Green Listing 2024 - Joint Thread (1 Viewer)

[Paul Chapman]

Another day another goose...

101. Greylag Goose 3rd May

This had not been added to the UK list - albeit recorded by Swindon Addick - so I have adjusted the list accordingly and now 123 for the UK.

All the best

Paul

 

[01101001]

Got Corncrake yesterday and Great Reed Warbler today, within some 2 km from home, but couldn't be bothered to properly greenlist them.

 

[Richard Prior]

For Europe I added Merlin and Hoopoe on 30 April and Cuckoo today, the hoopoe and Cuckoo both new for the World list too.

 

[01101001]

Had Cuckoo on May 1, but I didn't suspect it wasn't on the list, so I didn't greenlist it (in other cases above, instead of following the same way home once again, I often prefer to take the bus and go for a walk elsewhere instead).

EDIT: Too far for me to want to walk or cycle there, but it's interesting that there are no records of Common Tern or Black Tern by anyone yet.

 

[Torchepot]

Post #112 had cuckoo on the 16th April

 

[Paul Chapman]

I have to say that my thin pickings continue whilst friends on patch are bumping into slightly better - must try harder or a change of luck... I will try the first for a week or so and hope for the second:-

102. Sedge Warbler 5th May

This is now 124 for the UK.

All the best

Paul

 

[01101001]

Had Sedge Warbler on May 1, too, but elsewhere; surprised it wasn't on the list, too. Locally, it's an uncommonish passage migrant (they might breed in a few small pockets elsewhere in Warsaw) -- a bit like Common Reed Warbler and Great Reed Warbler, though the latter two breed more extensively in other parts of the city. For a full picture, Marsh Warbler is a locally common breeder (less so in other parts of the city) and Icterine Warbler is a locally moderately common breeder.

 

[Paul Chapman]

At the end of a two hour walk, a distant bird of prey circled up and heading north:-

103. Marsh Harrier 6th May

This is also 125 for the UK.

All the best

Paul

 

[Richard Prior]

Post #112 had cuckoo on the 16th April

I just check to see if a species is on the Excel sheet or not before 'claiming' a first for the world list (sounds a bit grand doesn't it !), I still don't see Cuckoo on the UK list though!
Another one to add to Europe and the World lists just now, Spotted Flycatcher is 195 for Europe.
Make that 196, just seen a Red-backed Shrike back on territory in the valley.

 

[Xenospiza]

Back from holiday, back on my bike: Swift, Marsh & Garden Warbler and Cuckoo on the shortest route to work this morning.

 

[Xenospiza]

A visit to the local patch after work delivered Greenshank, Red-backed Shrike and Honey Buzzard.

 

[Torchepot]

I just check to see if a species is on the Excel sheet or not before 'claiming' a first for the world list (sounds a bit grand doesn't it !), I still don't see Cuckoo on the UK list though!
Another one to add to Europe and the World lists just now, Spotted Flycatcher is 195 for Europe.
Make that 196, just seen a Red-backed Shrike back on territory in the valley.

Fair enough Richard, I've tried several times to edit the Excel sheet (trying to add willow tit and wood warbler to UK list) but can't do it from my tablet - also a bit nervous that I might accidentally erase something. I need a dummies guide to adding species

 

[Richard Prior]

Fair enough Richard, I've tried several times to edit the Excel sheet (trying to add willow tit and wood warbler to UK list) but can't do it from my tablet - also a bit nervous that I might accidentally erase something. I need a dummies guide to adding species

I daren’t touch it except on the laptop for the same reason. Tell you what, my first granddaughter will be 5 on Friday, I’ll ask her to give us a lesson

 

[Xenospiza]

It always takes a bit to get going again after a holiday, so I decided against long rides for a Whiskered Tern or Black-winged Stilts.
At a slower pace, I added a number of expected species, but also a nice immature Montague's Harrier.

Edit 1: Lesser Whitethroat (which I'd expect -almost- on my house list) fell just after writing this post: heard from home!
Edit 2: Hobby added this afternoon.

 

[Xenospiza]

After arriving too late to hear a Quail on my local patch, a Northern Wheatear was a bit of a consolation prize.

 

[Xenospiza]

While I was searching for Grasshopper Warbler (in vain), a River Warbler was reported from the Wooldse Veen, a nice area of moorland just across the Dutch border.
A Dutch bird almost couldn't be closer to my home and as it was (just) under 40 km away, cycling was an option. The showers all seemed to avoid the area, so I really had no excuse. Upon arrival, I was the only visitor (and I only met one other birder): a surreal experience at a scarcity. Unfortunately it didn't show, but I enjoyed a short walk before heading back. My timing seemed to be just right to make the minimal deviation past a nightjar spot. I had to wait less than five minutes for it to start singing and make a nice fly-by.

 

[Xenospiza]

The Common Quail was nice enough to call today, but I was a bit more excited by a Sedge Warbler (which is a bit more regular on my local patch, but most sightings are in Mid-April).

 

[Xenospiza]

An even better bird over the local patch after work: an immature Spoonbill flying west!
The second one I've seen at my local patch (one was reported last year, but without any indication if it was present or flying over: I dipped it anyway).

 

[Xenospiza]

A Black Stork brightened up my day considerably. The 10th for my local patch (now seen in 5 out of 13 years). It's harder to get on the overall yearlist than Spoonbill, which I can always twitch along the Rhine if needed.

 

[Xenospiza]

An attempt at Short-toed Eagle only gave me Common Tern...