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Young Birders Yearlist Challenge (1 Viewer)
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FoghornKinghorn
Durham Recorder
257 - Meally (Common) Redpoll - St Mary's Island, Northumberland
258 - Pallas's Warbler - St Mary's Island, Northumberland
Also both lifers!
258 - Pallas's Warbler - St Mary's Island, Northumberland
Also both lifers!
Creamcolouredcourser
Well-known member
Hello everybody,
Sorry I haven't been on recently been very busy! I think I'm up to about 165. I finally got out birding on Saturday to Inner Marsh Farm and saw 3 year/Life Birds ( Curlew sandpiper, Little stint and a awesome White Winged Black Tern ). A awesome return to birding! I also saw a spotted flycatcher earlier in the summer which was also new for me!
Thanks and hope everyone is well!
Sorry I haven't been on recently been very busy! I think I'm up to about 165. I finally got out birding on Saturday to Inner Marsh Farm and saw 3 year/Life Birds ( Curlew sandpiper, Little stint and a awesome White Winged Black Tern ). A awesome return to birding! I also saw a spotted flycatcher earlier in the summer which was also new for me!
Thanks and hope everyone is well!
louisfh
Well-known member
Woops! I should really update this, went to Norfolk on the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd of October and got a shed load of year ticks including Wilson's Phal(!) at Welney, Pink feet, Brent Geese and other common stuff I just hadn't caught up with due to never being at the coast. Knot, grey plover, sanderling (lol I know!), Little Stint, Common Scoter, Eider etc. Also added Merlin, Barn owl, Grey Partridge (barny and grey partridge lifers) and others. Also the week before that an after school cycle to twitch the White winged black tern added another lifer to the year list and one of the most amazing bird experiences of my life as the bird fed on the round pond and flew over my head only a couple of feet away from me. Also twitched a Great Grey Shrike at Wormwood Scrubs last monday which added another 1. Totting up on my spreadsheet brings me up to 152.
simmojunior
Well-known member
Having a great time on Scilly. 5 lifers (Red Eyed Vireo, Subalpine Warbler, American Golden Plover, Snow Bunting, Lapland Bunting). Also seen 8 new for the year (Jack Snipe, Water Pipit, Pied Flycatcher, Merlin, Ring Ouzel, Lesser Redpoll, Crossbill and Turtle Dove.) I dont think I updated my list before I came. Will sort it out when I'm back. Who knows what the next two days will bring?
Zac Hinchcliffe
Time spent wishing is time wasted!
211 - Pomarine Skua, Great Skua - Colwyn Bay
Zac
Zac
FoghornKinghorn
Durham Recorder
257 - Mealy Redpoll - St Mary's Island, Northumberland
Re-ID'd as a Lesser.:-C So new total is:
257 - Pallas's Warbler - St Mary's Island, Northumberland
Re-ID'd as a Lesser.:-C So new total is:
257 - Pallas's Warbler - St Mary's Island, Northumberland
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simmojunior
Well-known member
Back from a fantastic trip on Scilly.
Spent the last two days on St Martins, Further 4 lifers (Red Flanked Bluetail, Yellow Browed Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Richard's Pipit). Missed Also further year ticks in the form of a Water Rail and a Red Breasted Merganser. Now on 194 for the year. I know 174 + 19 is 193 but my list shows 194, implying I did not update it before I go.
Spent the last two days on St Martins, Further 4 lifers (Red Flanked Bluetail, Yellow Browed Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Richard's Pipit). Missed Also further year ticks in the form of a Water Rail and a Red Breasted Merganser. Now on 194 for the year. I know 174 + 19 is 193 but my list shows 194, implying I did not update it before I go.
