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Second day at Khwai (25th April):

218. Double-breasted Sandgrouse - Pterocles bicinctus
219. Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus
220. Red-eyed Dove - Streptopelia semitorquata
221. Grey-headed Kingfisher - Halcyon leucocephala
222. Dickinson's Kestrel - Falco dickinsoni
223. Arnott's Chat - Myrmecocichla arnotti
224. Swallow-tailed Bee-eater - Merops hirundineus
225. Crowned Lapwing - Vanellus coronatus
226. Lappet-faced Vulture - Torgos tracheliotus
227. Bradfield's Hornbill - Lophoceros bradfieldi
228. Black Heron - Egretta ardesiaca
229. Squacco Heron - Ardeola ralloides
230. Bearded Woodpecker - Chloropicus namaquus

Drive from Khwai to Moremi Game Reserve (26th April):

231. Marabou - Leptoptilos crumenifer
232. Hooded Vulture - Necrosyrtes monachus
233. Dark-capped Bulbul - Pycnonotus tricolor
234. Knob-billed Duck - Sarkidiornis melanotos
235. Black Crake - Amaurornis flavirostra
236. Southern Ground Hornbill - Bucorvus leadbeateri
237. White-crested Helmetshrike - Prionops plumatus
238. Emerald-spotted Wood Dove - Turtur chalcospilos
239. Yellow-billed Oxpecker - Buphagus africanus
240. Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus
241. Slaty Egret - Egretta vinaceigula
242. Wood Sandpiper - Tringa glareola
243. Long-toed Lapwing - Vanellus crassirostris
244. Yellow-billed Duck - Anas undulata
245. African Stonechat - Saxicola torquatus
246. Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus
247. African Skimmer - Rynchops flavirostris
248. Hottentot Teal - Anas hottentota
249. African Spoonbill - Platalea alba
250. Reed Cormorant - Microcarbo africanus
251. Holub's Golden Weaver - Ploceus xanthops
252. Tawny-flanked Prinia - Prinia subflava
253. Chinspot Batis - Batis molitor

:)
 
First day at Moremi (27th April):

254. Red-crested Korhaan - Lophotis ruficrista
255. Secretary Bird - Sagittarius serpentarius
256. Greater Honeyguide - Indicator indicator
257. Hadada Ibis - Bostrychia hagedash
258. Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica
259. Scaly-feathered Weaver - Sporopipes squamifrons
260. Lesser Grey Shrike - Lanius minor
261. Southern Pied Babbler - Turdoides bicolor
262. Burchell's Sandgrouse - Pterocles burchelli
263. Chirping Cisticola - Cisticola pipiens
264. Namaqua Dove - Oena capensis
265. Martial Eagle - Polemaetus bellicosus
266. Red-necked Falcon - Falco chicquera
267. Crimson-breasted Shrike - Laniarius atrococcineus
268. African Marsh Harrier - Circus ranivorus
269. Blue Waxbill - Uraeginthus angolensis
270. Black-collared Barbet - Lybius torquatus
271. Long-billed Crombec - Sylvietta rufescens
272. Collared Sunbird - Hedydipna collaris
273. Marico Sunbird - Cinnyris mariquensis
274. Black-backed Puffback - Dryoscopus cubla
275. Common Waxbill - Estrilda astrild
276. White-browed Scrub Robin - Cercotrichas leucophrys
277. Cape Teal - Anas capensis

Second day at Moremi (28th April):

278. Yellow-billed Stork - Mycteria ibis
279. Grey-rumped Swallow - Pseudhirundo griseopyga
280. Banded Martin - Riparia cincta
281. Rufous-naped Lark - Mirafra africana
282. Marico Flycatcher - Melaenornis mariquensis
283. Common Ostrich - Struthio camelus
284. Crested Francolin - Dendroperdix sephaena
285. African Pipit - Anthus cinnamomeus
286. Crested Barbet - Trachyphonus vaillantii
287. Kittlitz's Plover - Charadrius pecuarius
288. African Hawk-eagle - Aquila spilogaster

Third day at Moremi (29th April):

289. Verreaux's Eagle Owl - Bubo lacteus
290. Water Thick-knee - Burhinus vermiculatus
291. Greater Blue-eared Starling - Lamprotornis chalybaeus
292. Jameson's Firefinch - Lagonosticta rhodopareia
293. Red-billed Firefinch - Lagonosticta senegala
294. Three-collared Plover - Charadrius tricollaris
295. African Barred Owlet - Glaucidium capense

Leaving Moremi (30th April):

296. Black-winged Kite - Elanus caeruleus
297. Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus

O. R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg (30th April):

298. Common Mynah - Acridotheres tristis

:)
 
And the remaining lists for Botswana:

Reptiles:

2. Nile Crocodile - Crocodylus niloticus
3. Striped Skink - Trachylepis striata
4. Nile Monitor - Varanus niloticus

Amphibians:

3. Painted Reed Frog - Hyperolius parallelus

Invertebrates (all butterflies, except for two dragonflies, 23 and 24):

14. Spotted Joker - Byblia ilithia
15. Gaika Blue - Zizulu hylax
16. Brown-veined White - Belenois aurota
17. Eyed Pansy - Junonia orithya
18. African Monarch - Danaus chrysippus
19. Broad-bordered Grass Yellow - Eurema brigitta
20. Common Dotted Border - Mylothris agathina
21. Black Pie - Tuxentius melaena
22. Common Scarlet - Axiocerses tjoane
23. Banded Grounding - Brachythemis leucosticta
24. Red-veined Dropwing - Trithemis arteriosa
25. Common Diadem - Hypolimnas misippus
26. Yellow Pansy - Junonia hirta


Got some invertebrate pictures I'm working on so might be back with a few new ones for the invert list later if I'm lucky.

