Young Birders Yearlist Challenge (1 Viewer)

[ausmar]

115 - a weekend on Comino producing Cuckoo, Garden Warbler, Purple Heron and Spotted Flycatcher.

 

[gropperwinch]

Hi everyone , well done on reaching some fantastic totals , and we are only in April , congrats to Birding Maniac for taking the lead :t:

It would be interesting to see what the total amount of different species that have been seen by everyone put together , think it would be a pretty high total ???
Really great pics of the Hoopoe Jonny , i managed to see one on Portland this year but it was abit distant for a photo

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

agree it would be good if we could merge them all together and make one whole young birders yearlist! problem is just how we would organise that. Perhaps the leading person from each country (birding maniac, canadagurl, ausmar, halcon, robinjack and nrg800) could put in their lists and the rest of us could put in any additional birds we have seen? Maybe we should start a new thread for that though to stop this one being bogged up with huge lists!

 

[Joseph N]

agree it would be good if we could merge them all together and make one whole young birders yearlist! problem is just how we would organise that. Perhaps the leading person from each country (birding maniac, canadagurl, ausmar, halcon, robinjack and nrg800) could put in their lists and the rest of us could put in any additional birds we have seen? Maybe we should start a new thread for that though to stop this one being bogged up with huge lists!

That sounds good to me. I think we should make a whole thread for that, and when we do if its a rare/scarce bird or a bird that only one person has seen we should put in brackets the few people/one person that saw it so we know how people contributed. Funnily enough I was going to suggest this at some point but Rob beat me to it. :-O

 

[Jonny721]

Great idea everyone, I've started the new thread so if everyone wants to add the extra species that they have seen that would be great. Should be interesting to see how many species we can get together.

 

[canadagurl123]

165 with House Wren

 

[Jonny721]

1st) Birding Maniac (Durham, GB) - 193 species
2nd) Joseph N (Aberdeenshire, GB) - 166 species
3rd) Robert Williamson (Norfolk, GB) - 165 species
3rd) Canadagurl123 (CA) - 165 species
5th) Kinghorn the bird brain (Durham, GB) - 161 species
6th) Zac Hinchcliffe (Lancashire, GB) - 160 species
7th) Jonny721 (Lancashire, GB) -158 species
8th) AlexGuthrie (Angus, GB) - 145 species
9th) Gropperwinch (sussex, GB) - 140 species
10th) Ash1456 (Cornwall, GB) -137 species
11th) Halcon (SP) - 128 species
12th) Robin jack (IT) - 126 species
13th) CreamColouredCourser (GB) -118 species
14th) Midlands Birder (Midlands, GB) - 117 species
15th) ausmar (MA) - 115 species
16th) Adin92 (MA) -114 species
16th) SimmoJunior (London, GB) - 114 species
18th) Billsbirding (Surrey, GB) - 108 species
19nd) Loufish (London, GB) - 74 species
20th) Cnocell (GB) - 83 species
21sh) Geth (Glamorgan, GB) - 82 species
22nd) Middy24 (Northumberland, GB) - 75 species
23rd) tjbirdofprey (SP) - 64 species
24th) nrg800 (AU) - 42 species
25th) PeterFisher13 (Merseyside, GB) - 32 species
26th) Maltese Falcon (MA) - 24 species
27th) The Seagull (Aberdeenshire, GB) - 21 species
28th) UtahnBirder (Utah, USA) - 9 species

 

[Birding Bob]

Hi Guys just a quick update as I'm still working but please can you bump me up to 168 so far today I've seen Green-winged Teal (self-found and a lifer), Grasshopper Warbler (Lifer) and a Whrimbrel.

regards,

Robert

 

[birding maniac]

Hi, an American Wigeon was seen on my almost local -local patch, which is a lifer for me, so I twitched that tonight. I also managed to add a Common Sandpiper which is new for the year, so can you bump me up two (Question Mark[That key is broken])

 

[FoghornKinghorn]

Hi, an American Wigeon was seen on my almost local -local patch, which is a lifer for me, so I twitched that tonight. I also managed to add a Common Sandpiper which is new for the year, so can you bump me up two (Question Mark[That key is broken])

They are cracking birds! I saw the one at Dumfries and Galloway in Febuary.:t:

 

[Jonny721]

