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[Mari E]

I'll be at Birdfair tomorrow as well, my first time so should be good! Wish it cas closer though - 2 hour driving isn't my favourite part!

 

[skylark25]

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

Maltese Falcon, if you come out birding with me you'll get 60 by next week, 90 by end of September and 110 by the end of this year !! :t::t::t::t:

 

[skylark25]

I'll be at Birdfair tomorrow as well, my first time so should be good! Wish it cas closer though - 2 hour driving isn't my favourite part!

I wish I could come up to the birdfair...but its like 3 hour flight from Malta + a lot of travelling from heathrow to wherever the fair is...enjoy it guys !! you're lucky :t::t:

 

[Mark Newsome]

....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.

You'll enjoy it in Durham! October is a good time to move up to the area, with some excellent migrant potential at Whitburn and Hartlepool. Durham City is a good central location for other sites too, such as the uplands with Black Grouse, Red Kites, Crossbills etc, and wetlands such as the Durham Bird Club reserve at Bishop Middleham and the Tees Marshes. There's also some of the best seawatching on the east coast at Whitburn.

Plus you could also link up with Foghorn, Durhams resident Young Birder!

Mark

 

[Rhummy]

I'm thinking of doing my pHD at Durham so this is good to know

 

[suthyyy]

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

Hi there and welcome to the thread!

Im fairly new on here too, loads of great people on here though :t:

 

[simmojunior]

You'll enjoy it in Durham! October is a good time to move up to the area, with some excellent migrant potential at Whitburn and Hartlepool. Durham City is a good central location for other sites too, such as the uplands with Black Grouse, Red Kites, Crossbills etc, and wetlands such as the Durham Bird Club reserve at Bishop Middleham and the Tees Marshes. There's also some of the best seawatching on the east coast at Whitburn.

Plus you could also link up with Foghorn, Durhams resident Young Birder!

Mark

Thank you very much, I am very excited. The birdwatching potential was one of the main reasons I chose it.

It's also excellent that there seems to be so many birders, particularly young ones, in the area.

I will look in to organisations like the Durham bird club and will probably join them. I also look forward to meeting all the other birders in the area and obviously would be delighted to link up with any other birder. I do not drive but would definitely contribute towards petrol and other costs.

 

[suthyyy]

well best of luck down in durham with both the birding and the degree!
What are you going to study there? :t:

 

[Armin Kreusel]

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

The Green Warbler was probably a Wood Warbler singing like a Green Warbler.
So i had luck to stay at home

 

[simmojunior]

well best of luck down in durham with both the birding and the degree!
What are you going to study there? :t:

Embarassingly, Classics.

 

[Armin Kreusel]

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

Hay Ethan, welcome to this thread i´m also relative new here and i love this thread
Wow big lists

 

[FoghornKinghorn]

I will look in to organisations like the Durham bird club and will probably join them. I also look forward to meeting all the other birders in the area and obviously would be delighted to link up with any other birder. I do not drive but would definitely contribute towards petrol and other costs.

Aye I should hope so

Defiantly join the DBC we have meetings fairly regularly and its a good way to meet fellow Durham birders. You will make friends fast if you join and get involved, thats what I did. :t:

Like Mark has already said its a great county and we seem to be on a good run at the moment. :t:

 

[dannyboy]

You'll enjoy it in Durham! October is a good time to move up to the area, with some excellent migrant potential at Whitburn and Hartlepool. Durham City is a good central location for other sites too, such as the uplands with Black Grouse, Red Kites, Crossbills etc, and wetlands such as the Durham Bird Club reserve at Bishop Middleham and the Tees Marshes. There's also some of the best seawatching on the east coast at Whitburn.

Plus you could also link up with Foghorn, Durhams resident Young Birder!

Mark

Linking up with Foghorn is recommended if you want to turn up at all the rarities in the County and Country. He's a legend in his own lunchtime up here :-O

 

[Jonny721]

1st) Shantanu (Mumbai, India) - 340 species
2nd) Joshua-B (Australia) - 244 species
3rd) FoghornKinghorn (Durham, GB) - 244 species
4th) Birding Maniac (Durham, GB) - 227 species
5th) Timmyjones (Yorkshire, GB) - 215 species
6th) Joseph N (Aberdeenshire GB) - 204 species
7th) Knotsbirder (Nottinghamshire, GB) - 203 species
8th) O.Reville1989 (Norfolk, GB) - 193 species
9th) Jonny721 (Lancashire, GB) - 191 species
9th) Ash1456 (Cornwall, GB) - 191 species
11th) Halcon (Spain) - 177 species
12th) Simmojunior (London, GB) - 173 species
13th) Midlands Birder (Midlands, GB) - 162 species
14th) nrg800 (Australia) - 155 species
14th) ***DIJ*** (Lincolnshire, GB) - 155 species
16th) Mari E (Oxford, GB) - 148 species
17th) Ausmar (Malta) - 141 species
18th) Birdermoose (Essex, GB) - 138 species
19th) Shrikebirder (London, GB) - 137 species
20th) Adin 92 (Malta) - 136 species
21st) Borofan (Cleveland, GB) - 115 species
22nd) Jamesevry (Somerset, GB) - 114 species
23rd) Birdpics (Essex, GB) - 107 species
24th) Nature_Lover (Durham, GB) - 91 species
25th) WildlifeLove (Essex, GB) - 74 species
26th) CreamColouredCourser (Wales, GB) - 67 species
27th) Skylark25 (Malta) - 54 species
28th) Maltese Falcon (Malta) - 47 species
29th) Andrewj123 (Bedfordshire, GB) - 35 species

