ZooChat Big Year 2016
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Amen to that.
I do keep a yearly 'captive+wild' mammal taxa count, but not for other groups - I find that a) I have enough lists to update as it is and b) the pressure to see *everything* every time takes some of the fun out of the zoo visits, so I limit it to mammals and anything new for all-time, otherwise I see what I see.
Not been out and about much lately, but got some additions over the last few weeks:
101. Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
102. Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
103. Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
104. Common Crane (Grus grus)
105. Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
13. Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
14. Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
15. Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus)
16. Striped Field Mouse (Apodemus agrarius)
06. Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis)
101. Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
102. Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
103. Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
104. Common Crane (Grus grus)
105. Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
13. Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
14. Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
15. Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus)
16. Striped Field Mouse (Apodemus agrarius)
06. Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis)
Hevden
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Another couple of hours seawatching today gave me one more year tick
217. Sooty Shearwater
579) Eurasian Oysercatcher
580) Ruddy Turnstone
581) Tree Pipit
582) Dartford Warbler
Though the warbler was not a lifer, it was my second ever sighting, and my first sighting was a rather poor one. Though today I saw a pair showing very nicely and singing loudly. Fantastic Birds.
you appear to have jumped from number 22 (rabbit) to 24. So is the seal number 23 or did you forget one in the middle?
Birds
428. Red-billed buffalo weaver
429. African spotted creeper
430. Greyish eagle owl
431. Allen's gallinule
432. African pygmy goose
433. White-winged widowbird
434. White-billed starling
435. Rueppel's black chat
436. Verreaux's eagle
Mammals
67. Bale green monkey
68. Oribi
69. Swaynes Hartebeest
70. Bright's gazelle
71. Gelada ssp. obscurus
72. Nile grass rat
Bale green monkey was mammal species 200 in the wild for me
Currently in Oromiya region but because of all the social unrest (protests against government with military killing people), I am moving out and will go to Afar soon. In this region there are not too many new birds (and Gerenuks
First birds from Afar:
437. Striolated bunting
438. Yellow-bellied barbet
439. Red-fronted warbler
440. European roller
Got back from a week in Norfolk - because of the time of year there was little in the way of new birds, but did still manage to add two new species together with one mammal, one amphibian, two butterflies and one dragonfly:
140. Eurasian spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
141. Little stint Calidris minuta
21. Chinese water deer Hydropotes inermis (Vu)
3. Common toad Bufo bufo
16. Painted lady butterfly Vanessa cardui
17. Wall butterfly Lasiommata megera
11. Common darter dragonfly Sympetrum striolatum
I walked home through the park tonight, looking out for Little Owls, but only saw a possum.
3) Common brush-tailed possum Trichosurus vulpecula
3) Common brush-tailed possum Trichosurus vulpecula
I have to remove the European roller from the list, as the birds I have seen here are Abyssinian rollers that lost their tail streamers.... Real European rollers should arrive in the coming month....
440. African palm swift
Somehow this species was still missing from my year list...
Hevden
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A few more from Ham Wall on the way home from Cornwall
218. Great White Egret
219. Osprey
220. Water Rail
A bird I expected to see sooner. From Sutton Bank (14/8/2016):
96. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
After some birding in both in the Netherland and Italy,
this is my updated list:
Birds
1) Eurasian blue tit [Cyanistes caeruleus]
2) Great tit [Parus major]
3) Coal tit [Periparus ater]
4) European robin [Erithacus rubecula]
5) House sparrow [passer domesticus]
6) Dunnock [Prunella modularis]
7) White wagtail [Motacilla alba]
8) Western yellow wagtail [Motacilla flava]
9) Common blackbird [Turdus merula]
10) Song thrush [Turdus philomelos]
11) Common starling [Sturnus vulgaris]
12) Barn swallow [Hirundo rustica]
13) Common house martin [Delichon urbicum)
14) Common swift [Apus apus]
15) Carrion crow [Corvus corone]
16) Common raven [Corvus corax]
17) Eurasian jackdaw [Coloeus monedula]
18) Eurasian magpie [Pica pica]
19) Eurasian jay [Garrulus glandarius]
20) Eurasian skylark [Alauda arvensis]
21) Common wood pigeon [Columba palumbus]
22) Feral pigeon [Columba livia domestica]
23) Eurasian collared dove [Streptopelia decaocto]
24) Great spotted woodpecker [Dendrocopos major]
25) European green woodpecker [Picus viridis]
26) Mute swan [Cygnus olor]
27) Whooper swan [Cygnus cygnus]
28) Mallard duck [Anas platyrhynchos]
29) Eurasian coot [Fulica atra]
30) Eurasian crane [Grus grus]
31) Barnacle goose [Branta leucopsis]
32) Canada goose [Branta canadensis]
33) Greylag goose [Anser anser]
34) Great crested grebe [Podiceps cristatus]
35) Egyptian goose [Alapochen aegyptiacus]
36) Common moorhen [Gallinula chloropus]
37) Grey heron [Ardea cinerea]
38) Great egret [Ardea alba]
39) White stork [Ciconia ciconia]
40) Grey partridge [Perdix perdix]
41) Common pheasant [Phasianus colchicus]
42) Common buzzard [Buteo buteo]
43) common kestrel [Falco tinnunculus]
44) European herring gull [Larus argentatus]
45) Lesser black-backed gull [Larus fuscus]
46) Black-headed gull [Chroicocephalus ridibundus]
47) Northern lapwing [Vanellus vanellus]
48) Eurasian oystercatcher [Heamatopus ostralegus]
49) Great cormorant [Phalacrocorax carbo]
50) Common chaffinch [Fringilla coelebs]
51) Yellowhammer [Emberiza citrinella]
52) European stonechat [Saxicola rubicola]
53) Golden eagle [Aquila chrysaetos]
54) Hen harrier [Circus cyaneus]
55) Italian sparrow [Passer italiae]
56) Hooded crow [Corvus cornix]
57) Sand martin [Riparia riparia]
58) Black kite [Milvus migrans]
59) Marsh warbler [Acrocephalus palustris]
60) Black-crowned night heron [Nycticorax nycticorax]
Mammals
1) European rabbit [Oryctolagus cunninculus]
2) European here [Lepus europaeus]
3) Roe deer [Capreolus capreolus]
4) House mouse [Mus musculus]
5) Brown rat [Rattus norvegicus]
6) Commmon vole [Micortus arvalis]
7) European hedgehog [Erinaceus europaeus]
Reptiles
1) Common wall lizard [Podacris muralis]
2) Grass snake [Natrix natrix]
I don't list inverts, but I still want to mention my sightings of
Lucanus cervus and Cetonia aurata.
