Zoochat Big Year 2024

BerdNerd said:
6/27/24

16. Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis)
17. Florida Tetanolita Moth (Tetanolita floridana)
18. Asian Garden Beetle (Maladera formosae)
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6/28/24


19. Lesser Grapevine Looper Moth (Eulithis diversilineata)
20. Meadow Slug (Deroceras laeve)


Total:

Mammals: 7
Birds: 92
Reptiles: 1
Amphibians: 2
Invertebrates: 20
 
I went on my first ever alcid trip today! It was an organized trip by the local birding organization, which included a buss trip to the boat dock and then a boat ride to one of the most important alcid colonies in Finland. The most abundant species at the colony were definitely the hundreds of razorbills, but there was also quite a few black guillemots and common murres mixed in the bunch. It was and unforgettable experience seeing all the birds torpedoing around and above our boat, and I will definitely be returning to the colony in the future! :D

Birds

215. Razorbill, Alca torda 29/6/24
216. Common murre, Uria aalge 29/6/24
217. Black guillemot, Cepphus grylle 29/6/24
 
WhistlingKite24 said:
An update from me as the warm months come to an end and seasonal shifts will bring new targets. Five bird lifers have been welcome additions – a habituated Brolga, active Apostlebirds, lots of Ruddy Turnstones (they have become that species that when you see your first that’s all you see), a few Double-banded Plovers that overwinter from New Zealand and today a non-birding trip to the Sunshine Coast produced a pair of lifer Common Terns among all the Greater Crested Terns. My first wild mudskippers and long-necked turtle were also very memorable moments.

Mammals
08)Black Rat Rattus rattus
09) Red-necked Wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus
10) Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor
11) Koala Phascolarctos cinereus

Birds:
117)Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
118)Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
119)Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus
120) Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
121)Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
122)Brolga Antigone rubicunda
123) Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
124) Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
125) Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea
126) Wonga Pigeon Leucosarcia melanoleuca
127) Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
128) Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
129) Plumed Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
130) Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
131) Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
132) Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus
133) Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
134) Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
135) Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
136) Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
137) Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
138) Siberian Sand-Plover Charadrius mongolus
139) Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
140) Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
141) Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
142) Mangrove Honeyeater Lichenostomus fasciogularis
143) Double-banded Plover Charadrius bicinctus
144) Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
145) Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
146) Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
147) Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis
148) Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
149) Common Tern Sterna hirundo

Herptiles:
14) Saw-shelled Turtle Myuchelys latisternum
15) Eastern Long-necked Turtle Chelodina longicollis
16) Green Tree Snake Dendrelaphis punctulata

