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[Armin Kreusel]

I'm curious Armin, how many birds have you seen in Germany so far?

I'm on 171 here !! Latest addition are Kentish Plover and European Storm Petrel. I'm targeting to try and reach 200 by next year. After that its difficult to add new birds as it comes harder and harder!! Unless I'm lucky enough to twitch a vagrant or course

On my List for Germany there stand 257 species and I try to see 270 birds this year

 

[skylark25]

On my List for Germany there stand 257 species and I try to see 270 birds this year

wow Armin thats a long list indeed! Keep us posted mate :t: I'll try to update mine here more often! Cheers

 

[Rhummy]

What is the age limit for being a Young Birder?

 

[O.Reville1989]

What is the age limit for being a Young Birder?

I think it was agreed that if you were 21 at the start of this year then you're in B

 

[O.Reville1989]

As most of my birding takes place in Norfolk I have decided to base rarity on number of records in Norfolk (Based on RBA), as all my top 10 have been seen here.
So here goes
1. Canvasback (1st for Norfolk- Welney 01.97 and 2nd for UK)
2. White-Crowned Sparrow (1st for Norfolk- Cley Jan 2008)
3. Blyth's Pipit (1st for Norfolk- Sheringham 14.10.96)
4. Pallid Harrier (1st for Norfolk- Stiffkey 12.2002)
5. Alpine Accentor (2nd for Norfolk- Overstrand 20.04.04)
6. Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler (2nd for Norfolk- Blakeney Point 22.09.01)
7. Iberian Chiffchaff (2nd for Norfolk? Titchwell 2011)
8. Laughing Gull (3rd for Norfolk- Titchwell 05.98)
9. Booted Warbler (4th for Norfolk- West Runton 31.08.03)
10. Pied Wheatear (7th for Norfolk- Sheringham 20.10.97)

Other noteables: Rustic Bunting, Blue-Winged Teal, Little Shearwater, Ross's Goose, Citrine Wagtail, Rose-Coloured Starling, Dusky Warbler and Black Brant.

:t:

 

[Joshua-B]

I'm possibly the only person here who hasn't seen a vagrant yet... lol
Australia is much bigger, and the ratio of birders to sqr.kms is much smaller, so less birds get found... That said, I have got a trip to Broome in 5 weeks, which is the rarity hotspot of the country, so I might get lucky by the end of the year =P

 

[Rhummy]

Gah - year too old

 

[Armin Kreusel]

Ohh no...there is a Green Warbler in Germany...but more than 500km away from me

 

[suthyyy]

Ohh no...there is a Green Warbler in Germany...but more than 500km away from me

Not good! Always hope that he ends up a little closer soon :t:

 

[Armin Kreusel]

Not good! Always hope that he ends up a little closer soon :t:

that would be nice but it´s not realistic
but maybe on heligoland in october were I spent a week from 21th-28th of october there come a Green Warbler or some other nice Phylloscopus Warblers

 

[suthyyy]

that would be nice but it´s not realistic
but maybe on heligoland in october were I spent a week from 21th-28th of october there come a Green Warbler or some other nice Phylloscopus Warblers

indeed, i wish you the best of luck for when your out there anyway :t:

 

[Armin Kreusel]

indeed, i wish you the best of luck for when your out there anyway :t:

thanks
this trip will be very good
last year in october I saw there Red-flanked Bluetail, Subalpine Warbler, Siberian Chiffchaff, Pallas´s Leaf Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler, Barred Warbler, Little Bunting, Little Auks, after a heavy storm a Cory´s Shearwater...more than 20 Lifer on the end of the trip!
It´s very nice there

 

[O.Reville1989]

194- Turtle Dove....finally!

 

[Armin Kreusel]

Today I found a new species for my home range list.
The Wood Warbler is the 115 Species around my home village!

 

[Joseph N]

Thanks for the info- been a brill year for them by the looks of it then. Nice birds, and i cant think of much that would count against them.The WBD was a stunner, nice twitch. Whats the final idea on the number of birds off the coast there at the time? (if that makes sense! :t

Hi Michael, this is how I intepret the events, but be prepared from random stats! The peak congregation of White-billed Divers in the NE was off Portsoy with 5 birds on 25th April (pretty exceptional), 3 of which were in summer plumage, one in partial summer plumage and the other in winter plumage. 3 remained off Portsoy on the 26th but by 27th it had reduced to one adult, and on 29th I saw this remaining adult. On 29th some birders I know had 3, 2 adults and the partial summer plumaged bird, off Burghead in Morayshire 30-40 miles west of Portsoy at the same time as I watched the adult off Portsoy, so there were at least 4 birds around that day. Before any birds were seen at Portsoy, a maximum of 2 sumplum adults had been seen at Burghead on 23rd. I guess the easy conclusion that one can come to is that 5 birds comprising of 3 sumplum adults were moving up and down that stretch of coast during that time.

