Kristoffers 2010 list (1 Viewer)

[kristoffer]

So I decided to post my list here. I hope to see 220 birds in year 2010. Would be a great improvement from 2009. Rare species get bold fonts, lifers get capital letters. So here it starts!

52. Collared Dove
51. Mute Swan
50. Whooper Swan
49. White-fronted Goose
48. Barnacle Goose
47. Canada Goose
46. Red-breasted Merganser
45. Goosander
44. Goshawk
43. Buzzard
42. Rough-legged Buzzard
41. Common Kestrel
40. Peregrine Falcon
39. MOORHEN
38. Stock Dove
37. Wood Pigeon
36. Tawny Owl
35. KING FISHER
34. Waxwing
33. White-throated Dipper
32. Wren
31. Robin
30. Blackbird
29. Common Starling
28. Chaffinch
27. Brambling
26. Greenfinch
25. Siskin
24. Reed Bunting
23. Pochard
22. RING-NECKED DUCK
21. Tufted Duck
20. Common Goldeneye
19. LITTLE GREBE
18. Great Cormorant
17. Grey Heron
16. Black-headed Gull
15. Great Black-backed Gull
14. Redwing
13. Marsh Tit
12. Mallard
11. Common Gull
10. Herring Gull
9. Rock Dove
8. Fieldfare
7. Blue Tit
6. Great Tit
5. Nuthatch
4. Magpie
3. Jackdaw
2. Crow
1. Tree Sparrow

 

[kristoffer]

A walk in a local cemetery in January 4 gave me a Treecreeper and some other passerines. Interesting that the Robins seem to stay all winter here now.

53. Treecreeper

And yesterday, just outside my door a bunch of Redpolls was feeding on the trees just outside. Not that common here, so nice find.

54. Redpoll

 

[kristoffer]

I spent a full day in Gothenburg, gave me lots of fun birds and met really friendly people. Best was the Lesser Whitethroat and Jack Snipe. You can see pictures and read more in my blog in my signature below. Here are the new tics.

55. Yellowhammer
56. House Sparrow
57. Lesser Whitethroat
58. DUNNOCK
59. JACK SNIPE
60. WATER RAIL
61. Sparrowhawk

 

[kristoffer]

18 January. Walked past the local sport stadium on the way to my job and managed to see two of the residents, at night they hunt rabbits and pigeons at the cemetery next to the stadium.

62. Eagle-owl

 

[kristoffer]

I have done some casual birding last weeks. Has not been able to get any nice photos or find any interesting stories, but got a few lifers and year ticks.

63. SNOW BUNTING
64. LAPLAND LONGSPUR
65. Rook
66. Rock Pipit
67. Skylark
68. Long-Eared Owl
69. TURTLE DOVE
70. Coot
71. Teal
72. Bullfinch
73. BITTERN
74. Hawfinch
75. Raven
76. Jay
77. Crested Tit
78. Coal Tit
79. Great Spotted Woodpecker
80. Black Woodpecker
81. BLACKCAP

 

[kristoffer]

82. Willow Tit
83. LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER

 

[kristoffer]

Me and some other birders went for a winters day at the coast, in Halland in Western Sweden.

We spent over 4 hours looking for the Golden Eagles who frequent the area around Falkenberg but this was just the wrong day, no winds, so no eagles. I guess that is the reason, they were there the day after and the day before. After giving up on the Golden Eagles we went to the Ringhals nuclear powerplant, the warm water coming out of the plant keept the ice away so lots of birds gathered there. Goldeneyes, Shags and lots of Smews to mention some of the birds there.

I got 2 lifers, Purple Sandpiper and Shag, so I was happy anyway, despite no Golden Eagles.

This was the 11 February and I have not been able to bird since then, the snow is just everywhere, you can´t travel and it´s freezing cold. Well, here is the list.

83. PURPLE SANDPIPER
84. White-tailed Eagle
85. SHAG
86. Red-necked Grebe
87. Pheasant
88. Smew
89. Eider
90. Greylag Goose

 

[kristoffer]

So I been to the sea again, saw plenty of ducks and got a few lifers, Horned Lark was really a nice one. But the Pygmy Owl was the best. So small, so powerful and amazing little bird.

