Young Birders Yearlist Challenge (1 Viewer)

[AlexGuthrie]

heya Alex and welcome to Birdforum. Just a couple of things I'm curious about you have missed off species 92, any particular reason and also you have entitled it world list have you seen all the species in your country this year (britain I'm guessing) and there are a couple of errors e.g. 16/17 both Jackdaw.

If you want I can send you a spreadsheet I use that you can keep all your species in

yes please

 

[AlexGuthrie]

yes please

Boost me up i saw the black throated diver at Forfar on 99 now8-P

 

[Jonny721]

1st) Robert Williamson (Norfolk, GB) - 138 species *Poss. 139*
2nd) Zac Hinchcliffe (Lancashire, GB) - 107 species
3rd) Joseph N (Aberdeenshire, GB) - 105 species
4th) Jonny721 (Lancashire, GB) -102 species
5th) Ash1456 (Cornwall, GB) -101 species
6th) Dark Knight (Kent, GB) - 100 species
7th) AlexGuthrie (Angus, GB) - 99 species
8th) Birding Maniac (GB) - 88 species
9th) Billsbirding (Surrey, GB) - 67 species
10th) Geth (Glamorgan, GB) - 66 species
11th) Loufish (London, GB) - 57 species
12th) tjbirdofprey (SP) - 56 species
13th) nrg800 (AU) - 42 species
14th) ausmar (MA) - 38 species
15th) Adin92 (MA) - 18 species
16th) The Seagull (Aberdeenshire, GB) - 18 species
17th) Maltese Falcon (MA) - 12 species
18th) UtahnBirder (Utah, USA) - 9 species

Any news on the Pacific Diver Rob??

 

[Birding Bob]

Any news on the Pacific Diver Rob??

No :-C

 

[ausmar]

i'm up to 40 with House martin, the 1st of the spring migrants ) and Collared doves today. Had hoped to add Kingfisher and Corn Bunting too but that was not to be...

 

[AlexGuthrie]

Boost me up i saw the black throated diver at Forfar on 99 now8-P

and now i just saw the black grouse up glen prosen8-P

 

[Joseph N]

Hey guys,

Pretty chuffed with what you could call a day of 'car birding'! There have been snow showers here in Aberdeenshire throughout the day, so quite a lot of the time it was hard to birdwatch when I was out birding today. Didn't get out the car hardly at all or stay out in the open because it was really cold. However, at my first stop in Peterhead Harbour in the morning, before the snow showers started, I managed to get a lifer, a second-winter Iceland Gull. There have been a couple of these birds hanging around in the Harbour on and off all winter, but they're hard to locate due to the amount of other gulls also by the Harbour. This time though, virtually as soon as we stopped there was a pure, ivory white second-winter Iceland Gull, so much whiter and more different than the other gulls in the harbour. It couldn't have been that much more satisfying. I got great and prolonged views of the bird too, through the scope and bins. I'm delighted to have seen it as Iceland Gull is a tricky bird to see (hence why I hadn't seen one until today!). :t:

At Strathbeg I missed out on the Snow Geese as it started snowing heavily when we arrived. Even in the comfort of the visitor centre you couldn't see through the windows, which were completely steamed up and wet due to the snow. However, when there was a break in the snow showers a Peregrine showed itself, a bird we hadn't seen for the year. That was all there though. The visibility was just very poor. Having a look for the Great White Egret before going to Strathbeg was also unsuccessful, but I wasn't too surprised as it hadn't been reported for a while. Whilst looking for the Egret though I managed to see my first Red-legged Partridges of the year, with a few birds close to the riverbank.

So now I'm on 108 species. For me, that's a great total for one month, and the best January I've ever had by far. Didn't quite manage 110, but I'm not fussed. It's been a great month. :t:

 

[Ash1456]

Great totals Joseph and Alex!!
Im now on 102, GS Woodpecker

 

[Joseph N]

Cheers Ash you've had a pretty good first month too. Well done mate. :t:

Just wondering, what has everyone's real highlights of the month been?