It has indeed been a brilliant year for Black Scoter - I'll certainly be keeping an eye out for the Blackdog bird at the same time next year. If a Black Scoter is going to appear anywhere in the UK, it is there!

Joseph

 

[birding maniac]

Hi Michael, this is how I intepret the events, but be prepared from random stats! The peak congregation of White-billed Divers in the NE was off Portsoy with 5 birds on 25th April (pretty exceptional), 3 of which were in summer plumage. 3 remained off Portsoy on the 26th but by 27th it had reduced to one, and on 29th I saw the remaining one. On 29th some birders I know had 3 off Burghead in Morayshire 30-40 miles west of Portsoy at the same time as I watched the one off Portsoy, so there were at least 4 birds around that day. Before any birds were seen at Portsoy, a maximum of 2 had been seen at Burghead on 23rd. I guess the easy conclusion that one can come to is that 5 birds were moving up and down that stretch of coast during that time.

It has indeed been a brilliant year for Black Scoter - I'll certainly be keeping an eye out for the Blackdog bird at the same time next year. If a Black Scoter is going to appear anywhere in the UK, it is there!

Joseph

Quite a few then! Pretty exeptional numbers, saw reports coming from both places but Portsoy seemed the better bet! Was a stunning bird, and was very surprised to see it in summer plumage in the UK.

It seems to have been a good year for a few species this year! But just to point out well keep all the Black scoter at bambrugh this year! I might head up soon (well, once the scoters are back) and see if its returned!

 

[Joseph N]

Quite a few then! Pretty exeptional numbers, saw reports coming from both places but Portsoy seemed the better bet! Was a stunning bird, and was very surprised to see it in summer plumage in the UK.

It seems to have been a good year for a few species this year! But just to point out well keep all the Black scoter at bambrugh this year! I might head up soon (well, once the scoters are back) and see if its returned!

I'd say Portsoy for about a week was the more reliable of the two sites to go for White-billed Diver, so you chose wisely on your visit. It was indeed a stunning bird and I'm glad you got it - they're just amazing in sumplum! Best of luck with hoping that you get Black Scoter again at Bamburgh next year if the bird (s) return - more likely at Blackdog though I reckon :t: .

I agree, Gropper and Quail come to mind. I've had a particularly successful year with the likes of seaducks and divers this year. I've had King Eider, all 5 species of Scoter in the world as it stands off Murcar/Blackdog (5 Surf Scoters this year) and 4 of the 5 species of diver in world within Scotland. Now all I need is a Pacific Diver to turn up, and if I twitched it I'd have seen the full set of Scoter and Diver species in the world ( the latter of which there are also 5 species in the world) within in a year. in my dreams though! It's certainly a realistic target in the future however , I should get myself to Marazion in Cornwall this winter in the hope that the Pacific Diver will return! Has anyone else had similar successes in seeing other families of birds (e.g. seen loads of sandpiper species this year) ?

Joseph

 

[maltese falcon]

46) Black Kite
47) Little Egret

If I get 60 by the end of the year that would be an accomplishment =)

 

[Ethan Gyllenhaal]

So, I just stumbled upon this thread. I am a 16 year old birder from Illinois (just west of Chicago), and I see there aren't too many US young birders here!

A bit of background birding info for me, my life list for the US is 606, my list for the world is 868 (the difference is from Costa Rica earlier this summer), my list for Illinois is 328, my best US year list total is 508, and my current US year list is being processed, I am still entering eBird lists from Texas.

I look forward to hearing stuff from other young birders from other countries (and that includes the bird nicknames)!

Ethan

 

[simmojunior]

I will be going to the birdfair tomorrow with my dad. Loved it last year so hopefully be good again. May go birdwatching in somewhere like Norfolk afterwards.

Hope to see some of you there.

In other news, I will definitely be at university at Durham from October so hope to get loads of good birding up there. It should certainly boost my stalling year list.