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

I ended up with 72 for the day, following a spot of mild cheating by attending the floodlit feed at Welney!

I think these are new for the UK list:

Brambling
Goldeneye
Marsh Tit
Pink-footed Goose
Red-breasted Merganser
Twite
Water Pipit
Whooper Swan
 
These were my US birds this morning:
American Coot
American Goldfinch
American Kestrel
American Tree Sparrow
Bald Eagle
Blue Jay
Bufflehead
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Carolina Wren
Common Goldeneye
Common Grackle
Dark-eyed Junco
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Meadowlark
Eurasian Collared-Dove
European Starling
Gadwall
Great Horned Owl
Harris Sparrow
Horned Lark
House Finch
House Sparrow
Lesser Scaup
Mallard
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker (R-sh)
Northern Harrier
Northern Shoveler
Pied-billed Grebe
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Redhead
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-necked Duck
Rock Pigeon
Ruddy Duck
Snow Goose
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Trumpeter Swan
Western Meadowlark
 
I was picked up by Steve at 0500 this morning having recorded Moorhen and Woodpigeon immediately after midnight.

I've just finished the dinner my long-suffering wife Marion prepared for my return. Here is the full list of 96 species in chronological order seen at Beckley Forest, Pett Level, Scotney Gravel Pits, Dungeness (RSPB and Point) and various bits of the Isle of Sheppey:

Moorhen
Woodpigeon
Robin
Tawny Owl
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Buzzard
Carrion Crow
Wren
Goldcrest
Jackdaw
Stock Dove
Pheasant
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Jay
Black-headed Gull
Magpie
Dunnock
Redwing
Great Tit
Collared Dove
Starling
Green Woodpecker
Herring Gull
Curlew
Oystercatcher
Great Crested Grebe
Lapwing
Marsh Harrier
Great Black-backed Gull
Greylag Goose
Brent Goose
Cormorant
Coot Ruff
Little Grebe
Wigeon
Mallard
Little Egret
Pochard
Pied Wagtail
Shoveler
Black-tailed Godwit
Golden Plover
White-fronted Goose
Grey Plover
Barn Owl
Snipe
Mute Swan
Egyptian Goose
Glossy Ibis
Grey Heron
Gadwall
Tufted Duck
Blue Tit
Rook
House Sparrow
Canada Goose
Barnacle Goose
Kestrel
Common Gull
Stonechat
Fieldfare
Feral Pigeon
Meadow Pipit
Raven
Reed Bunting
Great White Egret
Long-eared Owl
Shelduck
Goldeneye
Chiffchaff
Smew
Teal
Goldfinch
Tree Sparrow
Gannet
Kittiwake
Guillemot
Eider
Razorbill
Caspian Gull
Sanderling
Ringed Plover
Red-legged Partridge
Linnet
Mistle Thrush
Bearded Tit
Green Sandpiper
Cetti's Warbler.

Just missed the century (I'll complete it tomorrow.) All day we were struck by the paucity of birds in terms of numbers among the species we saw (e.g. a dozen Chaffinches all day), and things missing from usual winter haunts, presumably because of the warm weather.

Our only mammal was Rabbit. We found flowering primroses in Beckley Woods!!

Happy New Year!

John
 
Crazily I can add Swallow to the UK list, one flew over Horsey Corner in Norfolk. Presumably the bird that had been seen nearby at Winterton on a couple of days after Christmas.
 
I'm about to start some fun with spreadsheets. Keep the submissions coming, everyone.

I think Team UK were on 126 before John's post. Haven't started on adding up any of the others yet.

John - the chaffinches were all at Titchwell. Hundreds of them.
 
First (and only) mammal of the year - Grey Squirrel (two of them).
First flowering plant of the year - Bramble
First dead bird for the year (unfortunately) - Razorbill

I had to cook dinner.
 
144 for Team UK so far. Team USA will start catching up once the time difference works itself out...

