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[Londonbirder]

It doesn't really matter what length your list is as long as you enjoy birding. Sure we're all at least a little bit competitive, but at the end of the day, does having a bigger list mean you're a better birder? I have a list of over 300, but I am useless at seperating Lesser and Mealy Redpolls, and don't even get me started on gulls!

Thanks that makes be feel better about my rubbish life list! :[email protected]

 

[devilbirder]

Is that the rarest bird you've ever seen?

If it turns out to be one, yes. However, after doing some research I'm edging more towards the hybrid theory :-C
Otherwise, my rarest birds are Green Heron, Sociable Plover and White-throated Sparrow.

 

[Londonbirder]

If it turns out to be one, yes. However, after doing some research I'm edging more towards the hybrid theory :-C
Otherwise, my rarest birds are Green Heron, Sociable Plover and White-throated Sparrow.

It says on your website:t: about "...little David at Rainham Marshes..." (that was the SP) that you've seen all those RARE birds. I'm so jealous!
Ok, I couldn't quite make that sentence make sense.

 

[tjbirdofprey]

i know it dont really matter about the size of the yearlist but these are the birds i have really got to get........o
Cuckoo
All the seabirds(petrels,shearwaters etc)
Turtle dove
Hobby
Merlin
Yellow wagtail(a big bogey bird)
Firecrest
Divers(bogeys again)
pd flycatcher

well i cant remember them all but there you go3

 

[tjbirdofprey]

just like to share some of my better photos with you lot how do you think they are?:king:
1.Robin outside my house
2.Water vole at Rainham marshes
3.close up of Woodpigeon

 

[mr.sim]

Very nice photos tjbirdofprey - keep up the good work! I'm sure you'll get lots of those gaps in your list filled soon enough!

 

[mr.sim]

Forgot to mention I had a Peregrine over King's Lynn on the way home from school.
Here's a question; whats the best bird you've ever seen...
a) on the way to/from school
b) in or from the school grounds

 

[MCspudd]

Forgot to mention I had a Peregrine over King's Lynn on the way home from school.
Here's a question; whats the best bird you've ever seen...
a) on the way to/from school
b) in or from the school grounds

The best bird i saw in school grounds was a peregrine:king:

 

[MCspudd]

Hi everyone last night i went to brockholes quarry and saw 42 whimbrel, 1 cormerant, 2 m+f gadwall, 2 heron, 2 oystercatchers, 9 tufted, 1 grey wagtail, 3 mute swans, swallows+house martins, 1 lapwing, redshank, shelduck, kestrel, 9 curlew and i was suprised to se at least 11 demestic geese on the quarry :t:

 

[joshjenkinsshaw]

a) nothing great on way to school, but buzzard, grey wag, gc grebe
b) seen Cuckoo, Spotted flycatcher, Tawny owl, Kingfisher, Hobby, Crossbill in school grounds.

 

[shrikebirder]

a) nothing great on way to school, but buzzard, grey wag, gc grebe
b) seen Cuckoo, Spotted flycatcher, Tawny owl, Kingfisher, Hobby, Crossbill in school grounds.

What School do you go to!!!!

 

[teamsaint]

Hi everyone last night i went to brockholes quarry and saw 42 whimbrel, 1 cormerant, 2 m+f gadwall, 2 heron, 2 oystercatchers, 9 tufted, 1 grey wagtail, 3 mute swans, swallows+house martins, 1 lapwing, redshank, shelduck, kestrel, 9 curlew and i was suprised to se at least 11 demestic geese on the quarry :t:

Thats a lot of Whimbrels :eat:

What School do you go to!!!!

my thoughts as well!

I see Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Kestrel, Heron and Cormorant from time to time and have seen a Blackcap twice.

 

[NickPatel92]

Nice to be distracted in Geography with a Nuthatch and Chiffchaff outside, behind me (im next to the window).

 

[joshjenkinsshaw]

One of my teachers, ex-twitcher, had a Grasshopper warbler reeling next to my school during the school assembly. He told me after the assembly and I was slightly gripped!

 

[birder of the south]

Few of my recent shots!! One more bird til i hit 380!!!B I wonder what it mite be lol.

 

[***DIJ***]

Wow, you guys have some great schools! Our school has a row of trees along the side which regularly hosts Great tits, Blue tits and a pair of nesting G woodies but the best bird Ive heard of at our school, which was seen by Josh Jones (an old poster) was a Little Gull on the roof.

On the way to school there are a pair of Black Swans that were released a few years back but have not been looked after and have spread around a bit to some local areas of open water, but apart from that Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail etc nothing special!

Daniel

 

[***DIJ***]

Like the photos aswell, looks like you got some good light! Tried and failed to get a decent snap of a sedge warbler the other day, and my camera is currently broken, so was borrowing a friends, have a blue tit nesting in my camera box, incubating 10 or more eggs! woo :t:

 

[teamsaint]

Heard 2 Groppers on one of my patches tonight which was great because the 1st one was my first for Hampshire and the 2nd one my second! Certainly seems to be a very good year for Groppers based on other people's sightings.

Also Fox, Reed and Sedge Warbler, Reed Bunting, Swallow, Cetti's, Grey Heron, Grey Wagtails which are all normal on here but why I love spring evenings!

 

[jimmyg]

I hate you Lee!!!!!!!!!!! Stoooopid sparrow!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, Shrikebirder, if you're ever in Norfolk give me or Sim a PM and we'll try and help you crank your list up a bit!

Simeon, one question - what the heck were you doing in Kings Lynn on the way back from school, thats like a 10 mile detour!

 

[tjbirdofprey]

WOW!! Lee your photos are amazing:t: what equipment do you use?