Final bit of business, some local additions since I returned:

Birds:

299. Common Swift - Apus apus
300. Ring Ouzel - Turdus torquatus

Mammals:

48. Daubenton's Bat - Myotis daubentonii

Invertebrates:

27. Hairy Shieldbug - Dolycoris baccarum
28. Small White - Pieris rapae
29. Common Carder-bee - Bombus pascuorum
30. Orange Tip - Anthocharis cardamines


...and I'm up to date! :)
 
LaughingDove said:
...and now for the pictures? ;)
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Slight difficulty in the lack of a Botswana gallery at the moment, and no obvious place to put them that isn't just making work for the mods later moving them! There are a few on my Twitter and Facebook. :)
 
Maguari said:
Slight difficulty in the lack of a Botswana gallery at the moment, and no obvious place to put them that isn't just making work for the mods later moving them! There are a few on my Twitter and Facebook. :)
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It's just a matter of clicking on the photographs and mass-exporting them once there's a place to put them, a few moments work at most; as such, post away!
 
TeaLovingDave said:
It's just a matter of clicking on the photographs and mass-exporting them once there's a place to put them, a few moments work at most; as such, post away!
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Looks like we have a volunteer! OK, I'll post some into the Zimbabwe Widlife gallery (closest we have!) later in that case.
 
Hix said:
Fish
257. Darkfin Chromis
258. Paletail Chromis
259. Yellowspotted Scorpionfish
260. Golden Wrasse
261. Small-spotted Dart
262. Spotfin Lionfish
263. Radiated Lionfish


Inverts
33. Nardoa spp. Starfish
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Fish
264. Roundhead Parrotfish
265. Zebra Dartfish


Inverts
34. Mantis Shrimp
35. Octopus


:p

Hix
 
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I saw a Red-eared Slider in the lake of my local park today, does anyone know if this counts as an introduced animal?
I'm also wondering how long it would have been there since the lake can freeze solid in the winter. A recent release this summer?
 
LaughingDove said:
I saw a Red-eared Slider in the lake of my local park today, does anyone know if this counts as an introduced animal?
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only if it is part of an established breeding population. Apparently the species is an established invasive in Poland. I suspect not in your local park however.
 
Hevden said:
172. Whiskered Tern
173. Greenshank
174. Reed Warbler
175. Common Swift
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176. Gannet
177. Chough
178. Fulmar
179. Manx Shearwater
180. Rock Pipit
181. Puffin
182. Sandwich Tern
183. Common Tern
184. Arctic Tern
185. Black Tern
186. Black guillemot
187. Shag
 
Firstly, some bonus birds from the WWT London Wetland Centre en route to Heathrow airport:

168. Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
169. Ring-necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
170. Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
171. Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)

Then followed the Botswana trip which Maguari has detailed above. In my head, my "year list" and "lifers" refer to birds seen in Britain, so I'll stick to those here.

One addition from a local reserve:

172. Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

Then a brilliant weekend in Suffolk and Norfolk:

173. Garganey (Anas querquedula)
174. Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
175. Stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)
176. Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
177. Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
178. Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
179. Swift (Apus apus)
180. Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
181. Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
182. Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
183. Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
184. Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
185. Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
186. Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
187. Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)
188. Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
189. Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
190. Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
191. Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
192. Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
193. Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
194. Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
195. Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
196. Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)
197. Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata)
198. Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
199. Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
200. Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) LIFER
201. Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
202. Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus)
203. Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
204. Little Owl (Athene noctua)
205. Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)

(344 worldwide)
 
Chlidonias said:
only if it is part of an established breeding population. Apparently the species is an established invasive in Poland. I suspect not in your local park however.
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They may be very present, but at least in the Netherlands they have never bred so far in the wild and the population is only stable because people keep on dumping their pets... I am quite sure the situation is the same in Poland given their climate...
 
lintworm said:
They may be very present, but at least in the Netherlands they have never bred so far in the wild and the population is only stable because people keep on dumping their pets... I am quite sure the situation is the same in Poland given their climate...
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I think the one in the lake of my local park may survive since the lake is heated so it doesn't freeze solid in winter, and a few places stay clear of ice (or it may have been released as an abandoned pet after the winter).

Would they hibernate over winter? What is the minimum temperature they can tolerate?


Also a bird:

297) Common Swift

(I should have enough time to go birding properly again in three weeks)
 
Macaw16 said:
75. Common Swift Apus apus
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Earlier this evening I was out in my garden watering some plants, and as I did so I heard a loud, varied and beautiful song, my first thought was it was a starling. Looking to the tree I'd worked out it was in I looked around it for a few minutes, despite the loud singing I failed to spot it until I saw a small(ish) brown bird. My first thought was Blackbird, but stuff felt wrong, fetching a pair of binoculars I realised it was a lovely bird, the nightingale.

76. Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos

On the same watering trip I spotted a bird which I should of seen sooner, but the species has been plagued by disease:

77. Greenfinch Chloris chloris
 
287 Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla
288 Blackburnian Warbler - Setophaga fusca
289 Common Nighthawk - Chordeiles minor
290 Yellow Warbler - Setophaga petechia
291 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - Nyctanassa violacea
 
Macaw16 said:
My first thought was Blackbird, but stuff felt wrong, fetching a pair of binoculars I realised it was a lovely bird, the nightingale.
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Although a Nightingale is not impossible, as there is always a chance of a vagrant bird, considering how far north you live and the fact the population and range of the Nightingale - traditionally restricted to the south-east of England - has drastically fallen in recent decades I feel it is prudent to ask whether you ruled out female Redstart - the two look reasonably alike!
 
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