Most 'Plastic' Patch award (1 Viewer)

[Bismarck Honeyeater]

At Walthamstow we have recorded 19 out of the 23 species on Cat C of the British List. I'm not sure we should be proud but I wonder if any other British patch can boast more?

1. Mute Swan Cygnus olor AC2
2. Greylag Goose Anser anser AC2C4E*
3. Snow Goose Anser caerulescens AC2E
4. Greater Canada Goose Canada Goose Branta canadensis AC2E*
5. Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis AC2E*
6. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca C1E*
7. Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata C1E*
8. Gadwall Anas strepera AC2
9. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos AC2C4E*
10. Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina AC2E*
11. Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis C1E*
12. Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa C1E*
13. Capercaillie Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus C3
14. Grey Partridge Perdix perdix AC2E*
15. Pheasant Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus C1E*
16. Lady Amherst’s Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae C6E*
17. Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus C1E*
18. Red Kite Milvus milvus AC3E*
19. White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla AC3E
20. Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis AC3E*
21. Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon Columba livia AC4E*
22. Little Owl Athene noctua C1
23. Ring-necked Parakeet Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri C1E*

 

[birdboybowley]

My Pagham Harbour/Selsey patch can add the eagle to yours...but defo not the other 3!!

 

[Bismarck Honeyeater]

My Pagham Harbour/Selsey patch can add the eagle to yours...but defo not the other 3!!

Looks like it's eyes to the skies for us then😉

 

[Swannery Steve]

I've had all yours at Abbotsbury plus the two other pheasants but they and some of the others were clearly direct escapes rather than from a naturalised population.

Steve.

 

[Swannery Steve]

Oh and there is a 19th c record of the eagle too but that would be cat B if it was ever accepted.

Steve.

 

[Xenospiza]

I assume you have seen Ruddy Shelduck as well, in case it ever gets upgraded. I saw it at Amwell...

 

[Bismarck Honeyeater]

I assume you have seen Ruddy Shelduck as well, in case it ever gets upgraded. I saw it at Amwell...

Oh yes, plenty of other potential upgrades too, unfortunately

 

[dantheman]

Just to be clear - how are you proving some of these are genuine Cat C birds, and not just Cat A's? What level of proof do you need for eg Cat C Gadwall or Mallard?

 

[Nutcracker]

And what about Cats D and E? They're even higher plasticity rating . . . . so how about St James Park, London?

 

[Paul Chapman]

Just to be clear - how are you proving some of these are genuine Cat C birds, and not just Cat A's? What level of proof do you need for eg Cat C Gadwall or Mallard?

Indeed. I think people are over-egging this for the glamorous most plastic patch award.

I heard someone say once that Chew used to get so many escaped wildfowl they once had a Flightless Steamer Duck but I don't know if that was an urban myth.

 

[Richard Prior]

I heard someone say once that Chew used to get so many escaped wildfowl they once had a Flightless Steamer Duck but I don't know if that was an urban myth.

That will no doubt have been before Dr Beeching replaced steam with diesel/electric traction

 

[KenM]

I've had 15 out of those 23 "plastics" within the last 20+years, and from a much smaller recording area, to include 3 "heard onlys" with the rest as flyovers, but then living equi-distant (circa 1 mile) between two lakes...kinda helps, plus unsure of the category (if any), an Alexandrine Parakeet.

Cheers

 

[Nutcracker]

... plus unsure of the category (if any), an Alexandrine Parakeet.

Cat. E for 'Escape' :t:

 

[Bismarck Honeyeater]

Bizarrely, we don't get 'that many' obvious escapes. Although I do recall a Meller's Duck taking us by surprise. No Labrador Duck yet.