Fish:
04)Bearded Mudskipper Scartelaos histophorus

Invertebrates:
191) Amenia chrysame [blowfly]
192) Notius consputus [stink bug]
193) Eight-spotted Leaf Beetle Paropsisterna sexpustulata
194) Celtis Leaf Beetle Menippus cynicus
195) Lily Caterpillar Moth Spodoptera picta
196) Common Glider Tramea loewii
197) Sugarcane Looper Mocis frugalis
198) Compressed Fiddler Crab Tubuca coarctata
199) Yellow-shouldered Ladybird Apolinus lividigaster
200) Black Jezebel Delias nigrina
201) Blue Eyes Lacewing Nymphes myrmeleonides
202) Australian Golden Orbweaver Trichonephila edulis
203) Green and Black Planthopper Desudaba psittacus
204) Tau Emerald Hemicordulia tau
205) Netelia producta [ichneumonid wasp]
206) Neon Cuckoo Bee Thyreus nitidulus
207) Dark Zebra Shield Bug Anchises parvulus
208) Polyrhachis australis [spiny ant]
209) Poecilometis apicalis [shield bug]
210) Chauliognathus flavipennis [soldier beetle]
211) Toxorhynchites speciosus [elephant mosquito]
212) Indigo Flash Rapala varuna
213) Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens
214) Golden-tailed Sugar Ant Camponotus aeneopilosus
215) Tortoise-shelled Ladybird Harmonia testudinaria
216) Gum Tree Shield Bug Theseus modestus
217) Lean Lynx Spider Oxyopes macilentus
218) Delta esuriens [potter wasp]
219) Yellow-and-black Potter Wasp Delta campaniforme
220) Swamp Darter Arrhenes marnas
221) Haritalodes obliqualis [moth]
222) Paropsisterna anomala [leaf beetle]
223) Schistophleps albida [moth]
224) Large Spotted Ladybird Harmonia conformis
225) Idiophantis chiridota [moth]
226) Eumelea rosalia [moth]
227) Poecilometis patruelis [shield bug]
228) Poecilometis histricus [shield bug]
229) Black-headed Skimmer Crocothemis nigrifrons
230) Bank’s Brown Heteronympha banksii
231) Sigma Darner Austroaeschna sigma
232) Dainty Swallowtail Papilio anactus
233) Brown Shield Bug Poecilometis strigatus
234) Austalis smaragdi [fly]
235) Micraspis lineola [ladybird]
236) Giant Green Slantface Acrida conica
237) Bleeker's Jumper Euryattus bleekeri
238) Scipinia arenacea [assassin bug]
239) Leaf-curling Spider Phonognatha graeffei
240) Paddy Bug Leptocorisa acuta
241) Daddy Long Legs Pholcus phalangioides
242) Jezebel Nymph Symbrenthia geoffroyi
243) Ant-eating Jumping Spider Zenodorus orbiculatus
244) Caper Gull Cepora perimale
245) Purple Line-Blue Prosotas dubiosa
246) Agrilus occipitalis [jewel beetle]
247) Conogethes haemactalis [pearl moth]
248) Brown Flower Beetle Glycyphana stolata
249) Garden Mantis Orthodera ministralis
250) Yellow-spotted Jezebel Delias nysa
251) Dingy Swift Pelopidas agna
252) Slender Green-winged Grasshopper Aiolopus thalassinus
253) Scarlet Jezebel Delias argenthona
254) Smooth-handed Ghost Crab Ocypode cordimana
255) Agrioglypta excelsalis [moth]
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A mid-year update from me. I just returned from a week in Cairns as I covered in my wildlife watching thread; the weather was generally terrible but I managed alright. No tree-roo (this one stings a little because it was seen a day later at a sight I tried) nor cassowary (Daintree outing was cancelled due to weather). No sunbirds incredibly either! However, some amazing finds like seven mammal lifers, four different sightings of riflebird, two species of frigatebird among an enormous seabird colony out on the Great Barrier Reef, a Lesser Sooty Owl which is one of Australia’s harder-to-find owls, bustards, my first wild leaf-tailed gecko and a pair of new blue butterflies. I plan on doing a follow-up trip to cover Kuranda and Daintree of course. Don’t know when but I will as it’s only a quick two-hour flight.

Mammals:
12) Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops aduncus
13) Dingo Canis dingo
14) Agile Wallaby Notamacropus agilis
15) Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus
16) Coppery Brushtail Possum Trichosurus johnstonii
17) Green Ringtail Possum Pseudochirops archeri
18) Spectacled Flying Fox Pteropus conspicillatus
19) Troughton's Sheathtail Bat Taphozous troughtoni
20) Mareeba Rock-Wallaby Petrogale mareeba

Birds
150) Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
151) Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funerea
152) Australian Logrunner Orthonyx temminckii
000) Pale-headed x Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans × adscitus
153) Speckled Warbler Pyrrholaemus sagittatus
154) Scarlet Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta
155) White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
156) Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
157) White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
158) Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
159) Fuscous Honeyeater Ptilotula fusca
160) White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela
161) Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
162) Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa
163) Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
164) Hutton’s Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
165) Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
166) Wilson’s Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
167) Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri
168) Black-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta tropica
169) Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
170) Red-footed Booby Sula sula
171) Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
172) Brown Falcon Falco berigora
173) Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis
174) Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
175) White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
176) Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
177) Crimson-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus
178) Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
179) Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
180) Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops
181) Victoria’s Riflebird Ptiloris victoriae
182) Macleay’s Honeyeater Xanthotis macleayanus
183) Bridled Honeyeater Lichenostomus frenatus
184) Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
185) Dusky Honeyeater Myzomela obscura
186) Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
187) Lesser Sooty Owl Tyto multipunctata
188) Grey-headed Robin Heteromyias cinereifrons
189) Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt
190) Pied Monarch Arses kaupi
191) Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
192) Mountain Thornbill Acanthiza katherina
193) Spotted Catbird Ailuroedus maculosus
194) Double-eyed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma
195) Varied Honeyeater Gavicalis versicolor
196) Australian Swiftlet Aerodramus terraereginae
197) Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
198) Common Noddy Anous stolidus
199) Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
200) Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
201) Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
202) White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Haliaeetus leucogaster

