ooh, some nice lifers there! I think from all the list, though, beach stone curlew is the best of the lot.
ZooChat Big Year 2016
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A few mixed additions from a long weekend in Switzerland for Zoohistorica (plus the first of the two moths that turned up in my flat a few days before!):
Birds:
334. Eurasian Crag Martin - Ptyonoprogne rupestris
335. Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahelis
336. European White Stork - Ciconia ciconia
Reptiles:
7. Common Wall Lizard - Podarcis muralis
Amphibians:
6. Palmate Newt - Lissotriton helveticus (an appropriate species for Switzerland!)
Invertebrates:
95. Angle Shades - Phlogophora meticulosa
96. Hummingbird Hawkmoth - Macroglossum stellatarum
Birds:
334. Eurasian Crag Martin - Ptyonoprogne rupestris
335. Yellow-legged Gull - Larus michahelis
336. European White Stork - Ciconia ciconia
Reptiles:
7. Common Wall Lizard - Podarcis muralis
Amphibians:
6. Palmate Newt - Lissotriton helveticus (an appropriate species for Switzerland!)
Invertebrates:
95. Angle Shades - Phlogophora meticulosa
96. Hummingbird Hawkmoth - Macroglossum stellatarum
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
Birds
145) American Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
~Thylo
have you seen a fully coloured up red backed fairy wren? Probably my new favourite bird. stunning.
Black Stork is a species that I have wanted to see for a long while, and a species that is noticeably absent from my list, so today I decided to devote the whole day to trying to see one this year before they head off to Africa. I went to a national park about an hour's drive south of Warsaw which the book Birding in Poland (a guide to birding locations) suggested was a place where Black Stork was relatively easy to see, and the symbol of the national park is a Black stork. Did I manage to see one? Of course not.
I did manage to get a few final summer visitors though. They will be all gone soon.
591) Montagu's Harrier
592) Common Grasshopper Warbler (a very late staying one. Though the recent hot weather may be contributing to that)
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A long, long overdue update - my last one having been in April - containing species seen during trips to the Scottish Highlands, the Isle of Arran, many birding trips to the Northumberland coastline along with inland areas of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and County Durham, and a few wildlife-watching trips in Germany during my trip to Hamburg in June. I will (eventually) be writing about these wildlife-watching trips in more detail in the relevant trip report thread.
Current Bird Total: 191 Taxa
131) Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
132) Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
133) Corncrake (Crex crex)
134) Common Crane (Grus grus)
135) Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
136) Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
137) Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus)
138) Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)
139) Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
140) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
141) Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
142) Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
143) Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
144) Gannet (Morus bassanus)
145) Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
146) Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
147) Black Grouse (Lyrurus tetrix)
148) Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica)
149) Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
150) Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
151) Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus)
152) Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
153) Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
154) Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
155) Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
156) Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
157) Woodlark (Lullula arborea)
158) Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
159) Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
160) Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
161) Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
162) Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
163) Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
164) Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
165) Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
166) Razorbill (Alca torda)
167) Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
168) Redshank (Tringa totanus)
169) Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
170) Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
171) Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
172) Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
173) Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
174) Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
175) Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
176) Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
177) White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
178) Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
179) Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
180) Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
181) Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
182) Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus)
183) Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)
184) Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
185) Greenish Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)
186) Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
187) Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
188) Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
189) Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
190) Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
191) Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
192) Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
193) Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
194) Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius)
Current Mammal Total: 34 Taxa
17) Common shrew (Sorex araneus)
18) Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus)
19) Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens)
20) Common Noctule (Nyctalus noctula)
21) Common Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
22) Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
23) Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
24) Stoat (Mustela erminea)
25) Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
26) Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)
27) Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)
28) Sika Deer (Cervus nippon)
29) Fallow Deer (Dama dama)
30) Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
31) Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
32) Short-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
33) Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
34) Striped Field Mouse (Apodemus agrarius)
Current Herp Total: 16 Taxa
6) Adder (Vipera berus)
7) Grass Snake (Natrix natrix)
8) Viviparous Lizard (Zootoca vivipara)
9) Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis)
10) Red-eared Terrapin (Trachemys scripta)
11) European Pond Turtle (Emys orbicularis)
12) Natterjack Toad (Bufo calamita)
13) European Tree Frog (Hyla arborea)
14) Moor Frog (Rana arvalis)
15) Pool Frog (Pelophylax lessonae)
16) Marsh Frog (Pelophylax ridibundus)
And I haven't been bothering to keep track of fish, but this one is worth it as a one-off....
