Young Birder (1 Viewer)

[simmojunior]

Two year ticks today bringing my year total up to 198 in the form of a superb Snow Bunting and some Velvet Scoter on my first birdwatching trip since coming to Durham. Other highlights included Purple Sandpiper, Arctic Skua, Bonxie, Med Gull, Barnacle Goose, Whooper Swan and Pied Flycatcher. However, it was not worth the effort of the just under 3 hour journey each way.

 

[O.Reville1989]

224-Glossy Ibis (Lifer!)
225-Woodchat Shrike (Lifer!)

 

[FoghornKinghorn]

258 - Long-billed Dowitcher - Caerlaverock WWT, Dumfries & Galloway

 

[Jonny721]

1st) Shantanu (Mumbai, India) - 340 species
2nd) Joshua-B (Australia) - 325 species
3rd) FoghornKinghorn (Durham, GB) - 258 species
4th) Timmyjones (Yorkshire, GB) - 240 species
5th) Birding Maniac (Durham, GB) - 235 species
6th) O.Reville1989 (Norfolk, GB) - 225 species
7th) Knotsbirder (Nottinghamshire, GB) - 218 species
8th) Ash1456 (Cornwall, GB) - 213 species
9th) Joseph N (Aberdeenshire GB) - 209 species
10th) Jonny721 (Lancashire, GB) - 208 species
11th) Simmojunior (London, GB) - 198 species
12th) Halcon (Spain) - 177 species
13th) Midlands Birder (Midlands, GB) - 169 species
14th) ***DIJ*** (Lincolnshire, GB) - 165 species
15th) Birdermoose (Essex, GB) - 160 species
16th) Ausmar (Malta) - 158 species
17th) nrg800 (Australia) - 155 species
18th) Youngbirder35 (Manchester, GB) - 152 species
19th) Mari E (Oxford, GB) - 150 species
20th) Shrikebirder (London, GB) - 137 species
21st) Adin 92 (Malta) - 136 species
22nd) Borofan (Cleveland, GB) - 115 species
23rd) Jamesevry (Somerset, GB) - 114 species
24th) Birdpics (Essex, GB) - 107 species
25th) Nature_Lover (Durham, GB) - 91 species
26th) WildlifeLove (Essex, GB) - 84 species
27th) CreamColouredCourser (Wales, GB) - 67 species
28th) Skylark25 (Malta) - 54 species
29th) Maltese Falcon (Malta) - 46 species
30th) Andrewj123 (Bedfordshire, GB) - 35 species
31st) Mari E (Japan) - 18 species

Finally managed to catch up with a local Hooded Crow late morning that has been giving me the run around for a few days (looked on 5 previous occassions!). My first in Lancashire and takes me up to 208 for the year.

 

[FoghornKinghorn]

Finally managed to catch up with a local Hooded Crow late morning that has been giving me the run around for a few days (looked on 5 previous occassions!). My first in Lancashire and takes me up to 208 for the year.

Funnily enough had my first Hooded Crow in Durham this year, right place, right time. Was there 5 mins and then flew off never to be seen again!

 

[Youngbirder35]

153- Great White Egret Burton Mere Wetlands (lifer)
154- Grey Wagtail Burton Mere Wetlands

 

[knotsbirder]

219) Ferruginous Duck - Far Ings NNR, Lincs

A trip to Flamborough this morning brought no Skuas in the 2 hours spent watching. The highlights were one very late Swift and 6 stunning Eiders which shot past. There were also quite a very Teal and Widgeon migrating. Then across the Humber for the Fudger which was first seen shooting across the approach road with 2 tufties. It later showed nicely. My third.

Sam

 

[FoghornKinghorn]

259 - Lesser Scaup - Tynemouth (Boating Lake), Northumberland.

Not exactly the most stunning bird ever but nice and a lifer.

 

[Mari E]

Sorry I havent posted for a loong time, I've been busy birding(that's my excuse) I still need to count my list so please be patient

I hope everyones been good

 

[Jonny721]

1st) Shantanu (Mumbai, India) - 340 species
2nd) Joshua-B (Australia) - 325 species
3rd) FoghornKinghorn (Durham, GB) - 259 species
4th) Timmyjones (Yorkshire, GB) - 240 species
5th) Birding Maniac (Durham, GB) - 235 species
6th) O.Reville1989 (Norfolk, GB) - 225 species
7th) Knotsbirder (Nottinghamshire, GB) - 219 species
8th) Ash1456 (Cornwall, GB) - 213 species
9th) Joseph N (Aberdeenshire GB) - 209 species
9th) Jonny721 (Lancashire, GB) - 209 species
11th) Simmojunior (London, GB) - 198 species
12th) Halcon (Spain) - 177 species
13th) Midlands Birder (Midlands, GB) - 169 species
14th) ***DIJ*** (Lincolnshire, GB) - 165 species
15th) Birdermoose (Essex, GB) - 160 species
16th) Ausmar (Malta) - 158 species
17th) nrg800 (Australia) - 155 species
18th) Youngbirder35 (Manchester, GB) - 154 species
19th) Mari E (Oxford, GB) - 150 species
20th) Shrikebirder (London, GB) - 137 species
21st) Adin 92 (Malta) - 136 species
22nd) Borofan (Cleveland, GB) - 115 species
23rd) Jamesevry (Somerset, GB) - 114 species
24th) Birdpics (Essex, GB) - 107 species
25th) Nature_Lover (Durham, GB) - 91 species
26th) WildlifeLove (Essex, GB) - 84 species
27th) CreamColouredCourser (Wales, GB) - 67 species
28th) Skylark25 (Malta) - 54 species
29th) Maltese Falcon (Malta) - 46 species
30th) Andrewj123 (Bedfordshire, GB) - 35 species
31st) Mari E (Japan) - 18 species