Herptiles:
17) Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog Litoria fallax
18) Australian Scrub Python Simalia kinghorni
19) Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko Saltuarius cornutus
20) Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas
21) Lined Rainbow-skink Carlia jarnoldae

Fishes:
05)Common Toadfish Tetractenos hamiltoni
06)Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus
07) Sevenspot Archerfish Toxotes chatareus
08) Humphead Maori Wrasse Cheilinus undulatus
09) Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse Labroides dimidiatus
10)Sixbar Wrasse Thalassoma hardwicke
11) Giant Trevally Caranx ignobilis
12) Spangled Emperor Lethrinus nebulosus
13) Yellowtail Emperor Lethrinus atkinsoni
14) Red Bass Lutjanus bohar
15) Round Batfish Platax orbicularis
16) Common Coral Trout Plectropomus leopardus
17) Scissor-tailed Fusilier Caesio caerulaurea
18) Yellowtail Fusilier Caesio cuning
19) Pacific Orange-spine Unicornfish Naso lituratus
20) Lined Surgeonfish Acanthurus lineatus
21) Yellowmask Surgeonfish Acanthurus xanthopterus
22) Steephead Parrotfish Chlorurus microrhinos
23) Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish Chlorurus spilurus
24) Sixband Parrotfish Scarus frenatus
25) Sixbar Angelfish Pomacanthus sexstriatus
26) Moorish Idol Zanclus cornutus
27) Goldlined Rabbitfish Siganus lineatus
28) Spotted Rabbitfish Siganus punctatus
29) Foxface Siganus vulpinus
30) Blackback Butterflyfish Chaetodon melannotus
31) Saddle Butterflyfish Chaetodon ephippium
32) Scissortail Sergeant Abudefduf sexfasciatus
33) Lemon Damsel Pomacentrus moluccensis
34) Staghorn Damsel Amblyglyphidodon curacao
35) Spiny Chromis Acanthochromis polyacanthus

Invertebrates:
256) Epsilon chartergiforme [potter wasp]
257) Onceropyga anelia [moth]
258) Schellenberg's Soldier Bug Oechalia schellenbergii
259) Yellow-blotched Pearl Moth Eurrhyparodes bracteolalis
260) Cattle-poisoning Sawfly Lophyrotoma interrupta
261) Lecomyia cyanea [soldier fly]
262) Jumping Jack Ant Myrmecia nigrocincta
263) Hyalobathra crenulata [moth]
264) Green-blotched Moth Cosmodes elegans
265) Black-banded Hoverfly Episyrphus viridaureus
266) Native Drone Fly Eristalinus punctulatus
267) Stick Mantis Archimantis latistyla
268) Ellipsidion reticulatum [cockroach]
269) Echthromorpha agrestoria [ichneumon wasp]
270) Garden Soldier Fly Exaireta spinigera
271) Austalis copiosa [fly]
272) Havinthus rufovarius [assassin bug]
273) Purple Cerulean Jamides phaseli
274) Leptomyrmex rufithorax [ant]
275) Asura cervicalis [moth]
276) Asura bipars [moth]
277) Ferruginous-tailed Austral-Nomia Lipotriches phanerura
278) Ulysses Butterfly Papilio ulysses
279) Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes
280) Orange Bush-Brown Mycalesis terminus
281) North Queensland Day Moth Alcides metaurus
282) Gigas Giant Clam Tridacna gigas
283) Green Tree Ant Oecophylla smaragdina
284) Blue Argus Junonia orithya
285) Chillagoe Cave Huntsman Yiinthi chillagoe
286) Eastern Treerunner Mantis Ciulfina biseriata
 
WhistlingKite24 said:
A mid-year update from me. I just returned from a week in Cairns as I covered in my wildlife watching thread; the weather was generally terrible but I managed alright. No tree-roo (this one stings a little because it was seen a day later at a sight I tried) nor cassowary (Daintree outing was cancelled due to weather). No sunbirds incredibly either! However, some amazing finds like seven mammal lifers, four different sightings of riflebird, two species of frigatebird among an enormous seabird colony out on the Great Barrier Reef, a Lesser Sooty Owl which is one of Australia’s harder-to-find owls, bustards, my first wild leaf-tailed gecko and a pair of new blue butterflies. I plan on doing a follow-up trip to cover Kuranda and Daintree of course. Don’t know when but I will as it’s only a quick two-hour flight.