And this morning I went to a open field with surrounding hills where a 2cy Golden Eagle had been seen for a few days, the winds were there, it was a clear bright day, but no eagle! I had to go to work only had 10 min left before I had to go when I saw a dark silhouette coming over the hills... it was the Golden Eagle! And it allowed me to observe it for atleast ten minutes. Sometimes birding is so sweet!
Here is the list!

91. Common Crossbill
92. Long-tailed Tit
93. HAWK OWL
94. Meadow Pipit
95. HORNED LARK
96. PYGMY OWL
97. Curlew
98. DUNLIN
99. Nothern Lapwing
100. Ringed Plower
101. Oystercatcher
102. Pintail
103. Wigeon
104. Shelduck
105. Great Grey Shrike
106. GOLDEN EAGLE

 

[kristoffer]

Since the last update I have done some birding both around where I live and around the coast. The best thing that happened during this period was the King Eider. It was in a group of Eiders at a coastal town in western Sweden for over two weeks, and when we came to tick it we could observe it for 30 mins within 10 meters of us. So pretty bird! The Tundra Swan was also a really nice tick.

107. Woodcock
108. Stock Dove
109. Common Crane
110. Bearded Tit
111. Green Sandpiper
112. Marsh Harrier
113. Great Crested Grebe
114. KING EIDER
115. Bean Goose
116. Lesser Black-backed Gull
117. Snipe
118. TUNDRA SWAN

 

[kristoffer]

I have had great birding since last update. 15 lifers, lots on the yearlist and hours of really fun birding. Most interesting is probably the Iberian chiffchaff, and I really hope it will be accepted. It sure sounded "right". Also I have to say that the Penduline Tit was really nice to see building a nest, I hope it will succeed with the nesting.
So, here is the list.

119. White Wagtail
120. Chiffchaff
121. Mistle Thrush
122. RING OUZEL
123. Little Ringed Plover
124. Osprey
125. RED KITE
126. BLACK NECKED GREBE
127. SHOVELER
128. TENGMALM´s OWL
129. Song Thrush
130. Green Woodpecker
131. Linnet
132. PENDULINE TIT
133. Northern Wheatear
134. Yellow Wagtail
135. Barn Swallow
136. SANDWICH TERN
137. Common Tern
138. LITTLE TERN
139. MEDITERRANEAN GULL
140. Redshank
141. Bar-tailed Godwit
142. BLACK TAILED GODWIT
143. Ruff
144. KNOT
145. Golden Plover
146. Avocet
147. Gadwall
148. Willow Warbler
149. IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF
150. BLACK REDSTART
151. House Martin
152. Common Sandpiper
153. Greenshank
154. Thrush Nightingale
155. Lesser White-fronted Goose
156. Goldcrest
157. Eurasian Wryneck
158. Pied Flycatcher

 

[kristoffer]

Long since last update. Been on Öland, the bird paradise island for swedes. Was a bad week, lots of rain and bad weather but I managed to get a few lifers, and plenty of new for 2010. Here is the list.


198 Garganey
197 Velvet Scoter
196 Black-throated Diver
195 Whimbrel
194 Razorbill
193 BARRED WARBLER
192 Brent Goose
191 RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER
190 GOLDEN ORIOLE
189 COLLARED FLYCATCHER
188 MONTAGU´S HARRIER
187 Cuckoo
186 Red-backed Shrike
185 Grey Plover
184 Broad-billed Sandpiper
183 Turnstone
182 Little Gull
181 Black Tern
180 Arctic Tern
179 Sedge Warbler
178 Garden Warbler
177 Rosefinch
176 Tree Pipit
175 Reed Warbler
174 Grey Partridge
173 Stonechat
172 River Warbler
171 Marsh Warbler
170 Icterine Warbler
169 Wood Warbler
168 Spotted Flycatcher
167 Pectoral Sandpiper
166 Goldfinch
165 Dotterel
164 Swift
163 Wood Lark
162 Sand Martin
161 Common Whitethroat
160 Ortolan Bunting
159 Wood Sandpiper

 

[kristoffer]

Spent an evening and night at Lake Hornborga, was great birding and got a few new lifers.

199. GRASSHOPPER WARBLER
200. Red-necked Grebe
201. Great Reed Warbler
202. NIGHTJAR
203. Whinchat