Dannelboyz
Well-Known Member
BIRDS
268 - Fluttering Shearwater (Puffinus gavia)
269 - Northern Giant Petrel (Macronectes halli)
ZooChat Big Year 2020
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268 - Fluttering Shearwater (Puffinus gavia)
269 - Northern Giant Petrel (Macronectes halli)
253 carion crow
254 red crosbill
the crow is very rear in swedan hower ther is one haging around near my contry palc
254 red crosbill
the crow is very rear in swedan hower ther is one haging around near my contry palc
Mammals:
10. Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster)
11. Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Birds:
127. White Browed Scrub Wren (Sericornis frontalis)
128. Superb Fairy Wren (Malurus cyaneus)
Both the platypus and rakali were amazing to see. I had previously thought I had seen platypus in the wild but after seeing how easy it is to misidentify species such as rakali for platypus I have decided to just list both rakali and platypus as lifers.
Birds
223. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
Herps
8. Fowler's Toad Anaxyrus fowleri
9. Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis
10. Common Box Turtle Terrapene carolina
i got two birds i did not thick i wood se this year. not that they are rare it is just that i did not thick they breed this close to the shore
255 razorbill Alca torda
256 black gullemot Cepphus grylle
255 razorbill Alca torda
256 black gullemot Cepphus grylle
Birds
225. Dickcissel Spiza americana
Luca Bronzi
Well-Known Member
I just came back from a weekend in Abruzzo National Park, Italy.
It's a pretty famous place in Italy to look for wild animals, in particular deers which are very common and confident (it's not rare to see them walk in the centre of some villages).
I also did a walk in a natural reserve but it started to rain so I wasn't able to get to the top (where sometimes Apennine chamoises are seen).
I also saw what looked like a Golden eagle.
Mammals
2. Red Deer, Cervus elaphus (a total of 8 individuals: a female and a calf in the centre of Villetta Barrea village, two males which were
so confident they weren't annoyed by the large group of people who were photographin them at two metres of distance, three females after the walk I previously mentioned and another male in the same spot I saw the other two (probably he was one of them).
Birds
27. House Martin, Delichon urbicum
It's a pretty famous place in Italy to look for wild animals, in particular deers which are very common and confident (it's not rare to see them walk in the centre of some villages).
I also did a walk in a natural reserve but it started to rain so I wasn't able to get to the top (where sometimes Apennine chamoises are seen).
I also saw what looked like a Golden eagle.
Mammals
2. Red Deer, Cervus elaphus (a total of 8 individuals: a female and a calf in the centre of Villetta Barrea village, two males which were
so confident they weren't annoyed by the large group of people who were photographin them at two metres of distance, three females after the walk I previously mentioned and another male in the same spot I saw the other two (probably he was one of them).
Birds
27. House Martin, Delichon urbicum
Time for an update. I was particularly pleased about seeing my first Brahminy Kite and a pair of Pacific Bazas up close. Today when I was searching for robins I was suddenly bombarded by a shower of native figs dropping from the sky. I looked up and realised I was standing under at least five Wompoo Fruit Doves in full view!
I will update inverts separately at a later date.
Mammals
7. Red-legged Pademelon Thylogale stigmatica
Birds
97. Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
98. Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
99. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
100. Black Kite Milvus migrans
101. Green Catbird Ailuroedus crassirostris
102. Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostra
103. Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae
104. Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
105. Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
106. Yellow-throated Scrubwren Sericornis citreogularis
107. Pale-Yellow Robin Tregellasia capito
108. Wompoo Fruit Dove Ptilinopus magnificus
109. Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki
110. White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
257.european nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
herd them a coupal of weeks ago now i saw one
also had great nigt drive withe one moose and lots of dears
herd them a coupal of weeks ago now i saw one
also had great nigt drive withe one moose and lots of dears
I went to a nearby nature reserve today and was pleasantly surprised with two lifers. The honeyeater was especially a wonderful surprise.Time for an update. I was particularly pleased about seeing my first Brahminy Kite and a pair of Pacific Bazas up close. Today when I was searching for robins I was suddenly bombarded by a shower of native figs dropping from the sky. I looked up and realised I was standing under at least five Wompoo Fruit Doves in full view!
I will update inverts separately at a later date.