Current Fish Total: 1 taxon
1) Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
Current Bird Total: 191 Taxa
131) Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
132) Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
133) Corncrake (Crex crex)
134) Common Crane (Grus grus)
135) Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
136) Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
137) Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus)
138) Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)
139) Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
140) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
141) Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
142) Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
143) Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
144) Gannet (Morus bassanus)
145) Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
146) Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
147) Black Grouse (Lyrurus tetrix)
148) Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica)
149) Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
150) Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
151) Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus)
152) Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
153) Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
154) Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
155) Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
156) Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
157) Woodlark (Lullula arborea)
158) Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
159) Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
160) Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
161) Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
162) Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
163) Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
164) Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
165) Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
166) Razorbill (Alca torda)
167) Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
168) Redshank (Tringa totanus)
169) Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
170) Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
171) Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
172) Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
173) Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
174) Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
175) Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
176) Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
177) White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
178) Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
179) Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
180) Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
181) Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
182) Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus)
183) Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)
184) Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
185) Greenish Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)
186) Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
187) Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
188) Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
189) Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
190) Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
191) Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
192) Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
193) Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
194) Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius)
Current Mammal Total: 34 Taxa
17) Common shrew (Sorex araneus)
18) Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus)
19) Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens)
20) Common Noctule (Nyctalus noctula)
21) Common Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
22) Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
23) Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
24) Stoat (Mustela erminea)
25) Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
26) Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)
27) Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)
28) Sika Deer (Cervus nippon)
29) Fallow Deer (Dama dama)
30) Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
31) Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
32) Short-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
33) Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
34) Striped Field Mouse (Apodemus agrarius)
Current Herp Total: 16 Taxa
6) Adder (Vipera berus)
7) Grass Snake (Natrix natrix)
8) Viviparous Lizard (Zootoca vivipara)
9) Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis)
10) Red-eared Terrapin (Trachemys scripta)
11) European Pond Turtle (Emys orbicularis)
12) Natterjack Toad (Bufo calamita)
13) European Tree Frog (Hyla arborea)
14) Moor Frog (Rana arvalis)
15) Pool Frog (Pelophylax lessonae)
16) Marsh Frog (Pelophylax ridibundus)
And I haven't been bothering to keep track of fish, but this one is worth it as a one-off....
Current Fish Total: 1 taxon
1) Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
447. Yellow-necked spurfowl
448. Rosy-patched bush shrike (finally...)
@Chlidonias, I object. Technically most species I see during working hours and how can you remove people just because they see birds when at work...
I am now in the airport of Addis, so no new birds from Ethiopia anymore this year, though I probably will have to return for some time next year...
449. Kori bustard
450. Wahlberg's eagle
451. European oriole
452. Grasshopper buzzard
Looking over my Grey wagtail photographs again it has been re-identified as a Western yellow wagtail, which I had of course already seen this year. However, there are two species I had forgotten to add so Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) will take place #106 instead.
Another addition is the scrub robin, a bird I decided to twitch because it was close by and it's only the second time this species has been recorded in the Netherlands!
114. Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
115. Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes)
Another addition is the scrub robin, a bird I decided to twitch because it was close by and it's only the second time this species has been recorded in the Netherlands!
114. Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
115. Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes)
Over the past week or so I have managed to see another new fish species (again, a lifer) along the local river together with a new butterfly species and two Odonata, one of which only arrived in Britain in 2009.
11. Common bream Abramis brama
20. Holly blue butterfly Celastrina argiolus
14. Willow emerald damselfly Lestes viridis
15. Ruddy darter dragonfly Sympetrum sanguineum
Back from an East Yorkshire birding weekend - Saturday at Spurn, Sunday on a seabird cruise in the morning and at Flamborough in the afternoon. 6 new birds with a 50% rate of lifers, plus some very nice 'not new' species (including gannets, puffins and divers) - and the skua was my 200th UK bird for the year (the first time I've made it to that milestone).
337. Grey Plover - Pluvialis squatarola
338. Sanderling - Calidris alba
339. Yellow-browed Warbler - Phylloscopus inornatus
340. Jack Snipe - Limnocryptes minimus
341. Arctic Skua - Stercorarius parasiticus
342. Taiga Bean Goose - Anser fabalis
And as a fellow thread participant was present, some of those birds will be echoed in a subsequent post.
337. Grey Plover - Pluvialis squatarola
338. Sanderling - Calidris alba
339. Yellow-browed Warbler - Phylloscopus inornatus
340. Jack Snipe - Limnocryptes minimus
341. Arctic Skua - Stercorarius parasiticus
342. Taiga Bean Goose - Anser fabalis
And as a fellow thread participant was present, some of those birds will be echoed in a subsequent post.
a few birds seen round Reefton (which is a little town in the Southern Alps):
54) Weka Gallirallus australis
55) Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
56) NZ robin Petroica australis
57) NZ tomtit Petroica macrocephala
58) NZ bellbird Anthornis melanura
And also feral goats, but I won't count them for this thread.
54) Weka Gallirallus australis
55) Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
56) NZ robin Petroica australis
57) NZ tomtit Petroica macrocephala
58) NZ bellbird Anthornis melanura
And also feral goats, but I won't count them for this thread.
I'd just like to quote this post - number 2 in the thread.2016 should be a very good year for wildlife if all my planned trips do happen. I don't think 450 birds would be too unreasonable if I get to all the places that are currently planned...
LaughingDove is currently listed at 592 birds for the year...
This year turned out better than I expected!
When I posted that 450 number, I was unsure how much stuff in Queensland I was going to do. I knew I was going to get a week in Kenya, and I knew I would get to go to Perth, but I was only expecting to do either Southern or Northern Queensland. As it turned out, I got to do both.
I won't increase my total by very much more this year though. I should be able to hit 600, but I won't go much beyond that as I don't think I will get to do much birding in new areas the rest of this year. I will just get to bird in places around Warsaw that I have already done this year which will only get me odd birds here and there.
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