Your Most Recent "Life" Bird (4 Viewers)

[Reader]

Isabelline (Daurian) Shrike today at Flamborough.

John

 

[WACCOE]

Western Bonelli's Warbler today Hartlepool.

 

[dwallace]

Semipalmated Plover at Black Point, Hayling Island.

Dave W

 

[r_bruce]

My last lifer was a Purple Gallinule on 13 September 2013 in Belle Glade, FL, USA, but the day before I had another lifer that made quite an impression.

The Florida Scrub-Jay in Cape Coral, FL. There was a little flock of about 4 that came out of the brush and landed on my car and yes, on my hat. I had heard of this behaviour with these birds, but witnessing it first hand was wonderful. These were wild birds, not in a park or near a feeder. They are just curious and bold. They are now one of my favourite birds! (Yes, that is a long list).

 

[Reader]

Semipalmated Plover at Hayling Island, Hampshire

 

[foresttwitcher]

Parrot Crossbill, Kent, UK.

 

[ClarkWGriswold]

Glossy Ibis today at Penclacwydd

Rich

 

[d.steeley]

Hi, two from Suffolk. Ring Ouzel at Dunwich on Friday and Great Grey Shrike at Minsmere on Saturday.

Dave

 

[RayE]

Today. Glossy Ibis. Doffcocker, Bolton. UK. Thanks to the fellow birder who shared his scope. Ray&Lynn

 

[dwallace]

2 this past week:

Parrot Crossbill at Hemsted Forest;
Pallid Swift at Christchurch.

Dave W

 

[A2GG]

Hermit Thrush today.

 

[Cornish Chough]

Hermit Thrush around 2 hours ago in Cornwall.

 

[rosbifs]

Hermit Thrush around 2 hours ago in Cornwall.

Getting out and about then....

Richard's Pipit (3 of them) today Tarbes.

 

[avesjohn]

Philadelphia Vireo in the trees at Legg Lake, Whittier Narrows Recreation Area, South El Monte yesterday. (Also present, but not lifers, were a Black-and-white and Tennessee Warbler, for three eastern vagrants at one location.)

 

[Reader]

2 lifers in 2 days

Mourning Dove on the Isle of Rum & Hermit Thrush at Porthgwarra, Cornwall.

John

 

[Andy Hurley]

532 Water Rail in Paderborn Germany, at the Padersee, a very well visited lake. It was moving about under vegatation on the shore

 

[timsg80]

I had a really good day today with two new species. The first was the Red-breasted Goose that has been with a flock of Brent Geese at Sturt Pond in Hampshire and the second was a Red-necked Grebe at Portland Harbour in Dorset this afternoon.

 

[rosbifs]

Red being the theme. Well done.

Andy how many of the 532 in Europe - do you break it down?

 

[Andy Hurley]

I do,
some will be from more than one country obviously, but my Europe lists are as follows

Denmark 33
Germany 179
Spain(Mallorca) 103
UK 102

My UK list is short because I have only been back twice to go birding
Edit

I've just counted the birds first seen in europe from my lifelist. Its 244

 

[Enji]

Baird's Sandpiper, Hälsingland, Sweden last Sunday. Wonderful views of a beautiful little wader! We were standing by the shore watching it feeding with some Dunlins, and then it flew closer and closer, not bothered by us at all. So nice! I think it was the 9th find for Sweden.
Here are some digiscoped pics of it.