Mammals
7. Red-legged Pademelon Thylogale stigmatica
Birds
97. Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
98. Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
99. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
100. Black Kite Milvus migrans
101. Green Catbird Ailuroedus crassirostris
102. Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostra
103. Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae
104. Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
105. Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
106. Yellow-throated Scrubwren Sericornis citreogularis
107. Pale-Yellow Robin Tregellasia capito
108. Wompoo Fruit Dove Ptilinopus magnificus
109. Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki
110. White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
Birds
111. White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
112. Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
I haven't posted in this topic for a few months now, and I would like to add some sightings that I noted down earlier but didn't post until now, as well as some recent sightings.
Because it has been so long I decided to copy my full list below. Newly added sightings are underlined. I have also added some comments on my recent sightings, such as their locations and the circumstances in which I saw the animals, underneath the species listed per taxonomic category. Comments on earlier sightings can be found in my earlier posts in this thread.
BIRDS
1 - Great egret (Ardea alba)
2 - Mute swan (Cygnus olor)
3 - Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
4 - Common pochard (Aythya ferina)
5 - Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
6 - Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
7 - Eurasian coot (Fulica atra)
8 - Greylag goose (Anser anser)
9 - Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
10 - Common buzzard (Buteo buteo)
11 - European robin (Erithacus rubecula)
12 - Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
13 - House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
14 - Common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)
15 - Eurasian magpie (Pica pica pica)
16 - Carrion crow (Corvus corone)
17 - White wagtail (Motacilla alba)
18 - Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
19 - Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
20 - Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula)
21 - Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
22 - Eurasian jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
23 - Common or European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
24 - European green woodpecker (Picus viridis)
25 - Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)
26 - Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
27 - Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
28 - Mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
29 - Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
Number 23: Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerp province, Flanders, Belgium, April 8th, 2020. I saw and heard several common starlings in the garden/on the house of our neighbors as well as in the trees next to the grain field behind our garden.
Numbers 24-26: Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerp province, Flanders, Belgium, June 8th, 2020. I saw a European green woodpecker, a Eurasian jay and a rook flying over along the edge of a forest through the window of my therapist's office.
Numbers 27-29: Han-sur-Lesse, Namur province, Wallonia, Belgium, July 12th, 2020. The common redstart and mistle thrush I saw on the grounds of the Domain of the Caves of Han wildlife park while doing the walking trail through the wildlife park. The Egyptian geese were seen in or on the banks of the Lesse river where it runs through the wildlife park, just before the Chasm of Belvaux where it runs into the caves. Egyptian geese are a commonly seen established feral invasive species in Belgium.
MAMMALS
1 - European Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
2 - Brown rat or Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus)
3 - Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
Number 2: Berlaar, Flanders, July 5th, 2020. Seen on my grandmother's property.
Number 3: Planckendael, Muizen, Mechelen, Antwerp province, Belgium, July 14th, 2020. I saw a red squirrel walking on top of the fencing around and climbing a tree next to the Darwin's rhea and vicuña paddock in the South American zone of the park.
REPTILES
1 - Common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) - Han-sur-Lesse, Namur province, Wallonia, Belgium, July 12th, 2020. I saw a common wall lizard on and at the edge of a blue gravel pathway on the grounds of the Domain of the Caves of Han wildlife park while doing the walking trail through the wildlife park. This was, at least as far as I can remember, my first ever wild reptile sighting - and with certainty the first wild reptile I ever photographed.
AMPHIBIANS
1 - European common toad (Bufo bufo)
INVERTEBRATES
1 - Common brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni)
2 - Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
3 - Small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)
4 - European honey bee (Apis mellifera)
5 - Common wasp/Common yellow-jacket (Vespula vulgaris)
6 - Black garden ant (Lasius niger)
7 - Yellow meadow ant (Lasius flavus)
8 - Common rough woodlouse (Porcellio scaber)
9 - Common earthworm/Nightcrawler (Lumbricus terrestris)
10 - Ground beetle Poecilus versicolor
11 - Small copper butterfly (Lycaena phlaeas)
12 - Red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta)
13 - Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia)
14 - Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
15 - Oak processionary caterpillars (Thaumetopoea processionea)
16 - Brown garden snail (Cornu aspersum)
17 - Buff-tailed bumblebee or large earth bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Number 13 - Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerp province, Flanders, Belgium, June 10th, 2020. Seen flying around within and around my chicken aviaries.
Number 14 - Han-sur-Lesse, Namur province, Wallonia, Belgium, July 12th, 2020. Seen on the grounds of the Domain of the Caves of Han wildlife park while doing the walking trail through the wildlife park.
Number 15 - Han-sur-Lesse, Namur province, Wallonia, Belgium, July 12th, 2020. I saw a nest of oak processionary caterpillars in a small English oak in the sika deer paddock on the grounds of the Domain of the Caves of Han wildlife park while doing the walking trail through the wildlife park. I kept my distance to avoid getting irritation from their irritating setae hairs.
