ZooChat Big Year 2018

Belated, but an update covering all species I have seen since early June; sightings cover Scotland, Northumberland, Cheshire, eastern Germany and central London.....

2018 Bird Total - 205 taxa

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



2018 Mammal Total - 40 taxa

TeaLovingDave said:
1) Bank vole Myodes glareolus
2) Field vole Microtus agrestis
3) Water vole Arvicola amphibius
4) Wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus
5) Striped field mouse Apodemus agrarius
6) Brown rat Rattus norvegicus
7) House mouse Mus musculus
8) Red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris
9) Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
10) Eastern chipmunk Tamias striatus
11) European hare Lepus europaeus
12) European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
13) Pygmy shrew Sorex minutus
14) European hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus
15) Serotine Eptesicus serotinus
16) Common noctule Nyctalus noctula
17) Common pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus
18) Soprano pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus
19) Red fox Vulpes vulpes
20) Grey seal Halichoerus grypus
21) Common seal Phoca vitulina
22) Stoat Mustela erminea
23) Least weasel Mustela nivalis
24) European polecat Mustela putorius
25) European otter Lutra lutra
26) European badger Meles meles
27) Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena
28) Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
29) Wild boar Sus scrofa
30) Red deer Cervus elaphus
31) Roe deer Capreolus capreolus
32) Reeves's muntjac Muntiacus reevesi
33) Chinese water deer Hydropotes inermis
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34) Common Shrew Sorex araneus
35) Eurasian Water Shrew Neomys fodiens
36) Mountain Hare Lepus timidus
37) Pine Marten Martes martes
38) Fallow Deer Dama dama
39) Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
40) Common Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata



2018 Amphibian / Reptile Total: 13 taxa

TeaLovingDave said:
1) Great crested newt Triturus cristatus
2) Smooth newt Lissotriton vulgaris
3) Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus
4) Common toad Bufo bufo
5) Common frog Rana temporaria
6) Moor frog Rana arvalis
7) Pool frog Pelophylax lessonae
8) Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis
9) Viviparous Lizard Zootoca vivipara
10) Barred grass snake Natrix helvetica
11) Common adder Vipera berus
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12) Ringed Grass Snake Natrix natrix
13) Eurasian Green Toad Bufotes viridis
 
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Birds (non-passerines)
422.Pacific Golden Plover
423. Lesser Sand Plover
424. Red-cheeked Parrot
425. Rose-crowned Fruit-dove
426. Azure Kingfisher

Birds (passerines)
427. Brown-backed Honeyeater
428. White-streaked Honeyeater
429. Yellow-legged Flycatcher
430. Fairy Gerygone
431. Tropical Scrubwren
 
Birds (non-passerines)
432. Yellow-billed Kingfisher

Birds (passerines)
433. Northern Scrub-robin
434. Fawn-breasted Bowerbird
 
ThylacineAlive said:
A couple others from photos in Berlin:

Mammals
36) Black Rat Rattus rattus

Birds
197) White Wagtail Motacilla alba
198) Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
199) European Robin Erithacus rubecula

~Thylo
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One I forgot to add last night, which would actually make the robin #200.

Birds
200) Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

I believe this is the first time I've hit 200 birds in one year :)

~Thylo
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Are there not Black Rats living in Berlin? Or melanistic norvegicus?

~Thylo
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There are some black rats left, but Norwegian rat are far more common and as in most NW European urban areas Black rats are outcompeted. If you saw a really black rat it well might be a Black rat, the easiest id option is often tail length and body shape.
 
It's been a while since I've updated:

Mammals
14. Southern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys volans
15. Coyote Canis latrans
16. Least Weasel Mustela nivalis

Birds
141. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
142. Golden-Crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
143. Red-Breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
144. Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
145. Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
146. Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
147. White-Winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
148. Black Scoter Melanitta americana

Herpitiles
11. Mink Frog Lithobates septentrionalis

Fish
4. Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
5. Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
 
lintworm said:
There are some black rats left, but Norwegian rat are far more common and as in most NW European urban areas Black rats are outcompeted. If you saw a really black rat it well might be a Black rat, the easiest id option is often tail length and body shape.
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Here are the bad photos I got of the individual in question, next to a Brown Rat (I figured they just coexisted):

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The animal in question looks considerably darker than the Brown Rat to me, but I'll let more knowledgeable make the determination.

~Thylo
 
Mammals
108. Cape York Rock-wallaby (Petrogale coenensis)

Birds (non-passerines)
435. Palm Cockatoo
436. Marbled Frogmouth

Birds (passerines)
437. Green-backed Honeyeater
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Here are the bad photos I got of the individual in question, next to a Brown Rat (I figured they just coexisted):

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The animal in question looks considerably darker than the Brown Rat to me, but I'll let more knowledgeable make the determination.

