ZooChat Big Year 2017
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One from a lunchtime walk on Friday:
102. Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Then off to the Wirral on Saturday to look for waders at New Brighton and view the high tide at Parkgate:
103. Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
104. Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)
105. Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
106. Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
107. Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
108. Merlin (Falco columbarius)
109. Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
110. Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
111. Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
112. Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
113. Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
114. Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Today's birding plans were scuppered by miserable weather.
102. Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Then off to the Wirral on Saturday to look for waders at New Brighton and view the high tide at Parkgate:
103. Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
104. Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)
105. Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
106. Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
107. Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
108. Merlin (Falco columbarius)
109. Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
110. Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
111. Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
112. Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
113. Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
114. Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Today's birding plans were scuppered by miserable weather.
Birds:
1. Common Raven
2. Bald Eagle
3. Mallard
4. Black-capped Chickadee
Mammals:
1. Arctic Fox
2. Caribou
3. Red Fox
4. Moose
1. Common Raven
2. Bald Eagle
3. Mallard
4. Black-capped Chickadee
Mammals:
1. Arctic Fox
2. Caribou
3. Red Fox
4. Moose
Back in Europe after spending the first 16 days of the new year in Tanzania, current totals are about 200+ bird species (though birding was not really a focus) and 40+ mammal species, I am planning to write a small trip report, so updates the lists will follow a bit later 
I haven't been out birding yet, although I did at least leave my house yesterday.
Mammals:
1. Eastern Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 1/1/2017
2. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 2/1/2017
One more from today in my garden:
3. Field Vole Microtus agrestis
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Another walk this afternoon added another small mammal:
7. Common shrew Sorex araneus
Birds:
1. Common Raven
2. Bald Eagle
3. Black-capped Chickadee
4. Mallard
Mammals:
1. Arctic Fox
2. Caribou
3. Red Fox
4. Moose
5. American Red Squirrel
1. Common Raven
2. Bald Eagle
3. Black-capped Chickadee
4. Mallard
Mammals:
1. Arctic Fox
2. Caribou
3. Red Fox
4. Moose
5. American Red Squirrel
15/1/2017
81. rufous whistler
82. white eared honeyeater
83. striated thornbill
84. common starling
85. pink eared duck
86. sacred kingfisher
16/1/2017
87. major mithcell's cockatoo
88. pied butcherbird
89. white winged chough
90. ground cuckoo shrike
91. apostle bird
92. black kite
93. blue bonnet
94. rainbow bee eater
95. red rumped parrot
96. spotted bowerbird
97. white plumed honeyeater
98. blue faced honeyeater
18/1/2017
99. pied currawong
81. rufous whistler
82. white eared honeyeater
83. striated thornbill
84. common starling
85. pink eared duck
86. sacred kingfisher
16/1/2017
87. major mithcell's cockatoo
88. pied butcherbird
89. white winged chough
90. ground cuckoo shrike
91. apostle bird
92. black kite
93. blue bonnet
94. rainbow bee eater
95. red rumped parrot
96. spotted bowerbird
97. white plumed honeyeater
98. blue faced honeyeater
18/1/2017
99. pied currawong
Birds:
1. Common Raven
2. Bald Eagle
3. Black-capped Chickadee
4. Mallard
5. Boreal Chickadee
Mammals:
1. Arctic Fox
2. Caribou
3. Red Fox
4. Moose
5. American Red Squirrel
1. Common Raven
2. Bald Eagle
3. Black-capped Chickadee
4. Mallard
5. Boreal Chickadee
Mammals:
1. Arctic Fox
2. Caribou
3. Red Fox
4. Moose
5. American Red Squirrel
A morning's walk at RSPB Old Hall Marshes was particularly bird of prey-heavy and got me eight new bird species for the year:
84. Eurasian sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
85. Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus
86. Barn owl Tyto alba
87. European stonechat Saxicola rubicola
88. Western marsh harrier Circus aeruginosus
89. Red-breasted merganser Mergus serrator
90. Eurasian skylark Alauda arvensis
91. European green woodpecker Picus viridis
Hevden
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BIRDS:
107 Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus
MAMMALS:
3 Eastern Cottontail - Sylvilagus floridanus
A trip to Shut Heath Wood this morning got me one new species of bird for the year:
92. Eurasian treecreeper Certhia familiaris
And another new bird species added today, on another trip to Heybridge Basin:
93. Egyptian goose Alopochen aegyptiacus
Just out of interest, it appears that from next year the 'official' BOU British list is to be formally aligned with the IOC list, with a net gain of a handful of species for the British list as new splits are recognised (though a couple are lumped back as well): BOU to adopt IOC World Bird List
That will be much simpler: I currently use BOU for my British lists but IOC for worldwide (and captive). This can lead to some strange discrepancies on things such as bean geese.
I failed to see a Pine Bunting (or at least definitely see it) earlier, which was annoying.
I did still see one bird though (over a supermarket carpark!).43. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
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