 

[Dark Knight]

Hi , i have added two more to my year list , Great white Egret and Tundra Bean Goose which brings me up to : 102 which i am realy happy with :t: well done everyone on thier totals so far , my highlights are : Caspian Gull which was a lifer , Great flight views of a Bittern and the Great white egret because i re-located it myself o By the way i have updated my blog please feel free to check it out

http://robs-birding.blogspot.com/

 

[AlexGuthrie]

Hey guys,

Pretty chuffed with what you could call a day of 'car birding'! There have been snow showers here in Aberdeenshire throughout the day, so quite a lot of the time it was hard to birdwatch when I was out birding today. Didn't get out the car hardly at all or stay out in the open because it was really cold. However, at my first stop in Peterhead Harbour in the morning, before the snow showers started, I managed to get a lifer, a second-winter Iceland Gull. There have been a couple of these birds hanging around in the Harbour on and off all winter, but they're hard to locate due to the amount of other gulls also by the Harbour. This time though, virtually as soon as we stopped there was a pure, ivory white second-winter Iceland Gull, so much whiter and more different than the other gulls in the harbour. It couldn't have been that much more satisfying. I got great and prolonged views of the bird too, through the scope and bins. I'm delighted to have seen it as Iceland Gull is a tricky bird to see (hence why I hadn't seen one until today!). :t:

At Strathbeg I missed out on the Snow Geese as it started snowing heavily when we arrived. Even in the comfort of the visitor centre you couldn't see through the windows, which were completely steamed up and wet due to the snow. However, when there was a break in the snow showers a Peregrine showed itself, a bird we hadn't seen for the year. That was all there though. The visibility was just very poor. Having a look for the Great White Egret before going to Strathbeg was also unsuccessful, but I wasn't too surprised as it hadn't been reported for a while. Whilst looking for the Egret though I managed to see my first Red-legged Partridges of the year, with a few birds close to the riverbank.

So now I'm on 108 species. For me, that's a great total for one month, and the best January I've ever had by far. Didn't quite manage 110, but I'm not fussed. It's been a great month. :t:

Well done Joseph!Thats a great total i got 2 new ones today aswell they were new ones for my lifelist:t:

 

[Joseph N]

Thanks Alex. I'm Joseph though, not Jacob. Don't get me mixed up with other biblical names. Not that I'm Christian but you know. :-O

 

[AlexGuthrie]

Hi , i have added two more to my year list , Great white Egret and Tundra Bean Goose which brings me up to : 102 which i am realy happy with :t: well done everyone on thier totals so far , my highlights are : Caspian Gull which was a lifer , Great flight views of a Bittern and the Great white egret because i re-located it myself o By the way i have updated my blog please feel free to check it out

http://robs-birding.blogspot.com/

wow i have never seen the great white egret or the tundra bean goose well done to you aswell. It seems that everyone was bird watching today although up in Agus i ca see why it was warmish here and a beautiful day as well.

 

[AlexGuthrie]

Thanks Alex. I'm Joseph though, not Jacob. Don't get me mixed up with other biblical people. :-O

There i changed it Joseph

 

[Joseph N]

Thanks Alex. You've had a great year so far too. Well done.

 

[Jonny721]

1st) Robert Williamson (Norfolk, GB) - 138 species *Poss. 139*
2nd) Joseph N (Aberdeenshire, GB) - 108 species
3rd) Zac Hinchcliffe (Lancashire, GB) - 107 species
4th) Jonny721 (Lancashire, GB) -102 species
4th) Ash1456 (Cornwall, GB) -102 species
4th) Dark Knight (Kent, GB) - 102 species
5th) AlexGuthrie (Angus, GB) - 100 species
6th) Birding Maniac (GB) - 88 species
7th) Billsbirding (Surrey, GB) - 67 species
8th) Geth (Glamorgan, GB) - 66 species
9th) Loufish (London, GB) - 57 species
10th) tjbirdofprey (SP) - 56 species
11th) nrg800 (AU) - 42 species
12th) ausmar (MA) - 40 species
13th) Adin92 (MA) - 18 species
13th) The Seagull (Aberdeenshire, GB) - 18 species
14th) Maltese Falcon (MA) - 12 species
15th) UtahnBirder (Utah, USA) - 9 species

 

[tjbirdofprey]

Managed some in flight views of Red legged partridge yesterday bringing me up by a measly 1.....

 

[AlexGuthrie]

Managed some in flight views of Red legged partridge yesterday bringing me up by a measly 1.....

yehknow thats like the most commonish bird that i haven't seen yet!o

 

[AlexGuthrie]

Managed some in flight views of Red legged partridge yesterday bringing me up by a measly 1.....

yehknow thats like the most commonish bird that i haven't seen yet!o

 

[AlexGuthrie]

Thanks Alex. You've had a great year so far too. Well done.

thanks but i'm never gonna catch up with you i mean come on by the sounds of it you go out every single weekend.If you can.I try to but with my swimming and at the moment my leg and the bad weather i don't know where i find the time but seeing the 2 birds on Sunday really helped and they also boosted me up 180 on my life listo