A stunning adult pale morph Pomerine Skua was found resting on Fleetwood Golf Course early afternoon today and since I finish college early on a Wednesday I headed straight down and got awesome views of it for a few minutes before it flew off right past me and back out to sea, and even better a lifer for me o 209 for the year now

 

[O.Reville1989]

226-Merlin
227-Great Grey Shrike

 

[Falco peregrinus]

young birders!!! i'm 19, still young for a birder though! i'd also recommend finding a banding, or "ringing" station near you. helping out at the banding station has great improved my identification skills, especially this fall with all those young sparrows. i'm not sure how common they are other places in the world but there are three that i know of in colorado.

 

[birding maniac]

There's quite a few ringing sites in the uk, and a few of us on here are training to ring, I agree, helps with Id alot!
Feeling a lucky this weekend- Rf Bluetail, American golden plover, lesser scaup, loads of yellow broweds and some good seabirds passing near me- looks like I'll be on the coast tomorrow! I'm also desperate to gt to Norfolk now- some amazing bird further south, soonest I can be there is a week tonight/tomorrow morning!

 

[ausmar]

Two autumn specialties Red-breasted Flycatcher and Yellow-browed warbler this week - 160.

 

[O.Reville1989]

228-Isabelline Shrike (lifer)
Also poor views of a Raddes warbler so not countable
Roll on the Robin!

 

[birding maniac]

Shame the Robins gone (though it wont have stayed a week...).
Changed the plans: Twitching Saltholme and birding the headland today, possibility of three year ticks as well so i think its a better option than Whitburn today.

 

[birding maniac]

236: Glossy Ibis, Saltholme Rspb
237: Snow Geese Saltholme Rspb
Nice contrast in the birds here, good numbers of geese (Inc the 4 snow geese) around, wildfowl building up. Off to the Headland!

 

[O.Reville1989]

229-Red-Flanked Bluetail (lifer!)
230- Radde's Warbler (lifer!)
Takes me to 50 new lifers for the year! and 299 in total with 272 for Norfolk!

 

[birding maniac]

238: Red necked Grebe, Marine drive, hartlepool Headland.
Nice bird, brilliant days birding! On the sea there was also c5 red throated divers, 1 black throat, scoters and guillemot, with black guillemot of the Headland. No migrants aside from goldcrest in the bushes, but with three yearticks im not complaining!
I had a stunning red throat down to 15 feet on the way back, and the goldrests were literally feet away. Got some ok picks of the ibis and diver, hopefully I put then on later.

 

[Jonny721]

1st) Shantanu (Mumbai, India) - 340 species
2nd) Joshua-B (Australia) - 325 species
3rd) FoghornKinghorn (Durham, GB) - 259 species
4th) Timmyjones (Yorkshire, GB) - 240 species
5th) Birding Maniac (Durham, GB) - 238 species
6th) O.Reville1989 (Norfolk, GB) - 230 species
7th) Knotsbirder (Nottinghamshire, GB) - 219 species
8th) Ash1456 (Cornwall, GB) - 213 species
9th) Jonny721 (Lancashire, GB) - 210 species
10th) Joseph N (Aberdeenshire GB) - 209 species
11th) Simmojunior (London, GB) - 198 species
12th) Halcon (Spain) - 177 species
13th) Midlands Birder (Midlands, GB) - 169 species
14th) ***DIJ*** (Lincolnshire, GB) - 165 species
15th) Birdermoose (Essex, GB) - 160 species
15th) Ausmar (Malta) - 160 species
17th) nrg800 (Australia) - 155 species
18th) Youngbirder35 (Manchester, GB) - 154 species
19th) Mari E (Oxford, GB) - 150 species
20th) Shrikebirder (London, GB) - 137 species
21st) Adin 92 (Malta) - 136 species
22nd) Borofan (Cleveland, GB) - 115 species
23rd) Jamesevry (Somerset, GB) - 114 species
24th) Birdpics (Essex, GB) - 107 species
25th) Nature_Lover (Durham, GB) - 91 species
26th) WildlifeLove (Essex, GB) - 84 species
27th) CreamColouredCourser (Wales, GB) - 67 species
28th) Skylark25 (Malta) - 54 species
29th) Maltese Falcon (Malta) - 46 species
30th) Andrewj123 (Bedfordshire, GB) - 35 species
31st) Mari E (Japan) - 18 species

Had an awesome day today. Started off at Fairhaven Lake early morning for a bit of vis mig and although I missed 2 Snow Buntings early on I had a great 4 hours watching a constant stream of a whole host of species moving along the coast. Will post a full list later after I've added them all up.

Then in the afternoon I went to try and refind a Yellow Browed Warbler in Fleetwood and after a while it showed briefly before giving much better views over the next hour, my first decent views of this species and takes me up to 210 for the year, and also 199 for the Fylde for the year.