Top 10 Most Wanted in Britain (1 Viewer)

[Jonny721]

No I'm not talking about terorrists or murderers, I'm talking about which are the top 10 species on the British List that you would love to see, not becuase of their rarity but becuase you have just always wanted to see one. My friend asked me this the other day and I've been thinking about what mine would be but I managed to wittle the list down to:

1 - Northern Parula
2 - Red Footed Falcon
3 - Fea's Petrel
4 - Hawk Owl
5 - Snowy Owl
6 - Great Spotted Cuckoo
7 - Terek Sandpiper
8 - Audoin's Gull
9 - King Eider
10 - Pallas's Warbler

 

[simmojunior]

Good thread.
Mine would be

1. Snowy Owl
2. Roller
3. Siberian Rubythroat
4. Common Nighthawk
5. Collared Flycatcher
6. Brown Shrike (because I regret not going for the one at Staines)
7. Hoopoe
8. Wryneck
9. Myrtle Warbler
10. Gropper!

 

[birding maniac]

Amur Falcon (AD male)
Laughing Gull (AD Summer)
Green Heron (AD)
Black Stork
Baltimore Oriole
Caspian Plover (Ad Summer)
Blue Cheeked Bee-eater
White Throated Needletail
Belted Kingfisher
Siberian Thrush (Ad Male)

Plus Cream Coloured COurser, but that would makee 11...

loads more- Pectoral sand again (amazing bird), Eyebrowed Thrush, Hornemann's Redpoll (Snowball) Lark Sparrow, Chestnut Eared Bunting, and Common Yellowthroat.

 

[eadem]

Blackburnian Warbler
Caspian Plover
Roller
Belted Kingfisher
Blue-cheeked Bee Eater
Male Ruppells Warbler
Rubythroat
Little Bustard
Parula
Ovenbird

 

[Espen]

Bee eater
ad male sibe thrush
ad male r f bluetail
hoopoe
ad s pallas's gull
eleonoras falcon
any kind of albatross
any kind of friggatebird
wallcreeper
any new world warbler but especially golden winged(actually that should be num1)

and i know it goes over but orient or b w pratincole. and tufted puffin, i could go on...

 

[chowchilla]

Baltimore Oriole

This is one of those birds in my life that literally had me going WOW! over and over again when I saw my first. Absolutely stunning birds.

 

[chris butterworth]

.............. 'nd there's always Sibe Blue Robin, Pallas' ( Great Black-headed ) Gull and........................

Chris

 

[midlands birder]

I have to many to mention, with Bee eater being the top for the 'regular' birds.

I would just love any new world warblers:
Parula would be nice but tbh, this is what im talking about!!!

http://www.glennbartley.com/naturephotography/North American Warblers.html

Might just hire a plane over there right now,
Chestnut sided + Magnolia warblers <3
Dreams
MB

 

[Jonny721]

I have to many to mention, with Bee eater being the top for the 'regular' birds.

I would just love any new world warblers:
Parula would be nice but tbh, this is what im talking about!!!

http://www.glennbartley.com/naturephotography/North American Warblers.html

Might just hire a plane over there right now,
Chestnut sided + Magnolia warblers <3
Dreams
MB

I have to agree with you there, cerulean would be my all time dream bird but I'd be happy with any of them tbh

 

[csanchez7]

IME and IMHO, Magnolia Warbler is a top notch warbler -- nicer looking than the still lovely Northern Parula.

I find it interesting which birds people are listing here as birds they really want to see -- Common Nighthawk and Belted Kingfisher really are very neat. Not sure about the Laughing Gull though after working along the gulf coast and seeing thousands upon thousands of them (and even hearing them in my dreams!)... but gulls do not tend to excite me very much for the most part.

Carlos

 

[Gomphus]

If we have to include those just on the British List already here goes....

