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[devilbirder]

Very pleased with the results from Beddington today (despite missing the star of the day by seconds: Little Tern): 1 male Ring Ouzel (patch tick and year tick), 14 Whimbrel (patch tick and year tick), 2 Arctic Terns (patch tick and year tick), 1w Iceland Gull, 8 Little Gulls (patch tick), 20+ Yellow Wagtails, 1 Green Sand, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Dunlin, 1 Peregrine.
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[mr.sim]

Well done David, sounds like you had a really good day...I take it you've overtaken Josh on the yearlisting competition then...

 

[devilbirder]

nah, unfortunately he's 1 or 2 ahead of me. Not for long though B

 

[ColonelBlimp]

Year list up to the heady heights of 126 as of today, with the latest 'tick'...........GOLDEN EAGLE! Hurrah hurrah.

 

[mr.sim]

Nice one ColonelBlimp. I've never had Golden Eagle before, but another trip to Scotland should sort that out...where did you get yours?

 

[ColonelBlimp]

...where did you get yours?

I had a sneaky sneaky trip up to Haweswater to see the resident male. Great although very hazy views.

 

[Londonbirder]

I had a sneaky sneaky trip up to Haweswater to see the resident male. Great although very hazy views.

I went there last year, it said on the RSPB website it had Golden Eagles. When we got there no sign of them, pleased you got them though!B

 

[mr.sim]

I have my Gold D of E trip this summer in the lakes. I go quite near Haweswater so hopefully the bird might appear over a ridge. Or maybe I can persuade the teacher (who is also a birder :t to give us a lift there in the evening...

 

[joshjenkinsshaw]

Got back from Cornwall today. Had c40 Manx shearwaters past Rame head on the 16th, lifer 212, also an adult male Cirl bunting, but Im not counting this as it is almost definatly an introduced bird for the breeding programme. Other good birds were Whitethroat, Whimbrel, Peregrine, Raven but not alot else. Year list is 167

 

[Londonbirder]

I have my Gold D of E trip this summer in the lakes. I go quite near Haweswater so hopefully the bird might appear over a ridge. Or maybe I can persuade the teacher (who is also a birder :t to give us a lift there in the evening...

You'd be luck!!!o

 

[shrikebirder]

Waterlow Park (16:30) :
MARSH HARRIER mobbed by crows, then flew N.

That's a year and London tick for me!!!

 

[MCspudd]

Hi everyone i went to 3 places yesterday and the first place i went to was called pilling marsh and saw 150+ pink footed geese, 1 curlew, 9 gbb gull, 1 rock dove, herons, skylark, redshank, lapwing, common gull, herring gull, oystercatchers and then we saw a strange bird and it looked like a golden orial but it was on the ground and it was a very good runner...Then went to glassondock and saw redshank, 1 kestrel, a couple of tufted duck, mute swans, mallards, curlew, gc grebes 3, a lot of house sparrows, coot and moorhen. Then i went to leighton moss and saw greylag geese, lapwing, a lot of b h gulls, 2 buzzards,, mallard, i heard a sedge warbler, herons, tufted duck, 4 cormarants, 3 g b b gulls, shoveler, f+m pochard 1 g c grebe, coot, moorhen, 3 canada geese, 3 marsh harriers, teal, gadwall, m+f blacap, wrens, 3 goldfinch and a g s woodpecker :t:

 

[mr.sim]

Sounds like you had a busy day MCspudd! What was your mystery bird like? It's still a bit early for Golden Oriole. Could it have been a Green Woodpecker in strong sunlight? It might have been an escaped cagebird. What was it like? eg. bill and leg colour, plumage colours, habits etc. sounds very interesting...

 

[tjbirdofprey]

good job Mcspudd:t:as Mr sim said your bird could be very interesting.....anyway, warblers outside my window again,i.d flunked again3
one landed on a tree..... just as i lifted my binocs to see its leg color it flew off:C

 

[shrikebirder]

Most 'I think it was a golden oriole" sightings are green woodpeckers.

 

[***DIJ***]

Have returned from 3 days in the New Forest! To be honest I was very tired by the end of the second day and I was starting to stumble on some easy identifications, but this is what I think I saw...

Buzzards (many of)
1 Hobby (i think, a little larger than a kestrel but very unsure on the identification, defo not a Buzzard)
Many calling Curlew and Lapwing
A possible Wood Warbler but again i.d problems
Tawny Owls calling all night and maybe a Nightjar (Not sure on song i.d. so any ideas?!?)
Cuckoos calling everywhere, along with Skylarks and maybe Woodlarks (i.d. problem again, really tired at that point!)

Dawn Chorus produced an array of sound and was a great wake up call, even if others didnt think so!

Daniel

 

[shrikebirder]

Nightjars "churrrrrr". The only other possibility for your falcon (if your sure it was 1) is a peregrine. Hobbies look like giant swifts....
Wood warblers ar quite bright yellow- and noticably bigger than willow/chiffs.
Woodlarks genrally are more dumpy than sky and have shorter tails and lack a crest. They also have much bolder eye and moustachial stripes. They are more bulky and bigger than pipits.
Not sure on any other than the nightjars song....

 

[MCspudd]

Sounds like you had a busy day MCspudd! What was your mystery bird like? It's still a bit early for Golden Oriole. Could it have been a Green Woodpecker in strong sunlight? It might have been an escaped cagebird. What was it like? eg. bill and leg colour, plumage colours, habits etc. sounds very interesting...

Well it was gold and it definatly had black on it, i couldnt se it well but it was very close but i had to use the bins to se it, when i got the bins on it, it kept running away like i said it was a good runner.

 

[Londonbirder]

How big was it?

 

[shrikebirder]

Still sounds like green woody to me. (They're very good runners!!!!)