Number 16 - Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerp province, Flanders, Belgium, July 14th, 2020. A visitor to one of the plant and flower beds in our garden. Picture posted in the gallery: Brown garden snail (Cornu aspersum), 2020-07-14 - ZooChat
Number 17 - Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerp province, Flanders, Belgium, July 15th, 2020. Large earth bumblebee seen on the flowers of the Hibiscus shrubs in our garden.
NOT COUNTABLE TOWARDS TALLY
In the last few months I have found a few empty shells of the Brown-lipped snail (Cepaea nemoralis) in our garden or in my chicken aviaries. I have however not yet seen a living individual of this species.
Because it has been so long I decided to copy my full list below. Newly added sightings are underlined. I have also added some comments on my recent sightings, such as their locations and the circumstances in which I saw the animals, underneath the species listed per taxonomic category. Comments on earlier sightings can be found in my earlier posts in this thread.
BIRDS
1 - Great egret (Ardea alba)
2 - Mute swan (Cygnus olor)
3 - Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
4 - Common pochard (Aythya ferina)
5 - Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
6 - Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
7 - Eurasian coot (Fulica atra)
8 - Greylag goose (Anser anser)
9 - Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
10 - Common buzzard (Buteo buteo)
11 - European robin (Erithacus rubecula)
12 - Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
13 - House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
14 - Common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)
15 - Eurasian magpie (Pica pica pica)
16 - Carrion crow (Corvus corone)
17 - White wagtail (Motacilla alba)
18 - Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
19 - Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
20 - Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula)
21 - Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
22 - Eurasian jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
23 - Common or European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
24 - European green woodpecker (Picus viridis)
25 - Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)
26 - Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
27 - Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
28 - Mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
29 - Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
Number 23: Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerp province, Flanders, Belgium, April 8th, 2020. I saw and heard several common starlings in the garden/on the house of our neighbors as well as in the trees next to the grain field behind our garden.
Numbers 24-26: Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerp province, Flanders, Belgium, June 8th, 2020. I saw a European green woodpecker, a Eurasian jay and a rook flying over along the edge of a forest through the window of my therapist's office.
Numbers 27-29: Han-sur-Lesse, Namur province, Wallonia, Belgium, July 12th, 2020. The common redstart and mistle thrush I saw on the grounds of the Domain of the Caves of Han wildlife park while doing the walking trail through the wildlife park. The Egyptian geese were seen in or on the banks of the Lesse river where it runs through the wildlife park, just before the Chasm of Belvaux where it runs into the caves. Egyptian geese are a commonly seen established feral invasive species in Belgium.
MAMMALS
1 - European Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
2 - Brown rat or Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus)
3 - Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
Number 2: Berlaar, Flanders, July 5th, 2020. Seen on my grandmother's property.
Number 3: Planckendael, Muizen, Mechelen, Antwerp province, Belgium, July 14th, 2020. I saw a red squirrel walking on top of the fencing around and climbing a tree next to the Darwin's rhea and vicuña paddock in the South American zone of the park.
REPTILES
1 - Common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) - Han-sur-Lesse, Namur province, Wallonia, Belgium, July 12th, 2020. I saw a common wall lizard on and at the edge of a blue gravel pathway on the grounds of the Domain of the Caves of Han wildlife park while doing the walking trail through the wildlife park. This was, at least as far as I can remember, my first ever wild reptile sighting - and with certainty the first wild reptile I ever photographed.
AMPHIBIANS
1 - European common toad (Bufo bufo)
INVERTEBRATES
1 - Common brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni)
2 - Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
3 - Small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)
4 - European honey bee (Apis mellifera)
5 - Common wasp/Common yellow-jacket (Vespula vulgaris)
6 - Black garden ant (Lasius niger)
7 - Yellow meadow ant (Lasius flavus)
8 - Common rough woodlouse (Porcellio scaber)
9 - Common earthworm/Nightcrawler (Lumbricus terrestris)
10 - Ground beetle Poecilus versicolor
11 - Small copper butterfly (Lycaena phlaeas)
12 - Red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta)
13 - Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia)
14 - Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
15 - Oak processionary caterpillars (Thaumetopoea processionea)
16 - Brown garden snail (Cornu aspersum)
17 - Buff-tailed bumblebee or large earth bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
Number 13 - Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerp province, Flanders, Belgium, June 10th, 2020. Seen flying around within and around my chicken aviaries.