Jonny721
Well-known member
1st) Canadagurl123 (Canada) - 289 species
2nd) Kinghorn the bird brain (Durham, GB) - 257 species
3rd) Birding Maniac (Durham, GB) - 234 species
4th) Robert Williamson (Norfolk, GB) - 229 species
5th) Joseph N (Aberdeenshire, GB) - 225 species
6th) Muddy Turnstone (Sweden) - 220 species
7th) Zac Hinchcliffe (Lancashire, GB) - 211 species
8th) Halcon (Spain) - 207 species
9th) Jonny721 (Lancashire, GB) -203 species
10th) Timmyjones (Midlands, GB) - 201 species
11th) SimmoJunior (London, GB) - 194 species
12th) AlexGuthrie (Angus, GB) - 192 species
13th) Ash1456 (Cornwall, GB) -191 species
14th) Gropperwinch (sussex, GB) - 168 species
15th) CreamColouredCourser (GB) -165 species
15th) Midlands Birder (Midlands, GB) - 160 species
17th) Geth (Glamorgan, GB) - 158 species
18th) Youngbirder35 (Manchester, GB) - 154 species
19th) Adin92 (Malta) -152 species
19th) Loufish (London, GB) - 152 species
21st) ausmar (Malta) - 137 species
22nd) Alexjh1 (Northants, GB) - 131 species
23rd) Billsbirding (Surrey, GB) - 130 species
24th) Robin jack (Italy) - 126 species
25th) Middy24 (Northumberland, GB) - 114 species
26th) Bill19 (Lincolnshire, GB) - 87 species
27th) Cnocell (GB) - 83 species
28th) tjbirdofprey (Spain) - 64 species
29th) nrg800 (Australia) - 42 species
30th) Maltese Falcon (Malta) - 28 species
31st) PeterFisher13 (Merseyside, GB) - 32 species
32nd) The Seagull (Aberdeenshire, GB) - 21 species
33rd) UtahnBirder (Utah, USA) - 9 species
2nd) Kinghorn the bird brain (Durham, GB) - 257 species
3rd) Birding Maniac (Durham, GB) - 234 species
4th) Robert Williamson (Norfolk, GB) - 229 species
5th) Joseph N (Aberdeenshire, GB) - 225 species
6th) Muddy Turnstone (Sweden) - 220 species
7th) Zac Hinchcliffe (Lancashire, GB) - 211 species
8th) Halcon (Spain) - 207 species
9th) Jonny721 (Lancashire, GB) -203 species
10th) Timmyjones (Midlands, GB) - 201 species
11th) SimmoJunior (London, GB) - 194 species
12th) AlexGuthrie (Angus, GB) - 192 species
13th) Ash1456 (Cornwall, GB) -191 species
14th) Gropperwinch (sussex, GB) - 168 species
15th) CreamColouredCourser (GB) -165 species
15th) Midlands Birder (Midlands, GB) - 160 species
17th) Geth (Glamorgan, GB) - 158 species
18th) Youngbirder35 (Manchester, GB) - 154 species
19th) Adin92 (Malta) -152 species
19th) Loufish (London, GB) - 152 species
21st) ausmar (Malta) - 137 species
22nd) Alexjh1 (Northants, GB) - 131 species
23rd) Billsbirding (Surrey, GB) - 130 species
24th) Robin jack (Italy) - 126 species
25th) Middy24 (Northumberland, GB) - 114 species
26th) Bill19 (Lincolnshire, GB) - 87 species
27th) Cnocell (GB) - 83 species
28th) tjbirdofprey (Spain) - 64 species
29th) nrg800 (Australia) - 42 species
30th) Maltese Falcon (Malta) - 28 species
31st) PeterFisher13 (Merseyside, GB) - 32 species
32nd) The Seagull (Aberdeenshire, GB) - 21 species
33rd) UtahnBirder (Utah, USA) - 9 species
Joseph N
Lothian Young Birder
226 - Barred Warbler (lifer)
227 - Black Guillemot
228 - Jack Snipe (bogey bird seen at last!)
229 - Radde's Warbler (lifer)
230 - Little Bunting (lifer)
231 - Blyth's Reed Warbler (lifer)
232 - Rough-legged Buzzard
233 - Grasshopper Warbler (biggest bogey seen at last!!)