~Thylo
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That is a black rat indeed, congrats.
 
aardvark250 said:
Finally went for my first (and probably only) bird watching trip(sort of) in wetland park, and not too shabby result!

Birds:
1.Grey heron(Ardea cinerea)
2.Northern shovler(Spatula clypeata)
3.Little egret (Egretta garzetta)
4.Great egret (Ardea alba)
5.Great cormorant(Phalacrocorax carbo)
6.Little grebe(Tachybaptus ruficollis)
7.Tufted duck((Aythya fuligula)
8.Chinese pond heron(Ardeola bacchus)
9.Black faced spoonbill (Platalea minor)
10.Pied kingfisher(Ceryle rudis)
11.White throated kingfisher(Halcyon smyrnensis)
12. Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
13.Marsh sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
14.Long-tailed shrike(Lanius schach)
And the ordinary ones:
15.Tree sparrow(Passer montanus)
16.Red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
17.Common magpie (Pica pica)
18. White wagtail (Motacilla alba)

Mammals:
2.Some type of squirrel(i'm sorry)
And the previous:
3.Rhesus macaque(Macaca mulatta)

Sorry for scientific name. I just search it on wikipedia..
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Birds:
19.Spotted dove(Spilopelia chinensis)
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Here are the bad photos I got of the individual in question, next to a Brown Rat (I figured they just coexisted):

The animal in question looks considerably darker than the Brown Rat to me, but I'll let more knowledgeable make the determination.
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Colouration can't be used as an ID feature because both species are so variable. If you look for a good photo of a Brown Rat and a good photo of a Black Rat, showing the tails of each, you'll see how easy they are to tell apart from tail length (relative to body length). Brown Rats are also bigger and chunkier than Black Rats, but this is more obvious when you're already familiar with both species.

As lintworm said, though, your animal is indeed a Black Rat.
 
Chlidonias said:
Colouration can't be used as an ID feature because both species are so variable. If you look for a good photo of a Brown Rat and a good photo of a Black Rat, showing the tails of each, you'll see how easy they are to tell apart from tail length (relative to body length). Brown Rats are also bigger and chunkier than Black Rats, but this is more obvious when you're already familiar with both species.

As lintworm said, though, your animal is indeed a Black Rat.
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I have never seen a Brown rat that dark though, but there are plenty of brown Black rats around indeed.
 
Dannelboyz said:
MAMMALS
48 - Australian Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus)
49 - Short-Beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
50 - New Zealand Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)
51 - Dusky Antechinus (Antechinus swainsonii)
52 - Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
53 - White-Striped Free-Tailed Bat (Austronomus australis)
54 - Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx)

BIRDS
306 - Hooded Dotterel (Thinornis rubricollis)
307 - Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
308 - Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
309 - Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)
310 - Black-Faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens)
311 - Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus)
312 - Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
313 - Stubble Quail (Coturnix pectoralis)
314 - Little Lorikeet (Glossopsitta pusilla)
315 - Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)
316 - Short-Tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris)
317 - Fluttering Shearwater (Puffinus gavia)
318 - White-Fronted Tern (Sterna striata)
319 - Fairy Prion (Pachyptila turtur)
320 - Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea)
321 - Northern Giant Petrel (Macronectes halli)
322 - Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora ssp. epomophora)
323 - Grey-Faced Petrel (Pterodroma gouldi)
324 - White-Chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)
325 - Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans ssp. exulans)
326 - Cape Petrel (Daption capense ssp. australe)
327 - Great-Winged Petrel (Pterodroma macroptera)
328 - White-Faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina)
329 - Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
330 - Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
331 - Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis)
332 - Channel-Billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)
333 - Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)

REPTILES
25 - Lowland Copperhead (Austrelaps superbus)
26 - Murray River Turtle (Emydura macquarii)
27 - Weasel Skink (Saproscincus mustelinus)

AMPHIBIANS
3 - Striped Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes peronii)
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BIRDS
334 - Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
335 - Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis)
336 - Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
337 - Grey-Tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes)
338 - Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
339 - Latham's Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)
340 - Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
341 - Striated Fieldwren (Calamanthus fuliginosus)
 
lintworm said:
I have never seen a Brown rat that dark though, but there are plenty of brown Black rats around indeed.
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You certainly get black Brown Rats, but true enough that the black of a Black Rat is not the black of a black Brown Rat.

Black Rats always look sleek and glossy to me also, whereas Brown Rats tend to look coarse, which can be seen in the photo.
 
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