Mammals:
12) Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops aduncus
13) Dingo Canis dingo
14) Agile Wallaby Notamacropus agilis
15) Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus
16) Coppery Brushtail Possum Trichosurus johnstonii
17) Green Ringtail Possum Pseudochirops archeri
18) Spectacled Flying Fox Pteropus conspicillatus
19) Troughton's Sheathtail Bat Taphozous troughtoni
20) Mareeba Rock-Wallaby Petrogale mareeba

Birds
150) Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
151) Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funerea
152) Australian Logrunner Orthonyx temminckii
000) Pale-headed x Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans × adscitus
153) Speckled Warbler Pyrrholaemus sagittatus
154) Scarlet Honeyeater Myzomela sanguinolenta
155) White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
156) Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
157) White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
158) Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
159) Fuscous Honeyeater Ptilotula fusca
160) White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela
161) Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
162) Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa
163) Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
164) Hutton’s Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
165) Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
166) Wilson’s Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
167) Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri
168) Black-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta tropica
169) Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
170) Red-footed Booby Sula sula
171) Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
172) Brown Falcon Falco berigora
173) Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis
174) Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
175) White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
176) Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
177) Crimson-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus
178) Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
179) Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
180) Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops
181) Victoria’s Riflebird Ptiloris victoriae
182) Macleay’s Honeyeater Xanthotis macleayanus
183) Bridled Honeyeater Lichenostomus frenatus
184) Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
185) Dusky Honeyeater Myzomela obscura
186) Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
187) Lesser Sooty Owl Tyto multipunctata
188) Grey-headed Robin Heteromyias cinereifrons
189) Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt
190) Pied Monarch Arses kaupi
191) Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
192) Mountain Thornbill Acanthiza katherina
193) Spotted Catbird Ailuroedus maculosus
194) Double-eyed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma
195) Varied Honeyeater Gavicalis versicolor
196) Australian Swiftlet Aerodramus terraereginae
197) Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
198) Common Noddy Anous stolidus
199) Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
200) Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
201) Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
202) White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Haliaeetus leucogaster

Herptiles:
17) Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog Litoria fallax
18) Australian Scrub Python Simalia kinghorni
19) Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko Saltuarius cornutus
20) Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas
21) Lined Rainbow-skink Carlia jarnoldae

Fishes:
05)Common Toadfish Tetractenos hamiltoni
06)Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus
07) Sevenspot Archerfish Toxotes chatareus
08) Humphead Maori Wrasse Cheilinus undulatus
09) Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse Labroides dimidiatus
10)Sixbar Wrasse Thalassoma hardwicke
11) Giant Trevally Caranx ignobilis
12) Spangled Emperor Lethrinus nebulosus
13) Yellowtail Emperor Lethrinus atkinsoni
14) Red Bass Lutjanus bohar
15) Round Batfish Platax orbicularis
16) Common Coral Trout Plectropomus leopardus
17) Scissor-tailed Fusilier Caesio caerulaurea
18) Yellowtail Fusilier Caesio cuning
19) Pacific Orange-spine Unicornfish Naso lituratus
20) Lined Surgeonfish Acanthurus lineatus
21) Yellowmask Surgeonfish Acanthurus xanthopterus
22) Steephead Parrotfish Chlorurus microrhinos
23) Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish Chlorurus spilurus
24) Sixband Parrotfish Scarus frenatus
25) Sixbar Angelfish Pomacanthus sexstriatus
26) Moorish Idol Zanclus cornutus
27) Goldlined Rabbitfish Siganus lineatus
28) Spotted Rabbitfish Siganus punctatus
29) Foxface Siganus vulpinus
30) Blackback Butterflyfish Chaetodon melannotus
31) Saddle Butterflyfish Chaetodon ephippium
32) Scissortail Sergeant Abudefduf sexfasciatus
33) Lemon Damsel Pomacentrus moluccensis
34) Staghorn Damsel Amblyglyphidodon curacao
35) Spiny Chromis Acanthochromis polyacanthus