234 - Red-flanked Bluetail (lifer)
235 - Arctic Redpoll (lifer)
236 - Black Redstart
237 - Mealy Redpoll
I've come back for what was, to be honest, a trip of a lifetime on Fair Isle, where I managed to get 8 lifers and 12 year ticks. Birding wise, it really was top quality, as not only was this selection of birds all around at different times in my 6 day stay here, but there were also good numbers of other very nice birds such as Yellow-browed Warblers, Snow and Lapland Buntings, Bramblings, Merlins and Slavonian Grebes and good quanitities of commoner warblers, as well as singles (but not year ticks) of King Eider and Long-eared Owl also seen. There were however "quieter days", and these were normally the days that included nothing new but the same scattering of birds from the previous day. The island was pretty bleak too, and required a lot of walking so you ended up feeling pretty tired at the end of each day, but the Observatory was fantastic, the cliffs were breathtaking, and the birds were fantastic. It was unforgettable, and I'll no doubt be going back.
I am not going to go on about most of the Fair Isle experience in this post (for that stay tuned to my photography blog, which will account the trip), but what I will say now was that my best days were my second day, Thursday 14th, where I saw Little Bunting and Blyth's Reed Warbler within a few minutes of one another, and Saturday 16th, when I managed to see King Eider, Rough-legged Buzzard, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Red-flanked Bluetail, Grasshopper Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler, Jack Snipe and Waxwing all on the same day (although YB Warbler, Jack Snipe and Blyth's Reed had been seen on previous days). The bird of the trip had to be the Red-flanked Bluetail, which was my dream bird to see on Fair Isle and was an absolutely fantastic bird that I got lovely views of. It was also relieving to finally see and get good views of two bad bogey birds of mine -Jack Snipe and Grasshopper Warbler. I think this trip is pretty much the climax to my year, and from now on its going to be difficult to get many more year ticks, with 240 seeming like an ambitious target! Attached below are a few photos of the scarcer/nicer things that I managed to see. For more photos from the holiday, see my Flickr and my photography blog (flick account is linked in signature) both of which will be updated in the near future.
I'm glad to hear that you have all had some good birding as well :t:
Photo 1 - Blyth's Reed Warbler
Photo 2 - Little Bunting
Photo 3 - Barred Warbler
Photo 4 - Long-eared Owl
ATB,
Joseph
227 - Black Guillemot
228 - Jack Snipe (bogey bird seen at last!)
229 - Radde's Warbler (lifer)
230 - Little Bunting (lifer)
231 - Blyth's Reed Warbler (lifer)
232 - Rough-legged Buzzard
233 - Grasshopper Warbler (biggest bogey seen at last!!)
234 - Red-flanked Bluetail (lifer)
235 - Arctic Redpoll (lifer)
236 - Black Redstart
237 - Mealy Redpoll
I've come back for what was, to be honest, a trip of a lifetime on Fair Isle, where I managed to get 8 lifers and 12 year ticks. Birding wise, it really was top quality, as not only was this selection of birds all around at different times in my 6 day stay here, but there were also good numbers of other very nice birds such as Yellow-browed Warblers, Snow and Lapland Buntings, Bramblings, Merlins and Slavonian Grebes and good quanitities of commoner warblers, as well as singles (but not year ticks) of King Eider and Long-eared Owl also seen. There were however "quieter days", and these were normally the days that included nothing new but the same scattering of birds from the previous day. The island was pretty bleak too, and required a lot of walking so you ended up feeling pretty tired at the end of each day, but the Observatory was fantastic, the cliffs were breathtaking, and the birds were fantastic. It was unforgettable, and I'll no doubt be going back.
I am not going to go on about most of the Fair Isle experience in this post (for that stay tuned to my photography blog, which will account the trip), but what I will say now was that my best days were my second day, Thursday 14th, where I saw Little Bunting and Blyth's Reed Warbler within a few minutes of one another, and Saturday 16th, when I managed to see King Eider, Rough-legged Buzzard, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Red-flanked Bluetail, Grasshopper Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler, Jack Snipe and Waxwing all on the same day (although YB Warbler, Jack Snipe and Blyth's Reed had been seen on previous days). The bird of the trip had to be the Red-flanked Bluetail, which was my dream bird to see on Fair Isle and was an absolutely fantastic bird that I got lovely views of. It was also relieving to finally see and get good views of two bad bogey birds of mine -Jack Snipe and Grasshopper Warbler. I think this trip is pretty much the climax to my year, and from now on its going to be difficult to get many more year ticks, with 240 seeming like an ambitious target! Attached below are a few photos of the scarcer/nicer things that I managed to see. For more photos from the holiday, see my Flickr and my photography blog (flick account is linked in signature) both of which will be updated in the near future.