I go away for 10 days and 4 new members arrive on the thread, didn't realise I would be replaced so soon only messing! Welcome Beth.birding38, Suthyyy, Armin Kreusel and Ethan Gyllenhaal to the thread I know you will all love it here :t:

Family holiday in France meant not much specific birding done however the area I stayed in was brilliant and I saw 3 lifers, Night Heron, Grey Headed Woodpecker and Short Toed Treecreeper, aswell as loads of good birds such as Honey Buzzard, Montie's Harrier, daily Ospreys, 6 Little Tern, Black Tern, Whiskered Tern, Great White Egret, Black Necked Grebe, Black Redstarts, Turtle Dove, Green Woodpecker etc. Had 12 Red Kites on the way back on the motorway around Oxford which was a yeartick so 191 now.

 

[Jonny721]

What are your ten rarest vagrants you see in your home country?

A good question and I've had to look through my list to find mine, nothing particularly noteworthy unlike some of the others!
1 - Iberian Chiffchaff (first Lancashire record)
2 - Pied Billed Grebe (first British record for 9 years)
3 - Pallid Swift (first Lancashire record)
4 - Black Winged Stilt (twice, 4 birds)
5 - Laughing Gull (first for Fylde)
6 - Ross's Gull
7 - Red Breasted Goose
8 - Whiskered Tern
9 - Great Reed Warbler
10 - Wilson's Phalarope

 

[suthyyy]

1st) Shantanu (Mumbai, India) - 340 species
2nd) Joshua-B (Australia) - 244 species
3rd) FoghornKinghorn (Durham, GB) - 244 species
4th) Birding Maniac (Durham, GB) - 227 species
5th) Timmyjones (Yorkshire, GB) - 215 species
6th) Joseph N (Aberdeenshire GB) - 204 species
7th) Knotsbirder (Nottinghamshire, GB) - 203 species
8th) O.Reville1989 (Norfolk, GB) - 193 species
9th) Jonny721 (Lancashire, GB) - 191 species
9th) Ash1456 (Cornwall, GB) - 191 species
11th) Halcon (Spain) - 177 species
12th) Simmojunior (London, GB) - 173 species
13th) Midlands Birder (Midlands, GB) - 162 species
14th) nrg800 (Australia) - 155 species
14th) ***DIJ*** (Lincolnshire, GB) - 155 species
16th) Mari E (Oxford, GB) - 148 species
17th) Ausmar (Malta) - 141 species
18th) Birdermoose (Essex, GB) - 138 species
19th) Shrikebirder (London, GB) - 137 species
20th) Adin 92 (Malta) - 136 species
21st) Borofan (Cleveland, GB) - 115 species
22nd) Jamesevry (Somerset, GB) - 114 species
23rd) Birdpics (Essex, GB) - 107 species
24th) Nature_Lover (Durham, GB) - 91 species
25th) WildlifeLove (Essex, GB) - 74 species
26th) CreamColouredCourser (Wales, GB) - 67 species
27th) Skylark25 (Malta) - 54 species
28th) Maltese Falcon (Malta) - 47 species
29th) Andrewj123 (Bedfordshire, GB) - 35 species

I go away for 10 days and 4 new members arrive on the thread, didn't realise I would be replaced so soon only messing! Welcome Beth.birding38, Suthyyy, Armin Kreusel and Ethan Gyllenhaal to the thread I know you will all love it here :t:

Family holiday in France meant not much specific birding done however the area I stayed in was brilliant and I saw 3 lifers, Night Heron, Grey Headed Woodpecker and Short Toed Treecreeper, aswell as loads of good birds such as Honey Buzzard, Montie's Harrier, daily Ospreys, 6 Little Tern, Black Tern, Whiskered Tern, Great White Egret, Black Necked Grebe, Black Redstarts, Turtle Dove, Green Woodpecker etc. Had 12 Red Kites on the way back on the motorway around Oxford which was a yeartick so 191 now.

Thanks for the welcome! :t:

Yeah the thread is already proving to me a great place for young and new birders like myself! Only been birding for a few months so my list is pretty small at the moment at 55 species. Will hopefully push it up again with a trip to Pembrokeshire soon. :t:

 

[Jonny721]

I'm currently doing blog posts about each day of my holiday on my blog, so take a look to see what I saw and also some photos (mainly mammals) for each day :t:

 

[birdermoose]

145 Golden Plover
146 Curlew Sandpiper
147 Snipe
148 Northern Wheatear
All at Old Hall Marshes

 

[Armin Kreusel]

A good question and I've had to look through my list to find mine, nothing particularly noteworthy unlike some of the others!
1 - Iberian Chiffchaff (first Lancashire record)
2 - Pied Billed Grebe (first British record for 9 years)
3 - Pallid Swift (first Lancashire record)
4 - Black Winged Stilt (twice, 4 birds)
5 - Laughing Gull (first for Fylde)
6 - Ross's Gull
7 - Red Breasted Goose
8 - Whiskered Tern
9 - Great Reed Warbler
10 - Wilson's Phalarope

Nice list Ant thank you for the welcome

 

[simmojunior]

Good day at the birdfair and Grafham water today, with three year ticks (Osprey, Black Tern, White Winged Black Tern). Now on 176 for the year. Also, plenty of volunteering opportunities similar to what I had in Brazil were available at the birdfair today, if anyone is going. Hopefully I might find something for next year.