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9/5/2010

A nice trip with our local society to the canton Graubünden:

247: Wryneck
248: Cirl Bunting
249: European Honey Buzzard
250: Red-backed Shrike
251: Lesser Whitethroat
252: Red-footed Falcon
253: Linnet

 

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16 and 17/05/2010

Some casual birding after a wedding in the family (due to I missed a Red-rumped Swallow:-C)

254: Marsh Warbler
255: Sand Martin
256: Grasshopper Warbler

 

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19/05/2010

Some nice birds for Switzerland:

257: Oystercatcher
258: Broad-billed Sandpiper

Both near Schmerikon, SG

Another one I forgot (seen and heard in March)
259: Eurasian Treecreeper

 

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24/05/2010

260: Corncrake
261: Black-tailed Godwit
262: Short-eared Owl
263: Bluethroat

All around Oulu, Finland

 

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25/05/2010

264: Great Grey Owl Lifer
265: Northern Hawk-owl Lifer
266: Common Pheasant
267: Herring Gull
268: Arctic Tern
269: Little Tern
270: Tree Pipit
271: Redwing
272: Pied Flycatcher
273: Common Rosefinch
274: Common Crane
275: Thrush Nightingale

26/05/2010
276: Ural Owl
277: Wood Warbler
278: Great Black-backed Gull
279: Lesser Black-backed Gull
280: Heuglin's Gull
281: Spotted Flycatcher
282: Mealy Redpoll
283: Common Whitethroat
284: Smew

All around Oulu, Finland

 

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27/05/2010

285: White-tailed Eagle
286: Common Ringed Plover

28/05/2010

287: Rustic Bunting LIFER
288: Red-flanked Bluetail LIFER
289: Siberian Jay LIFER
290: Black Grouse
291: Whimbrel

29/05/2010

292: Siberian Tit LIFER
293: Capercaillie
294: Long-tailed Duck
295: Velvet Scoter
296: Common Scoter

All around Kuusamo, Finland

 

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30/05/2010

297: Dotterel

31/05/2010

298: Little Bunting
299: Red Knot
300: Bar-tailed Godwit
301: European Shag
302: Ruddy Turnstone
303: Red-throated Pipit
304: Purple Sandpiper
305: Black Guillemot
306: Red-throated Diver
307: King Eider
308: Arctic Skua
309: Long-tailed Skua
310: Black-legged Kittiwake

1/06/2010

311: Lapland Bunting
312: Snow Bunting
313: Sanderling
314: Arctic Redpoll LIFER
315: Northern Gannet
316: Northern Fulmar
317: Pomarine Skua
318: Glaucous Gull

2/06/2010

319: Razorbill
320: Grey Phalarope
321: Red-necked Phalarope
322: Brunnich's Guillemot
323: Common Guillemot
324: Atlantic Puffin
325: Little Stint
326: Steller's Eider LIFER

Varangerfjord, Norway

 

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3/06/2010

327: Gyr Falcon LIFER
328: Pine Grosbeak LIFER
329: Merlin

5/06/2010

330: Great Grey Shrike

All in Finland

 

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27/06/2010

331: Alpine Chough

A nice trip to the Alps with Bluethroat, lots of Alpine Accentors, Golden Eagle and many more.

 

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11/07/2010

332: Rock Thrush

A beautiful male near Braunwald, topped 10 minutes later by 2 Wallcreepers.....

 

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20/7/2010

333: Ring Ouzel

On a strenous hike on Pizol, Switzerland.

 

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30/07/2010

334: Sandwich Tern
at Port Edgar, South Queensferry, Scotland. No trace of any Roseate though.

02/08/2010

335: Surf Scoter LIFER
336: Canada Goose

The Geese on the way from Glasgow to Aberdeen from the train, two nice male Surf Scoters near Blackdog, north of Aberdeen. Cool looking birds.

 

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05/08/2010

337: Spotted Crake

at Klingnauer Stausee, Switzerland

 

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Good day today:

14/08/2010

338: White-winged Tern
339: Little Crake

The tern was a juvenile near Yverdon, the crake a female at Klingnauer Stausee (together with 5 Spotted Crakes and a Water Rail).

 

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22/08/2010

340: Little Bittern

A stunning male in about 4m distance!
Also my first Arctic Skua for Switzerland some days ago.

 

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17/08/2010

341: Ferruginous Duck (forgot this one earlier)

29/08/2010

342: White-winged Snowfinch
343: Ptarmigan

Went to Cassonsgrat today, snow in the morning and very cold! 55 Snowfinches were there, some Alpine Accentors, 8 Ptarmigans and 1 juvenile Dotterel.

 

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This weekend was the Swiss Birdrace with 20 teams racing around to see as many species as possible. I joined a team with Adrian and Urs and we managed to find 120 species which puts us up to third place. The winners broke the record with 132 species.
Some new ones for me involved:

03/09/2010

344: Long-eared Owl

04/09/2010

345: Barn Owl
346: Turtle Dove
347: Stock Dove

The first owl was near Col de Jaman in western Switzerland, the other three at Grosses Moos where most team met in the evening.

 

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19/09/2010

348: Icterine Warbler
349: Bearded Tit

Spent a good day birding at the Rhinedelta in adjacent Austria. Lots of migrating passerines and two Lapland Buntings as a surprise!

 

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15/10/2010

350: Sacred Ibis (from the French or Italian population)
351: Curlew Sandpiper
352: Cattle Egret (had them certainly in India but obviously forgot to mention them)

 

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04/12/2010

353: Pallas's Leaf Warbler SWISS LIFER

An unexpected one today, a first for Switzerland, well seen!