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[NickPatel92]

I have had Black Redstart but even more embarressing is I haven't even manged Common!

Don't feel bad about it, the same happened for me. Before i first saw Common redstarts i had seen several Black redstarts. It took me quite a while to see a Common redstart. However when i did see my first Common, it was Beautiful - a Male in Spring, in a Beech woodland!

 

[teamsaint]

fortunately for me i live near the new forest which has plenty of redstarts. if you go out in mid-april when there are still few leafs on the trees you can get cracking views even though not all of them have arrived but they are much easier to see. black redstarts are a bit tricky to see on passage in hampshire. mine was in dorset it was a bit of a fluke but it coincided with a mini influx along the coast.
anyway my point was a bit more about twitching steve. for example i've never seen a yellowlegs and i have dipped great white egret 3 times this year, once last year and seen it once last year. so overall 1/5. but i have seen many abroad, as i also have with black redstarts

 

[On-Firecrest]

anyway my point was a bit more about twitching steve. for example i've never seen a yellowlegs and i have dipped great white egret 3 times this year, once last year and seen it once last year. so overall 1/5. but i have seen many abroad, as i also have with black redstarts

Taken, so i will censor any twitches from my trip reports then
All though i do have no friends and i like rambling about stuff, u might have guessed

 

[On-Firecrest]

my list is now up on surfbirds, take a look and join in, get a bit of a competition going, http://www.surfbirds.com/cgi-bin/surfbirds/display.cgi?list=list283&lowVal=0&highVal=49

 

[Storm-Petrel]

jyothi has managed to pull ahead of me on the world life list... rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!

 

[Pedley Birder]

I've put my rubbish total on the young birders UK

 

[NickPatel92]

Added mine now as well.

 

[devilbirder]

Just added mine too.

 

[Hubert]

In Great Britain I've observed just about 20 species, I will spare joining ;-)
But make world ranking... ;-)

 

[Pedley Birder]

I saw a Ring-Billed Gull yesterday at my local reservoirs roost last night and I got another patch tick Yellow-Legged Gull.

 

[NickPatel92]

At Flamborough, Filey, Bempton and Spurn this weekend just gone. Highlights included a Pomarine skua over my head at Spurn point. And a Little auk on the sea at Flamborough, lots of other things too.

Pictures and more are on my Blog below:

 

[birderbf]

Had four geese species on one single pond yesterday: Canada, Snow, Barnacle and Pink-footed. Also had a Tundra Swan pair and a self-found King Eider. Pretty great weekend for waterfowl!

Trying to achieve a new year goal - 200 species in my county. I'm only 7 away, and with care it should be doable. I have three easy ducks to locate now that I have a scope (Lesser Scaup, Canvasback and Common Goldeneye) and there are three possible winter finches roaming around (Pine Siskin, Red Crossbill, Common Redpoll). Things still missing but hard to find at this time of year include Pied-billed Grebe, Red-necked Grebe and Winter Wren. That's 202 (minus any rarities) with the best of luck, - and I certainly don't have that!

 

[On-Firecrest]

Trying to achieve a new year goal - 200 species in my county.

i only just managed to do 200 in a year!

good luck with it though:t:

 

[teamsaint]

Had four geese species on one single pond yesterday: Canada, Snow, Barnacle and Pink-footed.

I once got 6 in one day at Slimbridge last winter - Barnacle, Bean, Canada, Greylag, Pink-footed and White-fronted

 

[birderbf]

Trying to achieve a new year goal - 200 species in my county.

i only just managed to do 200 in a year!

good luck with it though:t:

Thanks!

I once got 6 in one day at Slimbridge last winter - Barnacle, Bean, Canada, Greylag, Pink-footed and White-fronted

Phew! Insane!

 

[teamsaint]

Trying to achieve a new year goal - 200 species in my county.
Thanks!


Phew! Insane!

plus about 10 more species which were 'plastic'

 

[NickPatel92]

Today i saw a Jack snipe which i got up to 1/2 inches away from, it was next to my foot! And it stayed in this position (on the ground) for quite some time, an Incredible experience!

More pictures on my Blog.

 

[On-Firecrest]

WTF!!!! amazing:eek!::eek!:, i have never seen one and to see one that close! I'm insanely jealous

 

[NickPatel92]

WTF!!!! amazing:eek!::eek!:, i have never seen one and to see one that close! I'm insanely jealous

Thanks mate. The closest i had seen of one before was Jack snipes flushing out into my face, so this was a BIG Difference!

 

[Storm-Petrel]

Don't feel bad about it, the same happened for me. Before i first saw Common redstarts i had seen several Black redstarts. It took me quite a while to see a Common redstart. However when i did see my first Common, it was Beautiful - a Male in Spring, in a Beech woodland!

lol when i was in germany i saw at least 15 black redstarts before i got my first common.