Tom Mc85's 2019 List (1 Viewer)

[Tom Mc85]

My goal this year is to go out and make a proper effort to find new birds. These will have to be mainly in my local patch (Dorset) as I am reliant on public transport. Here is my list for 2019, I will be updating it as we go. Birds in bold are my highlights/favourite sightings.

1. Mute Swan
2. Greylag Goose
3. Canada Goose
4. Barnacle Goose
5. Egyptian Goose
6. Common Shelduck
7. Gadwall
8. Eurasian Teal
9. Mallard
10. Northern Shoveler
11. Red Crested Pochard
12. Common Pochard
13. Tufted Duck
14. Great Cormorant
15. Little Egret
16. Grey Heron
17. Little Grebe
18. Common Buzzard
19. Common Kestrel
20. Common Moorhen
21. Eurasian Coot
22. Grey Plover
23. Northern Lapwing
24. Ruff
25. Dunlin
26. Jack Snipe
27. Common Snipe
28. Black-tailed Godwit
29. Common Greenshank
30. Ruddy Turnstone
31. Black-headed Gull
32. Mediterranean Gull
33. Common Gull
34. Lesser Black-backed Gull
35. Great Black-backed Gull
36. Herring Gull
37. Feral Pigeon
38. Common Woodpigeon
39. Collared Dove
40. Ring-necked Parakeet
41. Barn Owl
42. Common Kingfisher
43. Common Magpie
44. Rook
45. Carrion Crow
46. Eurasian Blue Tit
47. Great Tit
48. Coal Tit
49. Marsh Tit
50. Common Chiffchaff
51. Eurasian Wren
52. Common Starling
53. Eurasian Blackbird
54. Song Thrush
55. European Robin
56. European Stonechat
57. Dunnock
58. House Sparrow
59. Pied Wagtail
60. Common Chaffinch
61. European Goldfinch
62. Common Reed Bunting

 

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63. Marsh Harrier

Added today at Lodmoor.

 

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64. Jackdaw
65. Oystercatcher

 

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Wonderful day out at Arne today. Amazing weather for this time of year. Added 9 new year firsts, including great views of Curlew, Jay, and Green Woodpecker.

66. Eurasian Wigeon
67. Eurasian Jay
68. Common Treecreeper
69. European Green Woodpecker
70. Common Redshank
71. Brent Goose
72. European Greenfinch
73. Eurasian Siskin
74. Eurasian Curlew

 

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75. Great Crested Grebe

 

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Cold, grey day today, but finally saw the Lesser Yellowlegs at Lodmoor (a rare vagrant from North America) and a Eurasian Spoonbill. Later, spotted the long staying Ring-necked Duck at Radipole. Great birding day!

76. Eurasian Spoonbill
77. Ring-necked Duck
78. Lesser Yellowlegs

 

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Very windy day. While walking the dog, a pheasant shot out and nearly gave me a heart attack! But at least another tick for the year list.

79. Common Pheasant

 

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Walked around Lodmoor again today.

80. Little Gull
81. Penduline Tit

 

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82. Meadow Pipit

 

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Spent the day on Portland today, missed the Hoopoe, but added:

83. Shag
84. Raven
85. Skylark
86. Barn Swallow
87. Rock Pipit
88. Linnet
89. Willow Warbler
90. Northern Wheatear

 

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91. Little Ringed Plover

at Lodmoor.

 

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Walked around Lodmoor this evening.

92. Common Swift
93. Red Knot
94. Pied Avocet

 

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Had an amazing day out at Ham Wall RSPB yesterday. Bird paradise! Saw 5 new lifers including Bittern (at last!), Hobby and Black Tern. Added 6 to my year list:

95. Great Egret
96. Black Tern
97. Hobby
98. Garden Warbler
99. Blackcap
100. Eurasian Bittern

 

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101. Grey Partridge
102. Yellowhammer
103. Common Tern

 

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104. Cetti's Warbler

 

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Seen at Dancing Ledge, Purbeck.

105. Common Guillemot
106. Whinchat

 

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at Radipole RSPB

107. Sand Martin

 

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Evening walk around Radipole

108. Glossy Ibis

 

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Two Juveniles on pylon in Bincombe valley.

109. Peregrine Falcon

 

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Holiday to Northumberland and the Farne Islands.

110. Long Tailed Tit
111. Eider Duck
112. Fulmar
113. Northern Gannet
114. Little Owl
115. Tawny Owl
116. Ringed Plover
117. Arctic Tern