January 1st joint Birdforum list (2016 edition) (1 Viewer)

[delia todd]

House Sparrow
Blue Tit
Coal Tit
Blackbird
Wood Pigeon
Starling
Carrion Crow
... and a very scarce visitor to my garden ... a Male Bullfinch for 5 seconds.... come back, I want a picture!

 

[Dan Miller]

Here's my first 30 minutes in the yard:

Canada Goose
Mallard
Common Merganser
Herring Gull
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
European Starling
Dark-Eyed Junco (Slate-colored)
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

 

[dantheman]

I'm back from 5 and a half hours or so on foot around the local patch (Falmouth) with 58 species in at times fairly miserable conditions. Was going to do the reservoirs too but sacked that in the end.

Have barely gone birding properly for months, so most of it was highlights for me; will post a full list up in a bit.



A good way to start the year though; Happy New Year All!!!!

 

[Dan Miller]

And just added to my list above:

Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Bald Eagle
Ring-billed Gull
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal

 

[dantheman]

1 Mute Swan
2 Mallard
3 Tufted Duck
4 Great Northern Diver
5 Fulmar
6 Gannet
7 Cormorant
8 Shag
9 Little Egret
10 Grey Heron
11 Little Grebe
12 Buzzard
13 Kestrel
14 Water Rail
15 Moorhen
16 Coot
17 Oystercatcher
18 Whimbrel
19 Curlew
20 Turnstone
21 Common Sandpiper
22 Greenshank
23 Redshank
24 Kittiwake
25 Black-headed Gull
26 Mediterranean Gull
27 Lesser Black-backed Gull
28 Herring Gull
29 Great Black-backed Gull
30 Feral Pigeon
31 Woodpigeon
32 Great Spotted Woodpecker
33 Magpie
34 Jay
35 Jackdaw
36 Rook
37 Carrion Crow
38 Goldcrest
39 Blue Tit
40 Great Tit
41 Coal Tit
42 Long-tailed Tit
43 Chiffchaff
44 Blackcap
45 Wren
46 Blackbird
47 Song Thrush
48 Redwing
49 Robin
50 Dunnock
51 House Sparrow
52 Grey Wagtail
53 Pied Wagtail
54 Rock Pipit
55 Chaffinch
56 Greenfinch
57 Goldfinch
58 Bullfinch

Pretty amazing that I managed to see them all in correct taxonomic order, eh?

 

[Pam_m]

After checking the UK lists above the only new species I can add is Goosander.

A great thread!

Happy Birding in 2016 everyone!

 

[ClarkWGriswold]

I think the only ones I can add are:

1. Cettis Warbler
2. Stonechat
3. Pheasant
4. Greenfinch
5. Mistle Thrush
6. Northern Shoveller
7. Teal
8. Gadwall
9. Canada Goose
10. Pintail
11. Greylag Goose
12. Lapwing
13. Sparrowhawk
14. Treecreeper
15. Nuthatch
16. Kingfisher
17. Wigeon
18. Pochard
19. Great Crested Grebe
20. Raven
21. Golden Plover
22. Meadow Pipit
23. Shelduck

Struggled to get to 64 today.

Rich

 

[Captain_of_Crunch]

Just over 5 hours birding this morning in south Dublin and north Wicklow in some rubbish weather (Gales, Driving Rain). A couple of additions:

-Little Gull (5 or 6)
-Yellow-legged Gull (1)
-Stonechat (1)
-Great Skua (1)
-Ringed Plover
-Hooded Crow

 

[crs]

These are the bird species I have seen today along the Olt river, near Brasov – Romania:

Mallard
Hen Harrier
Common Buzzard
Common Kestrel
Feral Pigeon
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Common Magpie
Eurasian Jay
Common Raven
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Common Linnet
Goldfinch
Observation conditions were very good:
Temperature -8 C
Wind speed 3 Km/hour (Beauford scale)
Atmospheric pressure 968 hPa – constant
Perfect visibility

Cristian

 

[halftwo]

Nowt I can add to Dan's list - I finished on 31 without leaving the house.

 

[Swindon Addick]

I'm still travelling and will check my list properly later, but I'll just quickly throw in Barn owl - it flew across the road in front of me this morning!