1st) Birding Maniac (Durham, GB) - 195 species
2nd) Robert Williamson (Norfolk, GB) - 168 species
3rd) Joseph N (Aberdeenshire, GB) - 166 species
4th) Canadagurl123 (CA) - 165 species
5th) Kinghorn the bird brain (Durham, GB) - 161 species
6th) Zac Hinchcliffe (Lancashire, GB) - 160 species
7th) Jonny721 (Lancashire, GB) -158 species
8th) AlexGuthrie (Angus, GB) - 145 species
9th) Gropperwinch (sussex, GB) - 140 species
10th) Ash1456 (Cornwall, GB) -137 species
11th) Halcon (SP) - 128 species
12th) Robin jack (IT) - 126 species
13th) CreamColouredCourser (GB) -118 species
14th) Midlands Birder (Midlands, GB) - 117 species
15th) ausmar (MA) - 115 species
16th) Adin92 (MA) -114 species
16th) SimmoJunior (London, GB) - 114 species
18th) Billsbirding (Surrey, GB) - 108 species
19nd) Loufish (London, GB) - 74 species
20th) Cnocell (GB) - 83 species
21sh) Geth (Glamorgan, GB) - 82 species
22nd) Middy24 (Northumberland, GB) - 75 species
23rd) tjbirdofprey (SP) - 64 species
24th) nrg800 (AU) - 42 species
25th) PeterFisher13 (Merseyside, GB) - 32 species
26th) Maltese Falcon (MA) - 24 species
27th) The Seagull (Aberdeenshire, GB) - 21 species
28th) UtahnBirder (Utah, USA) - 9 species

I agree about American Wigeon. I self found my first in february and what a bird it was.

 

[canadagurl123]

Here's some more Cinnamon teal Short-billed Dowitcher Whimberel and MacGillavry's Warbler to make 169 for the year

 

[Joseph N]

Some great birding guys, well done. There's a Great White Egret at Strathbeg right now but its possible that I won't be able to go and see it. My parents' cars' locking system is getting fixed right (it duffed yesterday) now so not quite sure whether it'll be fixed in time for the weekend. I hope it is fixed as Great White Egrets are smashing birds, one of my favourite species of water birds.

 

[Zac Hinchcliffe]

162 - Common Whitethroat and Yellow Wagtail on local patch today

[Yellow Wagtail was of the race 'cinereocapilla' aka Ashy Headed Wagtail]

Zac

 

[Adin 92]

Spent 6 days at the small island of comino at a bird ringing project, new total being at 121

115 - Purple Heron
116 - Scops Owl
117 - Garden Warbler
118 - Spotted Flycathcer
119 - Icterine Warbler
120 - Golden Oriole
121 - Rock Thrush (lifer, 3 birds seen and self found, later all 3 birds ringed, adult male,female and a fem/juv male)

may i ask do you all add introduced species?

by the way incredible list there birding maniac! :O

 

[gropperwinch]

Spent 6 days at the small island of comino at a bird ringing project, new total being at 121

115 - Purple Heron
116 - Scops Owl
117 - Garden Warbler
118 - Spotted Flycathcer
119 - Icterine Warbler
120 - Golden Oriole
121 - Rock Thrush (lifer, 3 birds seen and self found, later all 3 birds ringed, adult male,female and a fem/juv male)

may i ask do you all add introduced species?

by the way incredible list there birding maniac! :O

If they have a well-established population I count them. Britian seems to have loads of introduced species though, Little Owl, almost all of our gamebirds, Canada Goose (and Greylag and Barnacle near me), Ring-necked Parakeet, Ruddy Duck and even almost the entire british population of Gadwall as far as I am aware, so we are very used to them as part of our avifauna. What sort of birds are you thinking of? You obviously saw some great birds anyway, especially Rock Thrush, this spring will be the one when a male appears on my patch!

Hope I helped

Liam

 

[Halcon]

On Pelagic on Saturday. Let's see what I get.
Good birds there Adin, I still need a lot.

 

[Adin 92]

thanks liam,
so with chukar,pheasent and golden pheasent it takes me to 124 still i will not add them to my life list...

Bdw i was just told that today in the evening a DESERT WARBLER was found so tomorrow i am on my way to see it! it could be my 4 th MEGA AFRICAN VAGRANT

 

[rokermartin]

thanks liam,
so with chukar,pheasent and golden pheasent it takes me to 124 still i will not add them to my life list...

Bdw i was just told that today in the evening a DESERT WARBLER was found so tomorrow i am on my way to see it! it could be my 4 th MEGA AFRICAN VAGRANT

Hi is'nt a African Desert Warbler or Asian Desert Warbler.I dont think African Desert Warblers are migratory.I know all the ones in the UK have been Asian.

 

[Adin 92]

Hi is'nt a African Desert Warbler or Asian Desert Warbler.I dont think African Desert Warblers are migratory.I know all the ones in the UK have been Asian.

sorry i forgot to add this is the African Desert Warbler

here is a photo of the warbler: http://www.surfbirds.com/cgi-bin/gallery/display.cgi?gallery=gallery11

 

[rokermartin]

sorry i forgot to add this is the African Desert Warbler

here is a photo of the warbler: http://www.surfbirds.com/cgi-bin/gallery/display.cgi?gallery=gallery11

That's a excellent record.Malta is doing well for birds and rarities this spring.Are there more birdwatchers looking for birds this spring.I expect if more birders went to Malta alot more rarities would get found.