Garden (Yard) List 2014 (1 Viewer)

[Larry Lade]

I am still stuck on 25! I may not get anything new until April. :eek!:

 

[Richard Prior]

I am still stuck on 25! I may not get anything new until April. :eek!:

That makes me feel better Larry, err, I mean, you have my total sympathy

Richard

 

[Jos Stratford]

More migrants - earliest ever Starlings on my Labanoras plot - flock of about 25 briefly swirling over.

33. Starling.

 

[Jos Stratford]

But better still, my second new mammal species of the year!

Taking guesses again

 

[KenM]

Little Egret followed by a trio of RNParakeets, 3 Mallard and then 2 flights of Mandarin Ducks swiftly kissing the tree tops as they sped NEast....no.52.

 

[Richard Prior]

First real 'summer visitor' arrived yesterday, with timing as accurate as a Swiss watch (over the 8 years I've lived here the average arrival date is 6th March).

35 White Wagtail

Richard

 

[Larry Lade]

But better still, my second new mammal species of the year!

Taking guesses again

Jos, I really do not know what your mammal you mention might be, but I will throw in a guess of Badger. Perhaps someone else will respond and we can find out what it was/is?

 

[joannec]

Two more for me:

47) Coot
48) Long-tailed Tit

 

[KenM]

Two more for me:

47) Coot
48) Long-tailed Tit

Your only 4 behind Joanne :eek!:....am now sleeping on the window sill

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Not my garden but my parents - 6 Buzzards circling together (a garden record) and an Oystercatcher over.

CB

 

[RyanI]

Things starting to move over the past week, Stock dove and green woodpecker were number 141 and 142 overall for the house.

54 Dunlin
55 Curlew
56 Siskin
57 Glaucous Gull
58 Yellowhammer
59 Shoveler
60 Tawny Owl
61 Stock Dove
62 Redwing
63 Greylag Goose
64 Green Woodpecker

 

[Jos Stratford]

Jos, I really do not know what your mammal you mention might be...

Mammal number 22 ...

 

[joannec]

Mammal number 22 ...

Lucky you!

 

[Larry Lade]

Is it an ermine?

 

[KC Foggin]

If memory serves me correctly from when I lived in Florida and had one of these guys in my yard, which was a Stoat - Short-Tailed Weasel in winter plumage?

 

[Jos Stratford]

Is it an ermine?

If memory serves me correctly from when I lived in Florida and had one of these guys in my yard, which was a Stoat - Short-Tailed Weasel in winter plumage?

Names vary...

Mustela ermine - in Europe simply called Stoat, often called Ermine when in winter white coat. In USA, often Short-tailed Weasel.

Mustela nivalis - in Europe simply called Weasel. UK populations do not turn white, northern populations do. In USA, called Least Weasel.


This little fellow was Weasel, i.e. Least Weasel :t:


Mustelidae list on my land now:

• 
  Weasel
  Polecat
  Stone Marten
  Pine Marten
  Badger
  Eurasian Otter

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Green Woodpecker at my parents garden yesterday was a new garden tick!

CB

 

[timsg80]

38. Marsh Tit
Fantastic to see that it hasn't become extinct here (yet). Just three years ago they were common in the garden, but the first one for this year came to the feeders this morning. Spring seems on the way, so hopefully there'll be a few more additions to the year list coming soon- going a bit slowly so far.....

 

[Richard Prior]

Things are looking up at last, despite the snow still covering the garden, two more returnees from their winter holidays today:

36 Yellowhammer
37 Red Kite

Richard

 

[Chris-Leeds]

#23. 3 greenfinches flew over while hanging out the washing this morning.