Invertebrates:
256) Epsilon chartergiforme [potter wasp]
257) Onceropyga anelia [moth]
258) Schellenberg's Soldier Bug Oechalia schellenbergii
259) Yellow-blotched Pearl Moth Eurrhyparodes bracteolalis
260) Cattle-poisoning Sawfly Lophyrotoma interrupta
261) Lecomyia cyanea [soldier fly]
262) Jumping Jack Ant Myrmecia nigrocincta
263) Hyalobathra crenulata [moth]
264) Green-blotched Moth Cosmodes elegans
265) Black-banded Hoverfly Episyrphus viridaureus
266) Native Drone Fly Eristalinus punctulatus
267) Stick Mantis Archimantis latistyla
268) Ellipsidion reticulatum [cockroach]
269) Echthromorpha agrestoria [ichneumon wasp]
270) Garden Soldier Fly Exaireta spinigera
271) Austalis copiosa [fly]
272) Havinthus rufovarius [assassin bug]
273) Purple Cerulean Jamides phaseli
274) Leptomyrmex rufithorax [ant]
275) Asura cervicalis [moth]
276) Asura bipars [moth]
277) Ferruginous-tailed Austral-Nomia Lipotriches phanerura
278) Ulysses Butterfly Papilio ulysses
279) Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes
280) Orange Bush-Brown Mycalesis terminus
281) North Queensland Day Moth Alcides metaurus
282) Gigas Giant Clam Tridacna gigas
283) Green Tree Ant Oecophylla smaragdina
284) Blue Argus Junonia orithya
285) Chillagoe Cave Huntsman Yiinthi chillagoe
286) Eastern Treerunner Mantis Ciulfina biseriata
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Very nice. I must admit I have been a bit busy later and haven't read your reports yet, but I will get to them. I would have been out looking for tree kangaroos about half a dozen times over the years without success, so I feel your pain.
 
WhistlingKite24 said:
No tree-roo (this one stings a little because it was seen a day later at a sight I tried) nor cassowary (Daintree outing was cancelled due to weather).
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MRJ said:
Very nice. I must admit I have been a bit busy later and haven't read your reports yet, but I will get to them. I would have been out looking for tree kangaroos about half a dozen times over the years without success, so I feel your pain.
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I saw the tree kangaroo but not cassowary - everywhere I went I was just missing them.

For some reason I haven't seen the Australian Swiftlet either - are they seasonal in the Cairns area? If not I don't know why I never saw them.
 
Chlidonias said:
I saw the tree kangaroo but not cassowary - everywhere I went I was just missing them.

For some reason I haven't seen the Australian Swiftlet either - are they seasonal in the Cairns area? If not I don't know why I never saw them.
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Cassowaries are sort of when you least expect them, you bump into them. There is a male that hangs around the township of South Mission Beach allot, often with a chick. Come to think about it he is more obvious during breeding season. They are common enough for the paneling of blue cars to be kicked in on a regular basis (yes that is a thing - only blue).

I haven't heard about that for the swiftlet, but I haven't spent enough time in Cairns to tell. I have seen them in February and August, both in Mission Beach and on the tablelands.
 
Hix said:
A quick trip to Perth for work permitted me to get a few more birds this month, including another Lifer which brings this year's total to 20 lifers (18 of which I got in 17 days in Tasmania).

Birds
178. Great Egret
179. Western Wattlebird
180. Brown Honeyeater
181. Carnaby's Black Cockatoo
182. Laughing Dove
183. Buff-banded Rail
184. White-cheeked Honeyeater
185. Spotted Scrubwren
186. Red-tailed Black Cockatoo

:p

Hix
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Birds
187. Splendid Fairywren
188. Inland Thornbill
189. Grey-tailed Tattler
190. Ruddy Turnstone
191. Red-necked Stint
192. Black-browed Albatross
193. Australasian Gannet
194. Osprey
195. Australian Brushturkey
196. Black-shouldered Kite
197. Green Catbird
198. Lewin's Honeyeater
199. Yellow-throated Scrubwren


Inverts
4. Tasmanian Cave Spider (Hickmania troglodytes)

:p

Hix
 
A couple more to add from my visit to Slimbridge last weekend (not quite in the Cassowary category!). Was very happy to see a small flock of green sandpipers after first seeing one individual.

