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393. Brubru
394. Heuglins courser
395. Grey wren warbler
396. Lesser flamingo

herps
17. Southern long-tailed lizard (Latastia longicaudata)

The lesser flamingo are the birds I have been able from the furthest distance ever for me ;) From a hill several kilometres away I could see several huge flocks of lesser flamingo on Lake Bogoria ;), hopefully I will be able to get closer soon...
 
Reptiles
9. Common Garden Skink (Lampropholis guichenotti)

:p

Hix
 
lintworm said:
393. Brubru
394. Heuglins courser
395. Grey wren warbler
396. Lesser flamingo

herps
17. Southern long-tailed lizard (Latastia longicaudata)

The lesser flamingo are the birds I have been able from the furthest distance ever for me ;) From a hill several kilometres away I could see several huge flocks of lesser flamingo on Lake Bogoria ;), hopefully I will be able to get closer soon...
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397. White-bellied canary
398. Red-fronted tinkerbird


Herps:
18. Hemidactylus angulatus

Still no dikdiks in Kenya....
 
lintworm said:
397. White-bellied canary
398. Red-fronted tinkerbird


Herps:
18. Hemidactylus angulatus

Still no dikdiks in Kenya....
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For the first time reached 400 bird species within 1 year :)

399. Chestnut weaver
400. Grey-headed silverbill


and a new mammal as well:

48. Heart-nosed bat (African false vampire bat)
 
After quite a good start to the year (with a trip to Tanzania etc.), I haven't really seen much wildlife recently. But in Plzen Zoo yesterday, I saw a very nice wild mammal which I was really surprised to see:

40) Weasel

I have attached a couple of photos that I managed to take before some noisy children came along and scared it away.
 

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LaughingDove said:
After quite a good start to the year (with a trip to Tanzania etc.), I haven't really seen much wildlife recently. But in Plzen Zoo yesterday, I saw a very nice wild mammal which I was really surprised to see:

39) Weasel
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should that be mammal number 40? I already have you down at 39.
 
DesertRhino150 said:
Went on another bat count today and saw another lifer species:

23. Nathusius' pipistrelle bat Pipistrellus nathusii
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Got back yesterday from another week in North Norfolk - poor weather meant I only managed to get one new bird species, but that was more than made up for by the addition of four new mammals:

Birds:
151. Eurasian siskin - Spinus spinus

Mammals:
24. Least weasel Mustela nivalis
25. Chinese water deer Hydropotes inermis
26. Common seal Phoca vitulina
27. Atlantic grey seal Halichoerus grypus
 
Birds
183. Little Penguin
184. Rainbow Bee-eater
185. White-bellied Sea-eagle
186. Bridled Tern
187. Little Eagle
188. White-breasted Robin

Mammals
15. Inshore Bottlenose Dolphin
16. Australian Sea Lion

:p

Hix
 
lintworm said:
For the first time reached 400 bird species within 1 year :)

399. Chestnut weaver
400. Grey-headed silverbill


and a new mammal as well:

48. Heart-nosed bat (African false vampire bat)
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401. Little bittern
402. African pygmy kingfisher
403. Goliath heron
 
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the first of November - only two months to go!


BIRDS:
jbnbsn99 – 435
lintworm – 403
Ituri – 270
LaughingDove – 268
Hevden – 240
Chlidonias – 230
mstickmanp – 224
boof – 217
robmv – 214
Maguari – 192
Hix – 188
TeaLovingDave – 184
DesertRhino150 – 151
nanoboy – 138
adrian1963 – 125
Pleistohorse – 115
zooboy28 – 110
ThylacineAlive – 52
vogelcommando – 50
BeardsleyZooFan – 31
AverageWalrus – 29
Javan Rhino – 19

MAMMALS:
lintworm – 48
Ituri – 44
jbnbsn99 – 42
LaughingDove – 40
Pleistohorse – 38
Maguari – 31
Chlidonias – 31
TeaLovingDave - 30
DesertRhino150 – 27
Hix – 16
zooboy28 – 9
ThylacineAlive – 8
BeardsleyZooFan – 7
AverageWalrus – 3
mstickmanp – 2

HERPTILES:
lintworm – 18 Herptiles total (15 Reptiles, 3 Amphibians)
ThylacineAlive – 16 Herptiles total (8 Reptiles, 8 Amphibians)
TeaLovingDave - 15 Herptiles total (8 Reptiles, 7 Amphibians)
Ituri – 12 Herptiles total (8 Reptiles, 4 Amphibians)
LaughingDove – 8 Herptiles total (2 Reptiles, 6 Amphibians)
Hix – 9 Herptiles total (9 Reptiles, 0 Amphibians)
DesertRhino150 – 5 Herptiles total (3 Reptiles, 2 Amphibians)
AverageWalrus – 4 Herptiles total (4 Reptiles, 0 Amphibians)
Maguari – 5 Herptiles total (2 Reptiles, 3 Amphibians)
BeardsleyZooFan – 1 Herptiles total (0 Reptiles, 1 Amphibians)

FISH:
lintworm – 10
DesertRhino150 – 6
LaughingDove – 5
AverageWalrus – 3

BUTTERFLIES:
lintworm – 9
 
Current Bird Total: 189 taxa

An extremely pleasureable morning of walking along the Northumberland coastline has allowed me to pick up a handful of nice yearticks along with a lot of old favorites - but the highlight was certainly spotting a raft of approximately 70 Common Eider just south of Seaton Sluice, with 26 Common Scoter (a yeartick I have not seen for many years) and 4 Velvet Scoter (a lifetick!) mingling amongst them :D

