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[Jonny721]

1st) Shantanu (Mumbai, India) - 321 species
2nd) Birding Maniac (Durham, GB) - 207 species
3rd) FoghornKinghorn (Durham, GB) - 203 species
4th) Joshua-B (Australia) - 192 species
5th) Jonny721 (Lancashire, GB) - 177 species
6th) Ash1456 (Cornwall, GB) - 175 species
7th) Joseph N (Aberdeenshire, GB) - 170 species
8th) Simmojunior (London, GB) - 158 species
9th) nrg800 (Australia) - 155 species
10th) ***DIJ*** (Lincolnshire, GB) - 151 species
11th) Midlands Birder (Midlands, GB) - 140 species
12th) Ausmar (Malta) - 134 species
13th) Adin 92 (Malta) - 131 species
14th) Birdermoose (Essex, GB) - 128 species
15th) Mari E (Oxford, GB) - 127 species
16th) Shrikebirder (London, GB) - 124 species
17th) Halcon (Spain) - 121 species
18th) Jamesevry (Somerset, GB) - 114 species
19th) Borofan (Cleveland, GB) - 100 species
20th) Birdpics (Essex, GB) - 97 species
21st) CreamColouredCourser (Wales, GB) - 67 species
22nd) Nature_Lover (Durham, GB) - 64 species
23rd) Skylark25 (Malta) - 54 species
24th) WildlifeLove (Essex, GB) - 52 species
25th) Maltese Falcon (Malta) - 43 species
26th) Andrewj123 (Bedfordshire, GB) - 35 species

 

[Adin 92]

132. Ringed Plover
133. Audouin's Gull

 

[Ash1456]

176 - Sandwich Tern, Hayle Estuary
177 - Black-Winged Stilt, St Gothian (4)
Images here: http://ashleyh-photography.blogspot.com/2011/05/black-winged-stilts-at-stgothian.html

 

[Adin 92]

Here are some recent photos i took recently in Malta,Gozo and Comino

Black-winged Stilt - Ghadira Nature Reserve, Malta
Stone Curlew - Comino Island
Sardinian Warbler - Comino Island
Osprey - Ta`Cenc, Gozo

 

[Nature__lover]

Another great day at RSPB saltholme yesterday.
saw three egrets right next to eachother, tern courtship (male trying to pass a fish to the female) , lapwings, meadow pipits, pochards, great crested grebes and an oystercatcher. if you want to see the photos I took of the birds on the day you can have a look at my flickr
http://tinyurl.com/6kja7u8


one year tick 65 : Pochard

 

[Nature__lover]

198 - Wood Sandpiper - Saltholme RSPB, Durham
199 - Whimbrel - Holme Fleet, Teesside, Durham

We possibly saw the same wood sandpiper at rspb saltholme!
I saw one last weekend. do you go there often? I've only started going recently but it's great.

 

[Mari E]

128. Greenshank
129. Whitethroat
130. Hobby

 

[Jonny721]

1st) Shantanu (Mumbai, India) - 321 species
2nd) Birding Maniac (Durham, GB) - 207 species
3rd) FoghornKinghorn (Durham, GB) - 203 species
4th) Joshua-B (Australia) - 192 species
5th) Jonny721 (Lancashire, GB) - 178 species
6th) Ash1456 (Cornwall, GB) - 177 species
7th) Joseph N (Aberdeenshire, GB) - 170 species
8th) Simmojunior (London, GB) - 158 species
9th) nrg800 (Australia) - 155 species
10th) ***DIJ*** (Lincolnshire, GB) - 151 species
11th) Midlands Birder (Midlands, GB) - 140 species
12th) Ausmar (Malta) - 134 species
13th) Adin 92 (Malta) - 133 species
14th) Mari E (Oxford, GB) - 130 species
15th) Birdermoose (Essex, GB) - 128 species
16th) Shrikebirder (London, GB) - 124 species
17th) Halcon (Spain) - 121 species
18th) Jamesevry (Somerset, GB) - 114 species
19th) Borofan (Cleveland, GB) - 100 species
20th) Birdpics (Essex, GB) - 97 species
21st) CreamColouredCourser (Wales, GB) - 67 species
22nd) Nature_Lover (Durham, GB) - 65 species
23rd) Skylark25 (Malta) - 54 species
24th) WildlifeLove (Essex, GB) - 52 species
25th) Maltese Falcon (Malta) - 43 species
26th) Andrewj123 (Bedfordshire, GB) - 35 species

Amazingly another lifer in my home county today, my 5th in 16 days! A pair of Temminick's Stints at Newton Marsh which showed well at times albeit a little distant and also tended to disappear for a long time.