77. Green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus), 23/06/24, Slimbridge
78. Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca), 23/06/24, Slimbridge

Birds: 78
Mammals: 8
Other: 4
Total: 90
 
A busy weekend with four very different sites!

Saturday was built around joining my lepidopterist father on a jaunt to Fermyn Woods - a great butterfly site and a classic place to see one of the biggest and funkiest British butterflies, the Purple Emperor. This gave the butterfly list a satisfying boost. Afterwards we called in at the broadly-on-the-way-home Rutland Water, mainly for breeding ospreys but where a Common Sandpiper put in a welcome appearance as well.

This morning I was up early for another attempt at Ring Ouzel up on Stanage Edge in the Peak, and did indeed eventually find one of this year's youngsters (as well as a young wheatear, which was nice). After this was completed by about 9am I had a few options. Part of me wanted to pursue other local gaps. Part of me wanted to head out to the coast - a longer drive, but a bigger change of scene. But both parts were cowed into silence by the part of me that had read reports of a Black-winged Pratincole being 50 minutes from home. A wild pratincole of any species would be a first for me. In the end, this turned into a bit more of a mission than I expected, and a bigger twitch that I would usually get involved in, but the bird did put on a distant show for a while jumping in and out of some grass, then go for a little fly around just as I was leaving. I was also able to add one of my missing locals, Little Ringed Plover, and what is actually my first UK Caspian Tern (great things).

All in all, a productive weekend!

Birds:
179. Western Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
180. Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleuca
181. Ring Ouzel - Turdus torquatus
182. Caspian Tern - Hydroprogne caspia
183. Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius
184. Black-winged Pratincole - Glareola nordmanni

(UK: 181)

Invertebrates:
52. Common Marbled White - Melanargia galathea
53. Silver-washed Fritillary - Argynnis paphia
54. Purple Emperor - Apatura iris
55. Spotted Longhorn Beetle - Rutpela maculata
56. White Admiral - Limenitis camilla
57. Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris
58. Blue Emperor Dragonfly - Anax imperator
59. Purple Hairstreak - Neozephyrus quercus
60. Small Heath - Coenonympha pamphilus
61. Scarlet Tiger Moth - Callimorpha dominula
62. Black-tailed Skimmer - Orthetrym cancellatum
63. Pellucid Hoverfly - Volucella pellucens

:)
 
Over the past week, I’ve visited a couple of sites but decided to wait till today’s visit to RSPB Rainham Marshes to build up my numbers.

WWT London, 23,06,24
A thoroughly enjoyable visit to Barnes at the weekend after a brief pause. Life was everywhere, with chicks left, right and centre. Multiple Moorhen and Coot chicks were observable and the Oystercatchers had a nice bundle of 3 chicks of the Tern Raft. Whilst in the Headley Hide, watching the Oystercatchers, a Juvenile Sparrowhawk landed arms length from the glass, a real treat. Sadly no new bird species for the list but I was saved by a rather unexpected visitor.

4. European Adder, (Vipera berus)

Other,
24/06/24
A late night hike brought about my first bat species of the year, surprisingly late this year.

8. Common Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)

28/06/24
Whilst having a stroll in my local woodland, I put on Merlin and managed to find with my trusted binoculars…

125. Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

29/06/24
After a kayaking trip, one of my favourite hobbies, I came across an invasive Slider along the reed bed.

5. Yellow-bellied Slider (Trachemys s. scripta)

RSPB Rainham Marshes, 30,06,24
First visit of the year, but certainly not the last ;). A pair of Marsh Harrier circled the site, which was a joy to watch. From the Purfleet Hide, Black-tailed Godwits waded through the scrape and little egret (I counted 9) lined the shore. A small group of Sedge Warbler were singing by Dragonfly Pool but soon that call was replaced by the ‘ping’ of Bearded Tits. My first sighting since Winter, the juveniles played about the reeds for a good half hour. The Tern Raft in the Aveley Pools was teaming with young terns and little grebe (with chicks). Later in the day, in the Marshland Discover Zone Hide, the Kingfisher showed up, and spit appears there is not one but two families in the bank.
full

Birds:
126. Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)*
127. Garganey (Spatula querquedula)
128. Great Egret (Ardea alba)
129. Common Raven (Corvus corax)
130. Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
131. Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
*should have been added April 13th.

