ZooChat Big Year 2017

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Been seriously behind in updating my list this year :p but better late than never. This update comprises many trips into the Northumberland countryside and coastline, along with sightings in the Czech Republic, Home Counties and Wales.

Bird Total (as of 23/12/2017) - 207 species

TeaLovingDave said:
1) Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
2) Blackbird (Turdus merula)
3) Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
4) Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
5) Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
6) Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
7) Coot (Fulica atra)
8) Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
9) Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
10) Curlew (Numenius arquata)
11) Pacific Diver (Gavia pacifica)
12) Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
13) Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
14) Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
15) Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
16) Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
17) Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
18) Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
19) Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
20) Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
21) Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)
21) Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
22) Gadwall (Anas strepera)
23) Gannet (Morus bassanus)
24) Garganey (Anas querquedula)
25) Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
26) Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
27) Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
28) Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
29) Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
30) Goosander (Mergus merganser)
31) Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
32) Taiga Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
33) Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
34) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
35) Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
36) Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
37) Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
38) Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
39) Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
40) Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
41) Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
42) Mew Gull (Larus canus)
43) Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
44) Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
45) Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
46) Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
47) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
48) Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
49) Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
50) Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
51) Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
52) Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
53) Knot (Calidris canutus)
54) Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
55) Shore Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
56) Magpie (Pica pica)
57) Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
58) Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
59) Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
60) Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
61) Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
62) European Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
63) Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
64) Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
65) Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
66) Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
67) Pintail (Anas acuta)
68) Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
69) Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
70) Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
71) Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
72) Pochard (Aythya ferina)
73) Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
74) Raven (Corvus corax)
75) Razorbill (Alca torda)
76) Redshank (Tringa totanus)
77) Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
78) Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
79) Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
80) Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
81) Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
82) Sanderling (Calidris alba)
83) Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
84) Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
85) Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
86) European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
87) Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
88) Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
89) Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
90) Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
91) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
92) Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
93) Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
94) Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
95) Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
96) Bewick's Swan (Cygnus bewickii)
97) Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
98) Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
99) Teal (Anas crecca)
100) Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
101) Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
102) Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
103) Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
104) Great Tit (Parus major)
105) Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
106) Common Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
107) Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
108) Twite (Linnaria flavirostris)
109) Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
110) Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
111) Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
112) Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
113) Wigeon (Anas penelope)
114) Greater Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
115) Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
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116) Tundra Bean Goose (Anser serrirostris)
117) Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)
118) Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
119) Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
120) American Wigeon (Mareca americana)
121) Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
122) Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
123) Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
124) Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
125) Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
126) White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
127) Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
128) Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
129) Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
130) Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
131) Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
132) Common Crane (Grus grus)
133) Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
134) European Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
135) American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
136) Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
137) Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
138) Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
139) Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
140) Little Stint (Calidris minima)
141) Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
142) Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
143) Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
144) Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
145) Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
146) Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
147) Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
148) Little Auk (Alle alle)
149) Guillemot (Uria aalge)
150) Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
151) Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
152) Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
153) Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops)
154) Little Owl (Athene noctua)
155) Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
156) Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba)
157) Common Swift (Apus apus)
158) Middle-spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius)
159) Lesser-spotted Woodpecker (Dryobates minor)
159) Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
160) Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
161) Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus)
162) Merlin (Falco columbarius)
163) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
164) Ring-necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
165) Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
166) Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus)
167) Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
168) Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)
169) Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
170) Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
171) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
172) House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
173) Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)
173) Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
174) Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
175) Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
176) Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
177) Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
178) Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
179) Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris)
180) Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
181) Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
182) Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
183) Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
184) Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)
185) Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
186) Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
187) Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
188) Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
189) Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)
190) Common Flycatcher (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
191) Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
192) Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
193) Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
194) Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
195) Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
196) Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
197) Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
198) Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
199) Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
200) Common Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
201) Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
202) Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
203) European Serin (Serinus serinus)
204) European Siskin (Spinus spinus)
205) Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
206) Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
207) Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)