American Wigeon
Avocet
Bar-tailed Godwit
Barn Owl
Barnacle Goose*
Bearded Tit
Black-headed Gull
Black-necked Grebe
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-throated Diver
Blackbird
Blackcap
Blue Tit
Brambling
Brent Goose
Bullfinch
Buzzard
Canada Goose
Carrion Crow
Caspian Gull*
Cetti's Warbler
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Cirl Bunting
Coal Tit
Collared Dove
Common Gull
Common Sandpiper
Common Scoter
Coot
Cormorant
Curlew
Dunlin
Dunnock
Egyptian Goose*
Eider*
Feral Pigeon
Fieldfare
Firecrest
Fulmar
Gadwall
Gannet
Glossy Ibis*
Goldcrest
Golden Plover
Goldeneye
Goldfinch
Goosander
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Crested Grebe
Great Northern Diver
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Great White Egret*
Green Sandpiper*
Green Woodpecker
Greenfinch
Greenshank
Grey Heron
Grey Plover
Grey Wagtail
Greylag Goose
Guillemot*
Herring Gull
House Sparrow
Jackdaw
Jay
Kestrel
Kingfisher
Kittiwake
Knot
Lapwing
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Redpoll
Linnet
Little Egret
Little Grebe
Little Gull
Long-eared Owl*
Long-tailed Tit
Magpie
Mallard
Marsh Harrier*
Marsh Tit
Meadow Pipit
Mediterranean Gull
Mistle Thrush
Moorhen
Mute Swan
Nuthatch
Oystercatcher
Pheasant
Pied Wagtail
Pink-footed Goose
Pintail
Pochard
Purple Sandpiper
Raven
Razorbill*
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-legged Partridge*
Red-necked Grebe
Red-throated Diver
Redshank
Redwing
Reed Bunting
Ringed Plover
Robin
Rock Pipit
Rook
Ruff*
Sanderling*
Scaup
Shag
Shelduck
Shoveler
Siskin
Skylark
Slavonian Grebe
Smew*
Snipe
Song Thrush
Sparrowhawk
Spotted Redshank
Starling
Stock Dove
Stonechat
Swallow
Tawny Owl*
Teal
Tree Sparrow*
Treecreeper
Tufted Duck
Turnstone
Twite
Water Pipit
Water Rail
Whimbrel
White-fronted Goose*
Whooper Swan
Wigeon
Woodpigeon
Wren
Yellow-browed Warbler

For UK mammals, I can add a grey seal to the rabbit and grey squirrel that have been mentioned already. Titchwell is a wonderful place...
 
In Maryland, when I finally got going after lunch:
Canada Goose
Gadwall
Am. Black Duck
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Pied-billed Grebe
Black Vulture
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Am. Robin
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
House Finch
House Sparrow
 
I'll post some draft lists shortly. As well as checking your own team's list to see if there's anything you saw or heard on 1 Jan which you can add, I'd be grateful if people could point out any obvious errors in my lists for USA and Australia. I'm prone to missing synonyms due to lack of familiarity.

USA: 66
Europe: 150 (UK 144, not-UK 44)
Australia: 43
 
The current Team UK list is in post 52. Here's the non-UK European list:

Black headed Gull
Bullfinch
Canada Goose
Carrion Crow
Common Blackbird
Common Buzzard
Common Chaffinch
Common Gull
Common Kestrel
Common Linnet
Common Magpie
Common Pochard
Common Raven
Common Starling
Common Wood Pigeon
Eurasian Coot
Eurasian Jay
Eurasian Wren
European Blue Tit
Feral Pigeon
Goldcrest
Goldfinch
Goosander
Great Egret
Great Grey Shrike
Great Skua
Great Tit
Greenfinch
Grey Heron
Greylag Goose
Hen Harrier
Hooded Crow
House Sparrow
Little Gull
Mallard
Northern Goshawk
Ringed Plover
Rook
Sparrowhawk
Stonechat
Tree Sparrow
Western Jackdaw
White-tailed Eagle
Yellow-legged Gull
 
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