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, 27 January 2014

Round Britian Tour - Day 9

Up early for our last day of the trip, target bird was Black Grouse so we drove the Minera to Worlds End road with the hope of catching a glimpse, problem was, it was absolutely pouring down so visibility was poor, not that it mattered as the birds would have been well and truly hunkered down. We drove up and down the moor road a few times but there was never really any hope in the driving rain. We moved on down to Llangollen as the river is a reliable spot for Dipper and even though it was still raining we got some great close up views.

We then drove on over to Burton Marsh on the Dee estuary to look for the American Buff-bellied Pipit, initially I thought it was going to be impossible as there were a great number of Meadow Pipit and they were very mobile, it also didn't help that I had no idea what I was looking for! We eventually found him and were treated to some good views.

116. American Buff-bellied Pipit

116. American Buff-bellied Pipit

116. American Buff-bellied Pipit

116. American Buff-bellied Pipit
 
We headed over to Pennington Flash as it is very well known for its Willow Tit, on arrival we headed to the Bunting Hide and got to see a few Willow Tit, Nuthatch and Bullfinch.
 
117. Bullfinch

117. Bullfinch

117. Bullfinch

118. Willow Tit
 
This was the first location we'd visited all week where I was able to get a coffee so there was no way I passing up the opportunity, I grabbed myself some chips too, v.happy....
 
News came in of a Lesser Scaup over in Shropshire at Tittesworth Reservoir. What was great was that when we arrived we were treated to really great close up views of a stonking male Lesser Scaup about 5 metres of the causeway. We also had equally great views of a pair of Greater Scaup just 10 metres to the other side of the causeway.


119. Lesser Scaup

119. Lesser Scaup
 
In the fading light we visited an undisclosed location to look for a Ruddy Duck, I recall seeing these relatively easily as a child but the bird we were looking for is potentially the last one in the country so chances were very slim. We arrived with the light almost completely gone and scanned the flocks of ducks to the front which consisted of Mallard, Gadwall, Pochard, Wigeon and a couple of Goosander. I walked further round to scan the hidden areas, I found a small flock at the very far side of the lake which contained a few Mallard and Coot but also the fabled Ruddy Duck.
 
120. Ruddy Duck

120. Ruddy Duck
 
Not the greatest photos, but it was extremely distant, these are phone-scoped which shows just how distant, don't really blame him for hiding away seeing how his relatives have faired.
 
I only saw a total of 48 species today of which 1 was a lifer. The trip notched up 182 with me finishing on 169 which I am extremely pleased with having racked up 17 lifers in total.
 
1. Magpie
2. Blackbird
3. Carrion Crow
4. Jackdaw
5. Black-headed Gull
6. Dipper
7. Mallard
8. Stonechat
9. Meadow Pipit
10. American Buff-bellied Pipit
11. Chaffinch
12. Dunnock
13. Woodpigeon
14. Robin
15. Greenfinch
16. Bullfinch
17. Blue Tit
18. Great Tit
19. Willow Tit
20. Nuthatch
21. Teal
22. Moorhen
23. Tufted Duck
24. Pochard
25. Canada Goose
26. Lesser Black-backed Gull
27. Fieldfare
28. Rook
29. Mute Swan
30. Cormorant
31. Linnet
32. Kestrel
33. Lapwing
34. Common Gull
35. Song Thrush
36. Reed Bunting
37. Long-tailed Tit
38. Pheasant
39. Buzzard
40. Starling
41. Lesser Scaup
42. Greater Scaup
43. Goosander
44. Coot
45. Ruddy Duck
46. Little Grebe
47. Goldfinch
48. Coal Tit

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