Mammal Total (as of 23/12/2017) - 37 species

1) Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus)
2) Field Vole (Microtus agrestis)
3) Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius)
4) Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
5) Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
6) Yellow-necked Mouse (Apodemus flavicollis)
7) House Mouse (Mus musculus)
8) Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
9) Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
10) Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
11) European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
12) European Mole (Talpa europaea)
13) Common Shrew (Sorex araneus)
14) Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus)
15) Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens)
16) European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
17) Natterer's Bat (Myotis nattereri)
18) Serotine Bat (Eptesicus serotinus)
19) Common Noctule (Nyctalus noctula)
20) Common Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
21) Soprano Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus)
22) Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
23) Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
24) Common Seal (Phoca vitulina)
25) Stoat (Mustela erminea)
26) Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
27) European Polecat (Mustela putorius)
28) European Otter (Lutra lutra)
29) European Badger (Meles meles)
30) Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)
31) Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)
32) Sika Deer (Cervus nippon)
33) Fallow Deer (Dama dama)
34) Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)
35) Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
36) Short-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
37) Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Reptile/Amphibian Total (as of 23/12/2017) - 10 species

1) Adder (Vipera berus)
2) Barred Grass Snake (Natrix helvetica)
3) Ringed Grass Snake (Natrix natrix)
4) Common Lizard (Zootoca vivipara)
5) Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus)
6) Smooth Newt (Lissotriton vulgaris)
7) Palmate Newt (Lissotriton helveticus)
8) Common Toad (Bufo bufo)
9) Common Frog (Rana temporaria)
10) Yellow-bellied Toad (Bombina variegata)
 
Looking back through pictures of New York I found out that I misidentified a wren as a winter wren, when it actually wasn't that species. While I was busy checking some birds anyways I decided to go over all of my New York pictures and ID'd another small brown passerine, as well.

BIRDS:
284) House wren, Troglodytes aedon
285) Orange-crowned warbler, Leiothlypis celata
 
One more from a quick outing to Darley Dale yesterday:

216. Hawfinch - Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Will be very surprised if that's not the last new one for the year.
 
lintworm said:
A visit to a wintery Lauterbrunnen and Muerren did not yield any ibex but it did give

411. Yellow-billed chough
412. Golden eagle

Within two weeks penguins will be added and Chlidonias surplaced at the top of the mammal ranking :p
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The birds will follow later but I would be able to add about 70 and counting. The mammals from the Falklands ans southern Chile are more important for the moment though.

85. Patagonian sea lion
86. Southern elephant seal
87. Orca
88. Guanaco
89. Culpeo
90. Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk
91. Hairy armadillo

The final update will follow mid-January.
 
Ah, but *which* hairy armadillo? :P

I move to strike that one from the record due to imprecision!
 
Hix said:
Fish
308. Greenfin Parrotfish
309. Undulated Moray

Inverts
52. Pontifical Mitre (Mitra stictica)
53. Ribbon Worm
54. Commensal Shrimp (Periclimenes tenuipes)

:p

Hix
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Inverts
55. Crown of Thorns Starfish
56. Splendid Reef Crab
57. Blue Starfish

(@Chlidonias: that's 20 Crabs, 12 molluscs, 12 Echinoderms, 6 insects, 4 shrimp and 3 other marine inverts)

Fish
310. Goldbelly Damsel
311. Lunar Wrasse
312. Starry Puffer
313. Crinoid Clingfish
314. Saddleback Pigfish
315. 50/50 Chromis
316. Pacific Gregory
317. Milkfish
318. Orange Basslet
319. Scissortail Sargent
320. Pastel Slender Wrasse
321. Whiteblotch Razorfish
322. Blackstreak Surgeonfish
323. Tennant's Surgeonfish
324. Japanese Wrasse
325. Blotched Bigeye
326. Mackeral Scad
327. Grey Demoiselle
328. Whitebar Gregory
329. Radiated (White-lined) Lionfish
330. Red-blotched (Clown) Coris