Number 14 - Han-sur-Lesse, Namur province, Wallonia, Belgium, July 12th, 2020. Seen on the grounds of the Domain of the Caves of Han wildlife park while doing the walking trail through the wildlife park.
Number 15 - Han-sur-Lesse, Namur province, Wallonia, Belgium, July 12th, 2020. I saw a nest of oak processionary caterpillars in a small English oak in the sika deer paddock on the grounds of the Domain of the Caves of Han wildlife park while doing the walking trail through the wildlife park. I kept my distance to avoid getting irritation from their irritating setae hairs.
Number 16 - Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerp province, Flanders, Belgium, July 14th, 2020. A visitor to one of the plant and flower beds in our garden. Picture posted in the gallery: Brown garden snail (Cornu aspersum), 2020-07-14 - ZooChat
Number 17 - Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerp province, Flanders, Belgium, July 15th, 2020. Large earth bumblebee seen on the flowers of the Hibiscus shrubs in our garden.
NOT COUNTABLE TOWARDS TALLY
In the last few months I have found a few empty shells of the Brown-lipped snail (Cepaea nemoralis) in our garden or in my chicken aviaries. I have however not yet seen a living individual of this species.
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Birds
105. Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Amphibians
05. Edible Frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus)
Since my last post, I have seen four new bird species, one mammal and ten species of invertebrate.
All the butterflies on my list I have seen in my garden, including the hairstreak (a lifer species)and the fritillary that I first saw last year in the New Forest - from what I can gather this species was extinct in Essex until a reintroduction programme started in 2006 with butterflies bred in captivity at the now-closed Tropical Wings Zoo. It seems a fitting story to post here.
74. Mistle thrush Turdus viscivorus
75. Common bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
76. House martin Delichon urbicum
77. Common swift Apus apus
7. Common shrew Sorex araneus
24. Common blue damselfly Enallagma cyanthigerum
25. Banded demoiselle damselfly Calopteryx splendens
26. Small tortoiseshell butterfly Aglais urticae
27. Painted lady butterfly Vanessa cardui
28. Comma butterfly Polygonia c-album
29. Hummingbird hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum
30. Meadow brown butterfly Maniola jurtina
31. Small white butterfly Pieris rapae
32. White-letter hairstreak butterfly Satyrium w-album
33. Silver-washed fritillary butterfly Argynnis paphia
A first quick outing to my local spot followed by a 5 hour drive to pick up my brother from Casablanca's airport gave me two lifers and an early fall addition to this year's list!
16/07/2020 (Oued Souss, Morocco)
BIRDS:
124 - Spotted redshank, Tringa erythropus
125 - Little tern, Sternula albifrons
17/07/2020 (Aéroport Mohammed V, Morocco)
BIRDS:
126 - Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus
Something tells me tomorrow might be even better though.
Dannelboyz
Well-Known Member
BIRDS
270 - Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus)
271 - Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Recently I had a very high-quality birding day in the Biesbosch again. While we had fantastic views of many great birds, including White-tailed Eagle, Osprey, Bufflehead, Cattle Egret and a surprise Smew, the highlight was undoubly a mammal. Despite several attemps, I had never seen a wild beaver before. But this day, at the very first location, we stumbled upon one. It sat the vegetation grooming itself for about ten minutes in full view, after which it swam around for a while before dissapearing in the thick reed beds. An absolutely wonderful sighting of one of my most sought-after species!
Birds
197. White-tailed Eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla
198. Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola
Mammals
15. Eurasian Beaver, Castor fiber
Birds
197. White-tailed Eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla
198. Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola
Mammals
15. Eurasian Beaver, Castor fiber
Nearly forgot to add my new species from Frampton Marsh last weekend - plenty waders and managed to complete the standard grebe set, but dipped on Turtle Dove.
Birds:
180. Curlew Sandpiper - Calidris ferruginea
181. Common Greenshank - Tringa nebularia
182. Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleuca
183. Green Sandpiper - Tringa ochropus
184. Black-necked Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis
Invertebrates:
49. Gatekeeper - Puronia tithonus
50. Essex Skipper - Thymelicus lineola
51. Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris
52. Common Red Soldier Beetle - Rhagonycha fulva
Birds:
180. Curlew Sandpiper - Calidris ferruginea
181. Common Greenshank - Tringa nebularia
182. Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleuca
183. Green Sandpiper - Tringa ochropus
184. Black-necked Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis
Invertebrates:
49. Gatekeeper - Puronia tithonus
50. Essex Skipper - Thymelicus lineola
51. Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris
52. Common Red Soldier Beetle - Rhagonycha fulva