I'm glad to hear that you have all had some good birding as well :t:
Photo 1 - Blyth's Reed Warbler
Photo 2 - Little Bunting
Photo 3 - Barred Warbler
Photo 4 - Long-eared Owl
ATB,
Joseph
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FoghornKinghorn
Durham Recorder
Photo 1 - Reed Warbler
Photo 2 - Reed Bunting
Photo 3 - Garden Warbler
Its just envy! I would love to see Blyth's Reed Warbler & Little Bunting. I am really surpised you didn't see a MEGA to be honest. I managed to see 2 Red-flanked Bluetails whilst you were away, the second one showed really well.
I am glad you had a nice time and got plenty of lifers.:t:
FoghornKinghorn
Durham Recorder
258 - Rough-legged Buzzard - Sleddale, North Yorkshire (old Cleveland)
Halcon
barcelona birder
Stop please :eek!:
gus guthrie
gus guthrie
alex and I are back from menorca and we have seen a lot of different things!
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Alex Guthrie
Well-known member
Trip to Menorca!
Hello to all!
I am back from the sunny glorious Menorca and i have to say that the weather here is a lot colder than what i realised before!
Anyway I have seen a lot of new birds for the year and it was an amazing experience!
It was the first time i had been abroad birdwatching!
192. Yellow-Legged gull
193. Audoins Gull
194. Pallid Swift
195. Balearic Warbler
196. Eleonoras Falcon
197. Sardinian Warbler
198. Yellow Wagtail
199. Blue Rock Thrush
200. Booted Eagle
201. Cettis Warbler
202. Cory's Shearwater
203. Egyptian Vulture
204. Hoopoe
205. Thekla Lark
206. Balearic Shearwater
201. Black Redstart
208. Cattle Egret
209. Crag Martin
210. Purple Heron
211. Chiff-Chaff
212. Orphean Warbler
213. Short-Toed Lark
214. Spotless Starling
215. Woodchat Shrike
216. Black Kite
217. Short toed Eagle
218. Subalpine Warbler
219. Black necked Grebe
220. Ferruginous Duck
221. Nightingale
222. Scops Owl
I would definatly recommend Menorca, the wildlife is just trimendous!
(p.s sorry about the bad spelling! :\)
Hello to all!
I am back from the sunny glorious Menorca and i have to say that the weather here is a lot colder than what i realised before!
Anyway I have seen a lot of new birds for the year and it was an amazing experience!
It was the first time i had been abroad birdwatching!
192. Yellow-Legged gull
193. Audoins Gull
194. Pallid Swift
195. Balearic Warbler
196. Eleonoras Falcon
197. Sardinian Warbler
198. Yellow Wagtail
199. Blue Rock Thrush
200. Booted Eagle
201. Cettis Warbler
202. Cory's Shearwater
203. Egyptian Vulture
204. Hoopoe
205. Thekla Lark
206. Balearic Shearwater
201. Black Redstart
208. Cattle Egret
209. Crag Martin
210. Purple Heron
211. Chiff-Chaff
212. Orphean Warbler
213. Short-Toed Lark
214. Spotless Starling
215. Woodchat Shrike
216. Black Kite
217. Short toed Eagle
218. Subalpine Warbler
219. Black necked Grebe
220. Ferruginous Duck
221. Nightingale
222. Scops Owl
I would definatly recommend Menorca, the wildlife is just trimendous!