Mammals:
9. Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina)
10. European Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius)

Herps:
5. Marsh Frog (Pelophylax ridibundus)
6. Viviparous Lizard (Zootoca vivipara)


Total Species: 147
Birds: 131
Mammals: 10
Herptiles: 6
 
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Not sure the Slider is listable; as far as I know there is no evidence of a breeding population anywhere in the U.K. I would be most interested if this has changed.
 
Mr Gharial said:
Southern white-cheeked
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KevinB said:
Mammals
1) Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
2) Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
3) Brown rat/Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus)
4) Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
5) Greater white-toothed shrew (Crocidura russula)
6) House mouse (Mus musculus)
7) Common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
8) European hare (Lepus europaeus)

Birds
1) Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
2) Carrion crow (Corvus corone)
3) Common buzzard (Buteo buteo)
4) Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
5) Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
6) Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
7) House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
8) Common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)
9) Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
10) European robin (Erithacus rubecula)
11) Great tit (Parus major)
12) Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
13) European herring gull (Larus argentatus)
14) Eurasian magpie (Pica pica)
15) Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
16) Western jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
17) Eurasian kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
18) Feral pigeon (Columba livia)
19) Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula)
20) Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
21) Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
22) Common starling/European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
23) European white stork (Ciconia ciconia)
24) Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
25) Eurasian coot (Fulica atra)
26) Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
27) Great egret (Ardea alba)
28) Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
29) Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
30) Greylag goose (Anser anser)
31) Common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
32) Grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
33) Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
34) Eurasian chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
35) Mute swan (Cygnus olor)
36) Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
37) Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
38) Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)
39) Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
40) Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
41) Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
42) Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
43) Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica)
44) Western house martin (Delichon urbicum)
45) Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
46) Black kite (Milvus migrans)
47) European greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
48) Black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
49) common swift (Apus apus)

Amphibians
1) Edible frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus)

Invertebrates
1) Seven-spot ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
2) Common brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni)
3) Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
4) Common earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris)
5) Small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)
6) Common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum)
7) Common house mosquito (Culex pipiens)
8) Housefly (Musca domestica)
9) Great grey slug/Leopard slug (Limax maximus)
10) Red slug (Arion rufus)
11) Common garden snail (Cornu aspersum)
12) Black garden ant (Lasius niger)
13) Honey bee (Apis mellifera)
14) Lemon snail (Cepaea nemoralis)
15) Black field slug (Arion hortensis)
16) Box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis)
17) Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae)
18) Black-headed cardinal beetle (Pyrochroa coccinea)
19) Northern damselfly or Spearhead blue (Coenagrion hastulatum)
20) Black-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum)
21) Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
22) Common rough woodlouse (Porcellio scaber)
23) Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
24) Yellow meadow ant (Lasius flavus)
25) Common gooseberry sawfly (Nematus ribesii)
26) Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
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Mammals
1) Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
2) Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
3) Brown rat/Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus)
4) Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
5) Greater white-toothed shrew (Crocidura russula)
6) House mouse (Mus musculus)
7) Common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
8) European hare (Lepus europaeus)

Birds
1) Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
2) Carrion crow (Corvus corone)
3) Common buzzard (Buteo buteo)
4) Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
5) Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
6) Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
7) House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
8) Common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)
9) Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
10) European robin (Erithacus rubecula)
11) Great tit (Parus major)
12) Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
13) European herring gull (Larus argentatus)
14) Eurasian magpie (Pica pica)
15) Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
16) Western jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
17) Eurasian kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
18) Feral pigeon (Columba livia)
19) Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula)
20) Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
21) Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
22) Common starling/European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
23) European white stork (Ciconia ciconia)
24) Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
25) Eurasian coot (Fulica atra)
26) Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
27) Great egret (Ardea alba)
28) Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
29) Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
30) Greylag goose (Anser anser)
31) Common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
32) Grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
33) Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
34) Eurasian chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
35) Mute swan (Cygnus olor)
36) Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
37) Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
38) Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)
39) Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
40) Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
41) Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
42) Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
43) Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica)
44) Western house martin (Delichon urbicum)
45) Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
46) Black kite (Milvus migrans)
47) European greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
48) Black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
49) Common swift (Apus apus)
50) Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus)
51) Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)

