saw my first great northern diver the same day as my second Ross's gull.

 

[Rob1991S-O-T]

after getting a much need Uk tick in the form of nightjar i think the next 2 on the list
are lesser spotted woodpecker which i have heard call i think reason i havent seen one is that i want to see one in staffordshire

and the other being firecrest

other than lesser spot all the other bogey bird ppl get have all been easy did have trouble at first with locating dippers but since seen my first one cant seem to loose them

 

[trey]

Mines one of the worst on here for sure....I live in Florida and i've never seen an American Coot.

 

[Robin Jack]

Eurasian Storm Petrel
Great Bittern
Bewick's Swan (because I live in Scotland)
Golden Eagle
Common Quail
Water Rail
Black Tern
Little Auk
Short-Eared Owl
Long Eared Owl
Barn Owl
Common Kingfisher
Grasshopper Warbler
Brambling

ok for the kingfisher but I pray to have the little auk, the grasshopper warbler, the storm petrel and also the brambling (that isn't so common) like embarassing species...

the mine is mostly the hawfinch and perhaps the capercaille...
in my wish list there's also the tengmalm's owl

Bye

 

[Joseph N]

Ok, thanks for your submissions. Keep them coming in.

 

[Mysticete]

Probably Black Scoter and Pectoral Sandpiper. Still haven't gotten a satisfactory look at Field Sparrow either

 

[markgrubb]

There was a thread very similar to this a few months ago. And I still haven't seen a reed warbler in the UK though uncommon here in Scotland http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=99250