(p.s sorry about the bad spelling! :\)
Jonny721
Well-known member
1st) Canadagurl123 (Canada) - 289 species
2nd) Kinghorn the bird brain (Durham, GB) - 258 species
3rd) Birding Maniac (Durham, GB) - 238 species
4th) Joseph N (Aberdeenshire, GB) - 237 species
5th) Robert Williamson (Norfolk, GB) - 229 species
6th) Muddy Turnstone (Sweden) - 220 species
7th) Zac Hinchcliffe (Lancashire, GB) - 211 species
8th) Halcon (Spain) - 207 species
9th) Jonny721 (Lancashire, GB) -203 species
10th) Timmyjones (Midlands, GB) - 201 species
11th) SimmoJunior (London, GB) - 194 species
12th) AlexGuthrie (Angus, GB) - 192 species
13th) Ash1456 (Cornwall, GB) -191 species
14th) Gropperwinch (sussex, GB) - 168 species
15th) CreamColouredCourser (GB) -165 species
15th) Midlands Birder (Midlands, GB) - 160 species
17th) Geth (Glamorgan, GB) - 158 species
18th) Youngbirder35 (Manchester, GB) - 154 species
19th) Adin92 (Malta) -152 species
19th) Loufish (London, GB) - 152 species
21st) ausmar (Malta) - 137 species
22nd) Alexjh1 (Northants, GB) - 131 species
23rd) Billsbirding (Surrey, GB) - 130 species
24th) Robin jack (Italy) - 126 species
25th) Middy24 (Northumberland, GB) - 114 species
26th) Bill19 (Lincolnshire, GB) - 87 species
27th) Cnocell (GB) - 83 species
28th) tjbirdofprey (Spain) - 64 species
29th) nrg800 (Australia) - 42 species
30th) Maltese Falcon (Malta) - 28 species
31st) PeterFisher13 (Merseyside, GB) - 32 species
32nd) The Seagull (Aberdeenshire, GB) - 21 species
33rd) UtahnBirder (Utah, USA) - 9 species
What a fantastic trip Joseph! Very envious o Birding Maniac emailed my yesterday and asked if i could update his list onto 238 so unfortunately your still 1 species behind him.
Going out today and hoping to get a few yearticks and maybe even a lifer if i'm lucky
2nd) Kinghorn the bird brain (Durham, GB) - 258 species
3rd) Birding Maniac (Durham, GB) - 238 species
4th) Joseph N (Aberdeenshire, GB) - 237 species
5th) Robert Williamson (Norfolk, GB) - 229 species
6th) Muddy Turnstone (Sweden) - 220 species
7th) Zac Hinchcliffe (Lancashire, GB) - 211 species
8th) Halcon (Spain) - 207 species
9th) Jonny721 (Lancashire, GB) -203 species
10th) Timmyjones (Midlands, GB) - 201 species
11th) SimmoJunior (London, GB) - 194 species
12th) AlexGuthrie (Angus, GB) - 192 species
13th) Ash1456 (Cornwall, GB) -191 species
14th) Gropperwinch (sussex, GB) - 168 species
15th) CreamColouredCourser (GB) -165 species
15th) Midlands Birder (Midlands, GB) - 160 species
17th) Geth (Glamorgan, GB) - 158 species
18th) Youngbirder35 (Manchester, GB) - 154 species
19th) Adin92 (Malta) -152 species
19th) Loufish (London, GB) - 152 species
21st) ausmar (Malta) - 137 species
22nd) Alexjh1 (Northants, GB) - 131 species
23rd) Billsbirding (Surrey, GB) - 130 species
24th) Robin jack (Italy) - 126 species
25th) Middy24 (Northumberland, GB) - 114 species
26th) Bill19 (Lincolnshire, GB) - 87 species
27th) Cnocell (GB) - 83 species
28th) tjbirdofprey (Spain) - 64 species
29th) nrg800 (Australia) - 42 species
30th) Maltese Falcon (Malta) - 28 species
31st) PeterFisher13 (Merseyside, GB) - 32 species
32nd) The Seagull (Aberdeenshire, GB) - 21 species
33rd) UtahnBirder (Utah, USA) - 9 species
What a fantastic trip Joseph! Very envious o
Birding Maniac emailed my yesterday and asked if i could update his list onto 238 so unfortunately your still 1 species behind him.Going out today and hoping to get a few yearticks and maybe even a lifer if i'm lucky