TeaLovingDave said:
1) Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
2) Great tit (Parus major)
3) Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
4) European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
5) Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
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TeaLovingDave said:
6) European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
7) Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
8) Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
9) European Blackbird (Turdus merula)
10) Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
11) European Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
12) European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
13) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
14) Greater Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
15) Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
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TeaLovingDave said:
16) Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
17) Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
18) Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
19) Common Gull (Larus canus)
20) Coot (Fulica atra)
21) Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
22) Eurasian Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
23) Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
24) Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
25) Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
26) Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
27) Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
28) Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
29) Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
30) Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
31) Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
32) Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
33) Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
34) Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
35) Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
36) Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis cabaret)
37) Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
38) Magpie (Pica pica)
39) Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
40) Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
41) Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
42) Mealy Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
43) Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
44) Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
45) Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
46) Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
47) Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
48) Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
49) Redshank (Tringa totanus)
50) Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
51) Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
52) Sanderling (Calidris alba)
53) Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
54) Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
55) Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
56) Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
57) Twite (Carduelis flavirostris)
58) Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
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TeaLovingDave said:
59) Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris)
60) Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
61) Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
62) Gannet (Morus bassanus)
63) Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
64) Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
65) Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
66) Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
67) Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
68) Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
69) Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
70) Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
71) Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)
72) Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
73) Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
74) European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
75) European Crane (Grus grus)
76) White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
77) Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus)
78) Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
79) Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
80) European Raven (Corvus corax)
81) Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
82) Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
83) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
84) Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
85) Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
86) Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
87) Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix)
88) Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
89) Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
90) Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
91) Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
92) Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
93) Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
94) Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
95) Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
96) Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
97) Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
98) Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
99) Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
100) Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
101) Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
102) Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
103) Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
104) Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
105) Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
106) Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
107) Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
108) Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
109) Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
110) Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
111) Crag Martin (Hirundo rupestris)
112) House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
113) Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
114) Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
115) Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)
116) Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
117) Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
118) Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
119) Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
120) Garganey (Anas querquedula)
121) Merganser (Mergus merganser)
122) Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
123) Eider (Somateria mollissima)
124) Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
125) Swift (Apus apus)
126) Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
127) Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
128) Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus)
129) Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
130) Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)
131) Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
132) Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
133) Firecrest (Regulus ignicapillus)
134) Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
135) Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
136) Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
137) Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
138) Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
139) Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius)
140) White-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
141) Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
142) Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus)
143) Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus)
144) Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
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TeaLovingDave said:
145) Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
146) Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
147) Little Gull (Larus minutus)
148) Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
149) Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
150) Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
151) Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
152) Merlin (Falco columbarius)
153) Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
154) Ring-necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
155) Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
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TeaLovingDave said:

156) Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
157) Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
158) Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)
159) Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
160) Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
161) Gadwall (Anas strepera)
162) Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
163) Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
164) Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
165) Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
166) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
167) Guillemot (Uria aalge)
168) Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
169) Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
170) Knot (Calidris canutus)
171) Woodlark (Lullula arborea)
172) Linnet (Carduelis cannabina)
173) Pintail (Anas acuta)
174) Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
175) Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
176) Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
177) Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
178) Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
179) Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
180) Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
181) Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
182) Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
183) Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
184) Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
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185) Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
186) Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
187) Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
188) Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
189) Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)

Mammal total remains stable: 30 taxa

Herptile total remains stable: 15 taxa
 
lintworm said:
401. Little bittern
402. African pygmy kingfisher
403. Goliath heron
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403. Slate-coloured boubou
404. Olivaceous warbler
405. Sulphur-breasted bush shrike

Mammals:
49. Woodland dormouse

I take northern black flycatcher of the list. I thought I saw this species here in Baringo last June, but now I have seen more of these birds, I think I misidentified them and they should be juvenile drongo instead... So still 30 to go ;)
 
Chlidonias said:
the first of November - only two months to go!


BIRDS:
Hix – 188


MAMMALS:
Hix – 16


HERPTILES:
Hix – 9 Herptiles total (9 Reptiles, 0 Amphibians)


FISH:
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Birds
189. Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
190. Great Crested Grebe

Before the end of the year I expect to get only another 10-20 birds, of which half-a-dozen will be lifers. Reptiles should hopefully increase by only two or three, and I expect to see only one more mammal. But I should be seeing quite a few fish.

:p

Hix
 
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218. Rufous fantail
219. Shining bronze cuckoo
220. Black faced monarch
221. Leaden Flycatcher
 
lintworm said:

403. Slate-coloured boubou
404. Olivaceous warbler
405. Sulphur-breasted bush shrike

Mammals:
49. Woodland dormouse

I take northern black flycatcher of the list. I thought I saw this species here in Baringo last June, but now I have seen more of these birds, I think I misidentified them and they should be juvenile drongo instead... So still 30 to go ;)
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406. Great spotted cuckoo
407. Long-toed lapwing
 
Mammals
17. Humpback Whale

:p

Hix
 
lintworm said:

408. Great white pelican
409. Northern black flycatcher (this time no drongo)
410. Cardinal woodpecker

Mammals

50. Striped ground squirrel
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On the last day of selecting field sites for our research we ended up in a wet grassland area, so while working I was able to see many many birds (and zebra) and I got 3 additions for the year list, of which I am particularly fond of the painted snipe, which was a female that was very showy.

411. Blacksmith plover
412. Ruff
413. Greater painted snipe

Tomorrow will be my last working day in Kenya and Saturday I will be travelling to South Africa :)
 
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