Garden / Yard List 2015 (1 Viewer)

[timsg80]

Cherers Dan, I've finissshed it noww. Pretty rare in Cornwall I imagine -

3 year ticks for the garden, what a day, maybe I should go out trying for owls as it seems my luck’s really in !
Yesterday at dusk a male Peregrine powered past the house, so I was gazing through the window at the setting sun this evening in case it reappeared, when I saw a flock of 10 large birds in the distance heading north, but they weren’t Cormorants, they were :
45 Common Crane !!!

Wow!!! What an awesome garden bird!! I can add one from today as well- a very nice bird, not quite as rare!
44. Barn Owl
Surprisingly the first time I've heard one here this year.

 

[KenM]

Well, you'd better sit down before I tell you all what I just saw flying north in the distance, a Garden tick (no 113 for this garden). I'm going to get a glass of wine B

Thanks for keeping us all in Grus-pense Richard B

 

[BrendaA]

Cherers Dan, I've finissshed it noww. Pretty rare in Cornwall I imagine -

3 year ticks for the garden, what a day, maybe I should go out trying for owls as it seems my luck’s really in !
Yesterday at dusk a male Peregrine powered past the house, so I was gazing through the window at the setting sun this evening in case it reappeared, when I saw a flock of 10 large birds in the distance heading north, but they weren’t Cormorants, they were :
45 Common Crane !!!

A garden mega mega if ever there was ! In fact, three years ago my wife and I had a flock of seven about 5 miles from the house, I reckon these were following the same line, each year more and more pass over Switzerland so there are changes in migrtaion routes taking place it seems.

Well done on the Cranes !!

 

[halftwo]

Does that mean your Siskins and Redpolls are absent in winter H2, so a sign of spring when you see them now?

In my immediate area at least, both seem to be absent in winter. Siskins are a daily occuring bird from my garden from around the end of March until late in the year. Redpolls are a real rarity.

 

[The Falcon]

Very slow March in the yard this year. Too much snow on the ground still!

23. Peregrine Falcon

 

[Barrie Hamill]

54 - Pink-footed Goose
55 - Long-eared Owl - a storm driven bird sheltering in a Fuschia bush.
56 - Hen Harrier - still thankfully relatively common on Orkney.

Barrie

 

[The Falcon]

24. Turkey Vulture
25. Golden Eagle - adult. Gave awesome views for a couple minutes.
26. Ring-billed Gull

 

[KenM]

54 - Pink-footed Goose
55 - Long-eared Owl - a storm driven bird sheltering in a Fuschia bush.
56 - Hen Harrier - still thankfully relatively common on Orkney.

Barrie

You're in the UK lead Barrie, and I've a sneaking suspicion that's where you might stay. :t:

 

[RyanI]

The terribel start to the year continues, a full 20 species behind where I was this time last year! Seawatching has been very poor and wader passage non-existent! Roll on sring, chiffchaff in the garden this morning hopefully a sign for things to start improving......

47 Pink-footed Goose
48 Mallard
49Feral Pigeon
50 Linnet
51 Skylark
52 Bewick's Swan
53 Hen Harrier
54 Kestrel
55 Long-tailed Tit
56 Pheasant
57 Sparrowhawk
58 Siskin
59 Song Thrush
60 Gadwall
61 Canada Goose
62 Chiffchaff

 

[Warixenjalka]

#22 Mallard

You have allready quite impressive numbers there in "Southern" Europe. :king:
Ryan and Barrie, I hope I get those numbers at the end of the year.

 

[halftwo]

Richard - just read your Crane post - wow!
There have been six in the county recently & I've been keeping my eyes on the skies - no luck there.

But, on cue this pm a singing

Siskin

in next door's tree was the first of the year.

 

[Richard Prior]

It looks like a record spring for Cranes in this general area (they see more in autumn as a rule), they had a flock of 300 past Geneva yesterday evening!!
Today is Black Redstart return day(well it was in 2012 and 2014), I know there's one lurking just 400yards down the hill, but the snow is still taking its time to melt so not much for it to find to eat here up to now, I'll keep my eyes peeled to see if (recent) history repeats itself......

 

[halftwo]

Long overdue, a

52 : Pied Wagtail

flew past this morning.

 

[Richard Prior]

Long overdue, a

52 : Pied Wagtail

flew past this morning.

And the wait's over for me too - at 10h30 singing from a neighbour's roof, the predicted:

46 Black Redstart
(the bird was singing, not me)

Half an hour's vis-migging produced flocks of Chaffinches, 12 Hawfinch (sorry Ken M) and a Sparrowhawk all heading NE.

 

[Carol Baldock]

The View From My Office Window in the last half an hour..

The View From My Office Window in the last half an hour..


Good afternoon everyone.

I have only very recently joined Bird Forum... and have just found this thread , which I have been very interested to read and to find out what other people see from their home surroundings, all around the world.......

I am now wishing that I had joined at the beginning of the year, though, lol...

I have just been reminded of the joys of working from home.

I am very fortunate that my office window overlooks a grassed field with woods behind.

In the last half an hour I have seen a moorhen; a pair of mallards, with another drake chasing after them ! ( in addition, we also have a nest at the front of our house, where the female has been sitting on eggs for some time, which has been giving me much pleasure and anticipation.. ) ; a pair of pheasants; 3 goldfinches, carrying nesting material; and a flock , c 40, of mainly Fieldfare, with 1 Mistle Thrush and a small number of Redwing.

Being a keen, but amateur, birder I must confess that I do still find it hard to count when a flock is moving...but hopefully that will improve with further practice....

I hope that if you are not lucky enough to be out observing in the field at present, that you are enjoying some good birding, from your home base... and if, like me , you have the good fortune to work from home, all the better!

My view has certainly kept me smiling...even though at work...nature is a wonderful thing :-O:-O:-O

 

[Richard Prior]

Good stuff Carol, welcome aboard!

 

[halftwo]

Welcome, Carol.

Why not submit a retrospective list from January 1st?

I've just got back from a local walk: Skylarks singing, Oystercatchers and Curlews back, but no real migrants yet.

H

 

[Carol Baldock]

Thank you for your warm welcomes, Richard and H. :-O:-O

I have spent some time over the last few days uploading some recent historical lists to Birdtrack, which I have just joined too.., which has been, all but one residents, so far. So , like you H, still waiting on the migrants...

Just had 3 red legged partridges, from the office window...the third being chased off!!

 

[Carol Baldock]

Magpie flying over; 2 pairs of Jackdaws, in tree bottom of west garden; Woodpigeon...well I am catching up, lol...so lots of easy ones for me at the mo, lol :smoke::smoke::smoke:

 

[KenM]

Long overdue, a

52 : Pied Wagtail

flew past this morning.

Well done on the Pied H!....My default Wagtail here is Grey, probably seen every other day flying past the house to the stream behind, and as we know very long-tailed! Sunday caught sight of a silhouetted "short"-tailed Wag. flying across the garden, only got the "briefest" of views before disappearing. On Monday am. I had a Pied Wag on the School field behind and adjacent to my rear aspect forest, can I tick it?

It was definitely a "short-tailed Wag."