:p

Hix
 
KevinVar said:
171. Eurasian Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
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While adding the fieldfares I saw today to my ''Dutch year list'', as I had only seen these in the Czech republic earlier in the year, I noticed I never added the sanderlings I saw on my trip to Scheveningen in November, upping my total for this year by one.
172. Sanderling (Calidris alba)
 
Hix said:
Fish
310. Goldbelly Damsel
311. Lunar Wrasse
312. Starry Puffer
313. Crinoid Clingfish
314. Saddleback Pigfish
315. 50/50 Chromis
316. Pacific Gregory
317. Milkfish
318. Orange Basslet
319. Scissortail Sargent
320. Pastel Slender Wrasse
321. Whiteblotch Razorfish
322. Blackstreak Surgeonfish
323. Tennant's Surgeonfish
324. Japanese Wrasse
325. Blotched Bigeye
326. Mackeral Scad
327. Grey Demoiselle
328. Whitebar Gregory
329. Radiated (White-lined) Lionfish
330. Red-blotched (Clown) Coris

:p

Hix
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331. Eared Blenny

A new record for Christmas Island.

:p

Hix
 
Ituri said:
BIRDS
207 Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis
208 White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis
209 Olive-sided Flycatcher - Contopus cooperi
210 Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina
211 Baltimore Oriole - Icterus galbula
212 Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus
213 Greater Roadrunner - Geococcyx californianus

REPTILES
23 Western Ribbon Snake - Thamnophis proximus
24 Slender Glass Lizard - Ophisaurus attenuates
25 Western Massasauga - Sistrurus tergeminus
26 Chihuahuan Night Snake - Hypsiglena jani
27 Plain-bellied Water Snake - Nerodia erythrogaster

AMPHIBIANS
9 American Bullfrog - Lithobates catesbeina
10 Woodhouse's Toad - Anaxyurus woodhousii
11 Plains Leopard Frog - Lithobates blairi
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I've a little bit of catching up to do...

Continuing my worst birding year on record:
214 Franklin's Gull - Leucophaeus pipixcan
215 Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus
216 Nashville Warbler - Oreothlypis ruficapilla
217 Yellow Warbler - Setophaga petechia
218 Wilson's Warbler - Cardellina pusilla
219 Spotted Towhee - Pipilo maculatus
220 Black-throated Green Warbler - Setophaga virens
221 White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis
222 Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis
223 Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia
224 Brown Creeper - Certhia americana
225 Winter Wren - Troglodytes hiemalis
226 Harris's Sparrow - Zonotrichia querula
227 Whooping Crane - Grus americana
228 White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys
229 Snow Goose - Anser caerulescens
230 Greater White-fronted Goose - Anser albifrons
231 Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis
232 Eared Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis
233 Cackling Goose - Branta hutchinsii
234 Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola
235 Common Redpoll - Acanthis flammea
236 Fox Sparrow - Passerella iliaca*
237 Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa
238 Sharp-shinned Hawk - Accipiter striatus
239 Greater Scaup - Aythya marila
240 Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestris
241 American Pipit - Anthus rubescens
242 Lapland Longspur - Calcarius lapponicus
243 Snowy Owl - Bubo scandiacus
244 American Tree Sparrow - Spizelloides arborea
245 Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla

Mammals:
14 Black-tailed Prairie Dog - Cynomys ludovicianus
15 Nine-banded Armadillo - Dasypus novemcinctus
16 American Beaver - Castor Canadensis

*If I were following any taxonomy other than the AOU, this bird would have been a lifer as it was of the Red Fox Sparrow variety rather than the Slate-colored I have seen before out west.
 
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