this is my updated list:
Birds
1) Eurasian blue tit [Cyanistes caeruleus]
2) Great tit [Parus major]
3) Coal tit [Periparus ater]
4) European robin [Erithacus rubecula]
5) House sparrow [passer domesticus]
6) Dunnock [Prunella modularis]
7) White wagtail [Motacilla alba]
8) Western yellow wagtail [Motacilla flava]
9) Common blackbird [Turdus merula]
10) Song thrush [Turdus philomelos]
11) Common starling [Sturnus vulgaris]
12) Barn swallow [Hirundo rustica]
13) Common house martin [Delichon urbicum)
14) Common swift [Apus apus]
15) Carrion crow [Corvus corone]
16) Common raven [Corvus corax]
17) Eurasian jackdaw [Coloeus monedula]
18) Eurasian magpie [Pica pica]
19) Eurasian jay [Garrulus glandarius]
20) Eurasian skylark [Alauda arvensis]
21) Common wood pigeon [Columba palumbus]
22) Feral pigeon [Columba livia domestica]
23) Eurasian collared dove [Streptopelia decaocto]
24) Great spotted woodpecker [Dendrocopos major]
25) European green woodpecker [Picus viridis]
26) Mute swan [Cygnus olor]
27) Whooper swan [Cygnus cygnus]
28) Mallard duck [Anas platyrhynchos]
29) Eurasian coot [Fulica atra]
30) Eurasian crane [Grus grus]
31) Barnacle goose [Branta leucopsis]
32) Canada goose [Branta canadensis]
33) Greylag goose [Anser anser]
34) Great crested grebe [Podiceps cristatus]
35) Egyptian goose [Alapochen aegyptiacus]
36) Common moorhen [Gallinula chloropus]
37) Grey heron [Ardea cinerea]
38) Great egret [Ardea alba]
39) White stork [Ciconia ciconia]
40) Grey partridge [Perdix perdix]
41) Common pheasant [Phasianus colchicus]
42) Common buzzard [Buteo buteo]
43) common kestrel [Falco tinnunculus]
44) European herring gull [Larus argentatus]
45) Lesser black-backed gull [Larus fuscus]
46) Black-headed gull [Chroicocephalus ridibundus]
47) Northern lapwing [Vanellus vanellus]
48) Eurasian oystercatcher [Heamatopus ostralegus]
49) Great cormorant [Phalacrocorax carbo]
50) Common chaffinch [Fringilla coelebs]
51) Yellowhammer [Emberiza citrinella]
52) European stonechat [Saxicola rubicola]
53) Golden eagle [Aquila chrysaetos]
54) Hen harrier [Circus cyaneus]
55) Italian sparrow [Passer italiae]
56) Hooded crow [Corvus cornix]
57) Sand martin [Riparia riparia]
58) Black kite [Milvus migrans]
59) Marsh warbler [Acrocephalus palustris]
60) Black-crowned night heron [Nycticorax nycticorax]
Mammals
1) European rabbit [Oryctolagus cunninculus]
2) European here [Lepus europaeus]
3) Roe deer [Capreolus capreolus]
4) House mouse [Mus musculus]
5) Brown rat [Rattus norvegicus]
6) Commmon vole [Micortus arvalis]
7) European hedgehog [Erinaceus europaeus]
Reptiles
1) Common wall lizard [Podacris muralis]
2) Grass snake [Natrix natrix]
I don't list inverts, but I still want to mention my sightings of
Lucanus cervus and Cetonia aurata.
Three more I forgot about (I have to stop saying 'oh I'll remember this no need to write it down'):
Birds
112) Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
113) Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
114) Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
Now for some very nice seabirds and some others picked up today:
115) Common Gull Larus canus
116) Eurasian Redshank Tringa totanus
117) Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
118) Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
119) Common Swift Apus apus
120) Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
121) Red Knot Calidris canutus
122) Sanderling Calidris alba
123) Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
124) Dunlin Calidris alpina
125) Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
126) Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
127) Common Eider Somateria mollissima
128) Sand Martin Riparia riparia
129) Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
130) Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
131) House Martin Delichon urbica
132) Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus
133) Common Tern Sterna hirundo
134) Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
135) Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
136) Black-Legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
137) Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
138) Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
Mammals
23) Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus
~Thylo
Last update from the UK:
Birds
139) Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
140) Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
141) Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
142) Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
143) Great Tit Parus major
144) Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Amphibians
11) Common Brown Frog Rana temporaria
And now I'm back home.
~Thylo
And now you're back home how about a rundown of your visit to our sunny island! I would love an Americans view on British collections firsthand.
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