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Greetings from Allentown! Here's my list from the morning:

Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
American Black Duck
Ring-necked Duck
Common Merganser
Black Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Eurasian Starling
American Tree Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

 

[Warixenjalka]

I think I belong to Continental European list with Andy from Germany and crs from Romania.

So I can add for their list:

Hooded Crow (if it seperate from Carrion C.)
Sparrowhawk
White-tailed Eagle
Goosander
Common Gull
Bullfinch
Great Grey Shrike
Goldcrest
Greenfinch

About -5 Celsius degrees, freezing wind, but sunny (Sun is so low here that it will harm more than help seeing)

 

[Telephoto Paul]

Due to miserable weather I barely bothered to leave the house...

1. Collard doves
2. Blue tit
3. House Sparrow

 

[Paul Chapman]

Full day on the patch with 71 species recorded. I'll check for any additions. (Winter Moth on the way home was first lep of the year and Grey Squirrel and Roe Deer the first two mammals.)

All the best

 

[binfield]

Think I can add
American Wigeon
Scaup
Common scoter
Red throated diver
Black throated diver
Slavonian grebe
Black necked grebe
Red necked grebe
Gannet
Shag
Little gull
Common buzzard
Gold crest
Fire crest
Yellow browed warbler
Cirl bunting
Greater spotted woodpecker
Green woodpecker
Tree creeper
Brent goose
Dunlin
Black tailed godwit
Bar tailed godwit
Knot
Avocet
Oyster catcher
Golden plover
Lapwing
Purple sandpiper
Turnstone
Spotted redshank
Curlew
Snipe

 

[Paul Chapman]

Eight additions from me to the UK List. (I'm assuming we're not including Ireland.)

Purple Sandpiper
Reed Bunting
Linnet
Common Gull
Grey Plover
Ringed Plover
Snipe
Skylark

All the best

 

[Paul Chapman]

Excellent - thanks to this thread, I've recounted. It was 72 for me today. I get a combined UK in alphabetical rather than taxonomic order of 112?

American Wigeon
Avocet
Barn Owl
Bar-tailed Godwit
Blackbird
Blackcap
Black-headed Gull
Black-necked Grebe
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-throated Diver - 10
Blue Tit
Brent Goose
Bullfinch
Buzzard
Canada Goose
Carrion Crow
Cetti's Warbler
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Cirl Bunting - 20
Coal Tit
Collared Dove
Common Gull
Common Sandpiper
Common Scoter
Coot
Cormorant
Curlew
Dunlin
Dunnock - 30
Feral Pigeon
Fieldfare
Firecrest
Fulmar
Gadwall
Gannet
Goldcrest
Golden Plover
Goldfinch
Goosander - 40
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Crested Grebe
Great Northern Diver
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Green Woodpecker
Greenfinch
Greenshank
Grey Heron
Grey Plover- 50
Grey Wagtail
Greylag Goose
Herring Gull
House Sparrow
Jackdaw
Jay
Kestrel
Kingfisher
Kittiwake
Knot - 60
Lapwing
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Linnet
Little Egret
Little Grebe
Little Gull
Long-tailed Tit
Magpie
Mallard
Meadow Pipit - 70
Mediterranean Gull
Mistle Thrush
Moorhen
Mute Swan
Nuthatch
Oystercatcher
Pheasant
Pied Wagtail
Pintail
Pochard - 80
Purple Sandpiper
Raven
Redshank
Red-throated Diver
Redwing
Reed Bunting
Ringed Plover
Robin
Rock Pipit
Rook - 90
Scaup
Shag
Shelduck
Shoveler
Skylark
Slavonian Grebe
Snipe
Song Thrush
Sparrowhawk
Spotted Redshank - 100
Starling
Stonechat
Teal
Treecreeper
Tufted Duck
Turnstone
Water Rail
Whimbrel
Wigeon
Woodpigeon - 110
Wren
Yellow-browed Warbler - 112

All the best

 

[Zheljko]

I stayed inside as it was really cold today, but other birders in Serbia produced some interesting lists. However, eBird will show the breakdown only in the morning.

 

[Carol Baldock]

Hi Paul , Thank you. Does Red necked Grebe need adding to that list ( post #36) ?