Garden/Yard List 2018. (1 Viewer)

[Steve Lister]

My own garden and surrounds have gone very unproductive - nothing new for nearly a month despite plenty of effort looking for a Honey Buzzard or even a Rose-coloured Starling going over.

Mustn't give up though - a friend had five Bee-eaters over his garden just two miles away last Thursday !!!

Steve

 

[Warixenjalka]

#63. Arctic Diver - Couple of years I have waiting to see this from garden, cos I have seen them migrating over neighborhood. When collecting morning mail it was proven that it is always worth keeping binoculars in the neck. ||

 

[Warixenjalka]

Just about hour a go I saw 13 Gavias* fly over to the East. :eek!: Arctic migration isn't over yet.
Also - and - at last:

#64. White Wagtail - What a h&#@!? I'm in same number than last year total!

* 96 % sure that they were Arctic Divers.

 

[Jos Stratford]

Arctic Diver is Black-throated Diver, yes?

 

[Steve Lister]

Arctic Diver is Black-throated Diver, yes?

Gavia arctica so I would guess so

Steve

 

[KenM]

Couldn't believe it at 8.35am!....presumably commuting between the two lakes which my abode sits between...Great Creste Grebe. Only my 2nd in 35 years!...no.71.

 

[halftwo]

All happening in the garden this morning - the Tawny Owl calling, Coal Tit, Bullfinch and Greenfinch singing, when some

Common Crossbills

flew over calling obligingly.

Which makes 61 with pigeon.

 

[KenM]

Considering that by this time last year I'd had 8 sightings....this mornings Peregrine was a relief! no.72.

 

[Mark Harper]

Seems a while since the last addition to the list so this mornings flyover was welcome.

70. Grey Heron

 

[Steve Lister]

While sorting through my moth catch early this morning I paused for alarming starlings and swallows expecting a Sparrowhawk to go over but instead an unseen

70 Oystercatcher

flew around calling, a garden lifer no less.

Then after breakfast another heard only

71 Yellow Wagtail

Steve

 

[halftwo]

I've spent 34 hours working in the garden over the last four days - and seen nothing but blue skies.

 

[Richard Prior]

I've spent 34 hours working in the garden over the last four days - and seen nothing but blue skies.

Oh, you’ve moved away from Yorkshire then H?

 

[Warixenjalka]

Arctic Diver is Black-throated Diver, yes?

Yes.

#65. Whooper Swan - Another bird, which I've been waiting for...

 

[Richard Prior]

Seeing the first juvenile Swallows now, so no surprise to see the latest addition turn up in the neighbourhood:

75 Hobby

Mind you, it was catching large insects rather than chasing hirundines.

 

[halftwo]

Juv Swallows out here too.

Added Toad to the garden list yesterday.

 

[halftwo]

Woodcock just flew over! (62)

 

[KenM]

Woodcock just flew over! (62)

Wow!....wouldn't expect that at this time of year :t:, but then almost nodding off with eyes streaming (high pollen) literally out of the blue......a Sand Martin then a second with a Swallow over the house!....no.73.

 

[hookem2010]

Looks like I will end my two years at my current house in Houston with 38 species, the last of which was a Swainson's Hawk a week ago. That, along with a resident eastern screech owl and a flyover flock of Franklin's gulls were the highlights. I'm guessing I will not exceed this number at my new apartment in Fort Worth, TX but I can't wait to check out a new area and get to know a bunch of new hot spots.

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[Warixenjalka]

#66. Caspian Tern - When I think back, last year I didn't see this at all. Happy to get it back to my gardenlist. ||

 

[Richard Prior]

Very hot here lately, tempting the lizards and snakes out for a sunbathe, which is good news for this addition:

76 Short-toed Snake Eagle

hovering over the distant mountainside this afternoon. The first I've seen since we moved here two years ago but not a Garden lifer as I saw one here in 2015.