 

[BirdPics]

98) Common Sandpiper
99) Greenshank
100) Sand Martin
101) Turtle Dove
102) Black Swan

 

[FoghornKinghorn]

Amazingly another lifer in my home county today, my 5th in 16 days! A pair of Temminick's Stints at Newton Marsh which showed well at times albeit a little distant and also tended to disappear for a long time.

Dunlin

 

[maltese falcon]

Here are some recent photos i took recently in Malta,Gozo and Comino

Black-winged Stilt - Ghadira Nature Reserve, Malta
Stone Curlew - Comino Island
Sardinian Warbler - Comino Island
Osprey - Ta`Cenc, Gozo

amazing pics Adin

 

[birding maniac]

200 - Temminck's Stint - Castle Lake DBC (Bishop Middleham)
201 - Stone Curlew - Petro Plus Pool, Teesside, Durham
202 - Swift - Petro Plus Pool, Teesside, Durham
203 - Little Tern - Crimdon Beach, Durham

Stone Curlew was a lifer and the first twitchable bird available to the masses since 1901! So over 100 years.

Too much going on at my regular birding sites!! I haven't been to any of them for over two weeks!! Hope to get out over the next couple of nights. Exams coming up soon so revision is going to take up most if my time with the odd twitch or ringing outing.

Also my computers out of action, so I'm getting Internet on my phone at the minute but I can't get to reply to my messages. :-C

 

[FoghornKinghorn]

Too much going on at my regular birding sites!!

If the Stone Curlew sticks around go for it. First twitchable bird ever in Durham. Old records (thanks to local birder Chris Bell for this):

1782: Wycliffe-on-Tees, August, (shot)
1843: Saltholme Pools, (shot)
1864: Frenchman's Bay, South Shields, 4th February, (shot)
1997: Piercebridge, 19th May

So basically first twitchable bird ever as the 1997 bird was a 1 observer record.:t:

 

[Joshua-B]

Geez you guys in England find a lot of vagrants! In Sydney we're lucky to get one every 2 years! Last one was an American Golden Plover in 08, which I missed...

 

[ausmar]

+ Ringed Plover, Roller and Little Bittern...137

 

[Mari E]

BirdPics, I think black swans are escapes....

Joshua, too many rarities are too stressful! I end up birding all weekend and dipping. Also missing good birds while at school is another annoying thing...

 

[Jonny721]

BirdPics, I think black swans are escapes....

Didn't spot that! I will amend the table soon

 

[Joseph N]

Geez you guys in England find a lot of vagrants! In Sydney we're lucky to get one every 2 years! Last one was an American Golden Plover in 08, which I missed...

171 - Swift

A yeartick today with my first Swifts of the year, 7 of them wheeling above my school at 8:30 just before my Biology exam. I'm right at the heart of my exam period of moment, and there's a Black Kite at the Loch of Strathbeg!! The earliest I can make it is Thursday so I've got to hope that it sticks around, I have a sinking feeling it won't though.... :-C

Hi Joshua, don't feel too bad about it, I am certain there are many vagrants that pass by unseen all over Australia - there just aren't so many people birding in Australia as there are here, and the fact that Britain has the highest birding population inevitably means that is more is going to be found here than elsewhere because there are more eyes watching.

Joseph

 

[Joshua-B]

I guess that's true, but it gets kind of annoying, as I can reallly only get 5 or so more lifers within 2 hours of my house and that isn't really going to change (which is where year ticking comes in |;| Have just finished most of my exams, so should be able to get out this weekend and year tick Double-banded Plover, Pacific Golden Plover and Brush Bronzewing

 

[FoghornKinghorn]

204 - White-winged Black Tern - East Chevington NWT, Northumberland (yesterday)

A superb summer plumaged bird, sadly not a lifer but first bird I have seen in full summer suit.