Amphibians
1) Edible frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus)

Invertebrates
1) Seven-spot ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
2) Common brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni)
3) Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
4) Common earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris)
5) Small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)
6) Common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum)
7) Common house mosquito (Culex pipiens)
8) Housefly (Musca domestica)
9) Great grey slug/Leopard slug (Limax maximus)
10) Red slug (Arion rufus)
11) Common garden snail (Cornu aspersum)
12) Black garden ant (Lasius niger)
13) Honey bee (Apis mellifera)
14) Lemon snail (Cepaea nemoralis)
15) Black field slug (Arion hortensis)
16) Box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis)
17) Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae)
18) Black-headed cardinal beetle (Pyrochroa coccinea)
19) Northern damselfly or Spearhead blue (Coenagrion hastulatum)
20) Black-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum)
21) Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
22) Common rough woodlouse (Porcellio scaber)
23) Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
24) Yellow meadow ant (Lasius flavus)
25) Common gooseberry sawfly (Nematus ribesii)
26) Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
 
Dr. Loxodonta said:
It seems I am -1 species as whilst flicking through my list, I’ve come across a duplicate.
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Dr. Loxodonta said:
Another Mistake :rolleyes:, I’m now on 128 for Birds hopefully I don’t come across anymore ;).
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Turns out I am actually on 130 Birds now, after I forgot to add the fact that the house sparrow had previously been corrected. I have just finished a new online document rather than using my old noggin’ so the new (corrected) list is at 130.
 
KiwiBirb said:
I’m up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire this weekend. I had little time to bird today as I spent time with family, although I did see 2 species where I’m staying which had previously evaded me in New Jersey. I additionally heard a very large mammal in the woods, although I was unable to find what it was (Moose or Black Bear would be my guess)

Birds
164) Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
165) Red-Eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)

Progress:
Mammals- 17
Birds- 165
Herptiles- 11
Total- 191
Heard-only Species- 13
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While a got back from New Hampshire a few days ago, I have been very busy running errands to post. I first went the the Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge, which appeared to be the best place to bird in the North Woods. While several species like Veery, Magnolia Warbler, and Black-Throated Greeen Warbler continued to evade my eyes, I was able to catch some birds I missed during migration season and a Snowshoe Hare. I then traveled further north on State Route 16 where I finally saw a Moose in a wetlands near Milan. I tried my luck at Umbagog Wildlife Refuge but unfortunately got lost and only saw a Merganser (although pleasant to see, leaving my area 2 months ago.) I decided to take a trip the the Connecticut Lakes in Pittsburg. My navigation system decided the best route to go would be through some back roads north of Errol instead of the traditional paved roads. While I do credit my navigation system in taking me a more wildlife friendly route where I several new birds such as Canada Jay, Boreal Chickadee, and Ruffed Grouse (all of which are certainly lifers,) although it did lead me down a road which turned into a snowmobile only road (I didn’t have a snowmobile.) I eventually found my way down the right road towards the Connecticut Lakes thanks to some locals and as soon as I got onto Route 3 I found a very strange fox, running out in the open along the side of the road with a small animal in its mouth. It ran along that road for at least a quarter of a mile before I outpaced it. The final place I stopped before it got dark was the East Inlet Dam. While my luck initially dry, I spotted a pair of Ring-Necked Ducks, a bird that is reportedly rare for this time of year even for that area. As I walked back to my car I heard some high pitched calls coming from several nearby trees which Merlin identified as a Brown Creeper. After a few minutes of scanning the trees where the calls were coming from I saw one. I thought that was a successful end to a successful trip, however driving back to camp I saw not one, but 2 Fishers, an animal I had only heard stories of and never actually seen.

Mammals
18) Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus)
19) Moose (Alces alces)
20) Fisher (Pekania pennanti)

Birds
166) Red-Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
167) Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
168) Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis)
169) Black-Throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)
170) Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)
171) Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)
172) Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus)
173) Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)

Heard-Only Species
12) Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis)

Progress:
Mammals- 20 (even with my hunts for mammals in years past, this is my highest total on the East Coast)
Birds- 173
Herptiles- 11
Total- 204
Heard-only Species- 12
 
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