Green Listing 2021 - Joint thread (2 Viewers)

[Colin Conroy]

Four more new ones for me yesterday during a trip into the North York Moors - Dipper, Ring Ouzel, Red Grouse and Green Woodpecker.
(http://northormesbynaturalist.blogspot.com/2021/04/one-rareish-bird-what-is-ouzel-and-mini.html ). Up to 119 now

 

[l_raty]

Franklin's Gull ! (This bird had been first seen three days ago in the evening, and was re-found yesterday afternoon; it's the 5th Belgian record.) With a poor pic: https://old.observations.be/waarneming/view/210212818?lang=en . (For better pics of the same bird, you can try https://old.observations.be/soort/photos/929?lang=en .)
On the same pool also Garganey, Little Ringed Plover and Ruff.

 

[Colin Conroy]

Franklin's Gull ! (This bird had been first seen three days ago in the evening, and was re-found yesterday afternoon; it's the 5th Belgian record.) With a poor pic: https://old.observations.be/waarneming/view/210212818?lang=en . (For better pics of the same bird, you can try https://old.observations.be/soort/photos/929?lang=en .)
On the same pool also Garganey, Little Ringed Plover and Ruff.

I saw that posted somewhere else and I thought of you Laurent. Glad you got it

 

[Richard Prior]

Some good ones being seen! I can add one more for Europe, a Merlin here yesterday evening (species already on the World List from USA, so a different subspecies?), Europe now on 178, (I have a paltry 69 personally )

 

[Swindon Addick]

404 globally, with 137 for the UK and 178 for the rest of Europe. North America 132, having stalled since the first week or so of this. My personal total is still dismal; I'm going to insist this is due to being inland and not in walking distance of many decent sites. As opposed to, say, lack of effort.
Yesterday saw a reduction in flower buds on my apple tree, which was welcome:
40 Goldfinch

Spreadsheet link for any new contributors: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...k6l70UVaE6-7hJoa_FGKGkrqY/edit#gid=1864592096

 

[Xenospiza]

Some good ones being seen! I can add one more for Europe, a Merlin here yesterday evening (species already on the World List from USA, so a different subspecies?), Europe now on 178, (I have a paltry 69 personally )

Sorry, I already saw a Merlin on the third of April, but misspelt it in the joint list...
Some bad weeks for green listing ahead for me as I am "on call" and even cycling to my local patch is frowned upon. The weather was not very conducive either, but Laurent shows that that is no excuse!

 

[Colin Conroy]

404 globally, with 137 for the UK and 178 for the rest of Europe. North America 132, having stalled since the first week or so of this. My personal total is still dismal; I'm going to insist this is due to being inland and not in walking distance of many decent sites. As opposed to, say, lack of effort.
Yesterday saw a reduction in flower buds on my apple tree, which was welcome:
40 Goldfinch

Spreadsheet link for any new contributors: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...k6l70UVaE6-7hJoa_FGKGkrqY/edit#gid=1864592096

😂
Of course, compared to Laurent (basically twitching a whole country by bike) I think we all come off badly.

 

[Colin Conroy]

404 globally, with 137 for the UK and 178 for the rest of Europe. North America 132, having stalled since the first week or so of this. My personal total is still dismal; I'm going to insist this is due to being inland and not in walking distance of many decent sites. As opposed to, say, lack of effort.
Yesterday saw a reduction in flower buds on my apple tree, which was welcome:
40 Goldfinch

Spreadsheet link for any new contributors: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...k6l70UVaE6-7hJoa_FGKGkrqY/edit#gid=1864592096

I would have thought North America would be miles ahead of us in Europe by now after the really promising early start - what's happened?

 

[Colin Conroy]

soooo, what do people think? Mandarin Duck on a park lake - tickable or not?

 

[Richard Prior]

I think so, but I’d draw the line at Muscovy Duck in UK though

 

[Swindon Addick]

Mandarin's Cat C in southern England, at least. So perfectly OK as long as it's got both wings, IMHO.

 

[Colin Conroy]

Thanks everyone (re the Mandarin). I decided to go the other direction instead this morning (north of the River Tees instead of south) and got a female Garganey that's been hanging round for a week or so and two Grey Partridges, bringing me to 121 for the green/NMT list. Good day for ducks as I saw 14 species - no Mandarin but nice views of the GW Teal and American Wigeon that have been here on and off for ages

 

[l_raty]

I saw that posted somewhere else and I thought of you Laurent. Glad you got it

Thanks Colin. The bird is only ~20km from where I was, but I had managed not to get the info on the previous day before it was too late -- I didn't sleep very well that night . It is still there today.

I cycled back to Brussels yesterday, passing through a site where a Pallid Harrier had been seen recently, and was lucky enough to see it . (This bird is a displaying male; the records are now obscured in the Belgian database.) Also passed through a marsh which had Black-winged Stilt and Savi's Warbler. Then rain started...
Other new, commoner birds in the last days have included Sedge Warbler (plenty of them), Reed Warbler (just one), the three common hirundines, Marsh Harrier, Spoonbill; also two migrant Ring Ouzels in the dunes the day before yesterday.

 

[Swindon Addick]

My first singing summer migrant this morning, but it was a blackcap so not a year-tick. Rectified that in the afternoon with a singing chiffchaff, then a gang of willow warblers which were feeding intently and had no time for singing. Presumably they still have a way to go on their journey.
41 Green Woodpecker
42 Chiffchaff
43 Willow Warbler

 

[gerald762]

Heard a cuckoo this morning

 

[Swindon Addick]

Common Cuckoo takes us to 410. Also the first cuckoo of any type on the global list, I think.

 

[Xenospiza]

Common Whitethroat today in still chilly conditions.

 

[Richard Prior]

Linnet and Firecrest added for me recently. The wintry weather isn't helping, more snow on the ground this morning and it's snowing again now! Still, it sent a load more Ring Ousels down from the mountains to feed in the field just up from the house, at least eight seen.

 

[Xenospiza]

Common Redstart from the "black" to the green list today, with my first Wheatear of the year as well.

 

[Richard Prior]

Tree Pipit on our walk from home today was both a Green and Year tick.