2016 Year List

2016 Year List (UK:137) (Total:165):
Key: Bold = Lifer. Red = Overseas Bold Red (Work it out!)

Starling, House Sparrow, Mallard, Eider, Pheasant, Red-throated Diver, Northern Fulmar, Raven, Carrion Crow, Hooded Crow, Rook, Jackdaw, Blackbird, Robin, Rock Pipit, Rock Dove, Black Guillemot, Kittiwake, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Curlew, Redshank, Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Gannet, Shag, Tufted Duck, Common Goldeneye, Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Widgeon, Mute Swan, Whooper Swan, Greylag Goose, Little Grebe, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Greenland White-fronted Goose, Great Northern Diver, Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Purple Sandpiper, Collard Dove, Redwing, Fieldfare, Chaffinch, Linnet, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Red Kite, Wood Pigeon, Pied Wagtail, Dunnock, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Magpie, Lesser Redpoll, Bullfinch, Egyptian Goose, Northern Shovelar, Great Crested Grebe, Bittern, Moorhen, Coot, Ring-necked Parakeet, Stonechat, Cetti's Warbler, Wren, Canada Goose, Pintail, Pochard, Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Jay, Siskin, Gadwall, Peregrine Falcon, Long-tailed Tit, Meadow Pipit, Red-legged Partridge, Treecreeper, Shelduck, Grey Wagtail, Song Thrush, Kingfisher, Penduline Tit, Marsh Tit, Nuthatch, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Sandwich Tern, Sardinian Warbler, Audouin's Gull, Osprey, White Wagtail, Black Redstart, Yellow-legged Gull, Blackcap, Great Egret, Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, Stone Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Serin, Common Crossbill, Reed Bunting, Blue Rock Thrush, Crag Martin, Booted Eagle, Kentish Plover, Greater Flamingo, Moustached Warbler, Purple Swamphen, Pied Avocet, Greenshank, Pink-footed Goose, Long-eared Owl, Tawny Owl, Barn Owl, Grey Partridge, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Skylark, Mistle Thrush, Lapland Bunting, Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Golden Pheasant, Common Snipe, Black Grouse, Red Grouse, Wheatear, Dipper, Yellowhammer, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, Goosander, Velvet Scoter, Common Scoter, Common Guillemot, Razorbill, King Eider, Whimbrel, Snow Bunting, Capercaillie, Red-breasted Merganser, Slavonian Grebe, Rock Ptarmigan, Crested Tit, Scottish Crossbill, Black-throated Diver, White-tailed Eagle, Golden Eagle, Bar-tailed Godwit, Great Skua, Puffin, Red-crested Pochard










Monday 9 February 2015

Draycote Geese

My year list is only at 106 and 101 of them were found in January so this morning I decided to give the patch a miss and head up to Draycote Reservoir to try to boost that tally.  As per usual I had a time limit so I was out the door at 06:45.

I was the first car in the car park but only by a few mins, as I was getting the scope out another car arrived with two birders.

I took a walk along to Toft Bank in search of the Smew, I was hoping for Goldeneye and Goosander too as both birds have frustratingly evaded me so far this year.

It wasn't long before I found a female Goldeneye so that was a good start, there didn't appear to be much on the water at all, scope views of the opposite bank showed a large flock of Canada Geese with quite a lot of Mallard and Great Crested Grebe distributed across the far side of the reservoir.

There were loads of Pied Wagtail and even more Meadow Pipit hunting around the grassy verge.  The water close in held quite a few Coot and quite a lot of Little Grebe.

Coot

I arrived at Toft Bank and found the Black-necked Grebe which had also been reported but I couldn't find the Smew anywhere.

Black-necked Grebe

A group of Canada Geese containing a single Greylag Goose flew over head and I got to watch a Buzzard in the field hunting for worms.

The two other birdwatchers had gone on ahead and when returning kindly gave me directions to a field with a flock of Greylag Geese which also contained 2 European White-fronted Geese and a single Pink-footed Goose, these gave me another 2 year ticks.

Crappy phone scoped Geese

1 of the White-fronts - honest....

I should maybe give up with this photography lark - in my defence though, my DSLR seems to have a faulty sensor and my phone got stolen so I'm using a crappy Samsung Fame on which the camera is dire...

On the way back to the car I found 3 male Goldeneye, dapper birds and made up for missing the Smew - which was latter reported as present

Goldeneye

This evening we visited friends in Cheltenham so I took the opportunity to nip to Pitville Park to look for the Dartford Warbler which has been there for some time now.  I left it too late though as it was already past dusk so I failed to find it.  I did manage some great views of a pair of Stonechat though so that was nice.  I had to mess around with the camera a lot with the sensor being knackered, this is the best I could manage.

Stonechat

Stonechat


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