Wallcreeper
Siberian Blue Robin
Siberian Thrush (dipped 2 times already!)
Rufous-tailed Robin
Magnolia Warbler
Cretzschmar's Bunting
Chestnut-eared Bunting (same as with the RtRobin I couldn't afford the Fair Isle trips!)
Pallas's Gull
Blue cheeked Bee eater (dipped 2 times too!)
Northern Parula (to fill a glaring hole on my UK list, a bird I have had chance to see several times and haven't for various reasons!)

As you will guess I'm a big Chat/thrush and bunting fan! Got one of my all time wants last week of course.... White-throated Robin!B

Made me think this thread and I have been drooling over various field guides for a while:-O:-O:-O:-O

ATB
Steph'

 

[birdermoose]

Blackburnian Warbler
Caspian Plover
Magnolia Warbler
Belted Kingfisher
Blue-cheeked Bee Eater
Bee Eater
Scarlet Tanager
Green Heron
Great-spotted Cuckoo
White-tailed Plover
All in Essex would be great!!! or really just any lifer!

 

[Amarillo]

1. Bee eater
2. Hoopoe
3. Wryneck
4. Montagus harrier
5. Long eared owl
6. Golden oriole
7. Honey buzzard
8. White tailed eagle
9. Black grouse
10. red backed shrike

I've seen most of these abroad but not in the UK....

And although some of these are fairly easy to find, I'd much rather see these than some rarity that is lost and completely out of place in the UK

 

[Mark Lew1s]

black and white warbler
stellers eider
hawk owl
bimaculated lark
Ruppells warbler
thick billed warbler
white throated robin (i know.....I'm stuck on a boat...)
masked shrike
yellow breasted bunting
wallcreeper

 

[shrikebirder]

Collared Flycatcher
Capercaillie
Red Backed Shrike
Hoopoe
Blue Cheeked Bee Eater
Masked Shrike
Cream Coloured Courser
Little Bittern
Golden Winged Warbler
Slender Billed Curlew

And if we're including birds not on the British list already, then Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher :king:

 

[Joseph N]

1. Snowy Owl
2. Gyr Falcon
3. Harlequin Duck (drake)
4. Stellers' Eider (drake)
5. Black Stork
6. European Bee-eater
7. European Roller
8. American Redstart
9. White-tailed Lapwing
10. Terek Sandpiper

Joseph

 

[bernie b]

if on the "BOURC" list
Hawk Owl
Siberian Rubythroat
Lesser Sandplover
Blackburnian Warbler
ovenbird
American Redstart
Yellow Warbler
Pacific/fork tailed Swift (ca
nt grasp the new name crap)
Brown Flycatcher ( nice one Richard Baines)
Little Shearwater,the one that eludes most,good seawatching

 

[Adam W]

1) Hoopoe
2) Hoopoe
3) Hoopoe
4) Harlequin Duck
5) King Eider
6) Surf Scoter (just missed one in my own county)
7) Golden Oriole
8) Great Grey Shrike (keep missing them all the time despite a record year last year)
9) Icterine Warbler (another i keep missing locally)
10) Did i mention Hoopoe.

 

[Rob1991S-O-T]

1) Ivory Gull
2) Hawk Owl
3) Gyr Falcon white morph
4) American Redstart
5) Sib rubythroat male adult
6) Canada Warbler
7) Nutcracker
8) Roller
9) Icky Warbler a nice showy singing adult
10) Needle tail

but off the british Dwarf Heron for a new addition maybe Sib Jay

 

[KenM]

1). Adult male Varied Thrush
2). Wood Thrush
3). Adult male Golden-winged Warbler (better views this time)
4). Adult Red-billed tropicbird
5). Adult male Purple Martin
6). Hawk Owl
7). Adult Male Golden Oriole (uninterrupted views for about 30 seconds)
8). Adult male Wallcreeper (again..only more prolonged views..looking down on...It's been a long time)
9). Adult Male Siberian Rubythroat
10). Aleutian Tern

If only........:eek!: