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and here's another one:

I was at Sepilok (in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo) for one day - two nights. Sepilok was basically added to the trip for the chance to look for tarsier and slow loris at night. It's a difficult place to bird because for most of the day there is little activity, so there's not a lot on the list. But we were mostly there for spotlighting - and that is always hit and miss (...in this case almost entirely miss).

BIRDS:

100) Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis
101) Javan mynah Acridotheres javanicus
102) Asian pied fantail Rhipidura javanica
103) Yellow-vented bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
104) Blue-throated bee-eater Merops viridis
105) Ruby-cheeked sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
106) Red-eyed bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
107) Brown-throated sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
108) Lesser green leafbird Chloropsis cyanopogon
109) Ashy tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
110) Black-naped monarch Hypothymis azurea
111) Chestnut-breasted malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
112) Scarlet-backed flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
113) Slender-billed crow Corvus enca
114) Black-winged flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus
115) Rufous-tailed tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus
116) White-bellied erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
117) Spectacled spiderhunter Arachnothera flavigaster
118) Yellow-eared spiderhunter Arachnothera chrysogenys
119) Purple-naped sunbird Hypogramma hypogrammicum
120) Buff-vented bulbul Iole olivacea
121) Crested serpent-eagle Spilornis cheela
122) Pink-necked green pigeon Treron vernans
123) Bushy-crested hornbill Anorrhinus galeritus
124) Green iora Aegithina viridissima
125) Brahminy kite Haliastur indus
126) Intermediate egret Egretta intermedius

MAMMALS:

15) Southern pig-tailed macaque Macaca nemestrina
16) Prevost's squirrel Callosciurus prevostii
17) Ear-spot squirrel Callosciurus adamsi
18) Variable giant squirrel Ratufa affinis
19) Plantain squirrel Callosciurus notatus
20) Red giant flying squirrel Petaurista petaurista
21) Giant flying fox Pteropus vampyrus
22) Low's squirrel Sundasciurus lowii
 
456. Willow warbler
457. Alexandrine parakeet (Cologne...)


Invertebrates
44. Hummingbird hawk moth
45. Discus ruderatus (snail ;))

Monday I am traveling to Kenya again and I will spend 2.5 weeks there and the rest of the year will be spent in Tanzania (Amani, Pemba & Gombe).

First days in Kenya

458. Northern double-collared sunbird

Mammals:

74. Coke's hartebeest
 
Birds
36. Gray-tailed Tattler
37. Greater Sand Plover
Birds
38. Australian White Ibis
39. Magpielark
40. Willlie Wagtail
41. Mallard
42. Red Wattlebird
43. Eurasian Coot
44. Australasian Grebe
45. Bluebilled Duck
46. Australian Wood Duck
47. Dusky Moorhen
48. Australian Swamphen
49. Magpie
50. Singing Honeyeater
51. Welcome Swallow
52. Rainbow Lorikeet
53. Hardhead Duck
54. Australian Raven
55. Grey Teal
56. Black Swan
57. Brown Honeyeater

:p

Hix
 
First days in Kenya

458. Northern double-collared sunbird

Mammals:

74. Coke's hartebeest

I clearly cannot count, Coke's hartebeest should be mammal species number 75, it looks like I will easily break my record of 81 (85 according to G&G...) mammal species in one year.
 
Birds
38. Australian White Ibis
39. Magpielark
40. Willlie Wagtail
41. Mallard
42. Red Wattlebird
43. Eurasian Coot
44. Australasian Grebe
45. Bluebilled Duck
46. Australian Wood Duck
47. Dusky Moorhen
48. Australian Swamphen
49. Magpie
50. Singing Honeyeater
51. Welcome Swallow
52. Rainbow Lorikeet
53. Hardhead Duck
54. Australian Raven
55. Grey Teal
56. Black Swan
57. Brown Honeyeater

Birds
58. Galah
59. Splendid Fairy Wren
60. Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
61. Grey Fantail
62. Ringneck Parrrot
63. Redcapped Parrot
64. Silvereye
65. Grey Currawong
66. Striated Pardalote
67. Rufous Treecreeper
68. Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
69. Rainbow Bee-eater
70. Dusky Woodswallow
71. Western Rosella
72. Purple-crowned Lorikeet
73. Jacky Winter

Reptiles
3. Shingleback Skink

:p

Hix
 
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Birds
58. Galah
59. Splendid Fairy Wren
60. Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
61. Grey Fantail
62. Ringneck Parrrot
63. Redcapped Parrot
64. Silvereye
65. Grey Currawong
66. Striated Pardalote
67. Rufous Treecreeper
68. Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
69. Rainbow Bee-eater
70. Dusky Woodswallow
71. Western Rosella
72. Purple-crowned Lorikeet

Reptiles
3. Shingleback Skink

:p

Hix

Where were these species seen? (I'm specifically most interested in the Purple-crowned Lorikeet).
 
Galah to Silvereye were seen at Wungong Dam, the rest were all at Dryandra Woodlands. Four shinglebacks were seen, two roadkills in Dryandra, a live one on the road out of Dryandra to Narrogin, and the last on the Brookton Highway (also live).

The Purplecrowns were a pain. I could hear lots of lorikeets calling in the tops of flowering gums but couldn't see a damn thing until they flew off at breakneck speed, making it impossible to confirm their identity (although there really wasn't too much else they could be). Eventually I found some in the tops of some trees 100 metres away and was able to see their heads well enough to confirm what they were.

:p

Hix
 
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Galah to Silvereye were seen at Wugong Dam, the rest were all at Dryandra Woodlands. Four shinglebacks were seen, two roadkills in Dryandra, a live one on the road out of Dryandra to Narrogin, and the last on the Brookton Highway (also live).

The Purplecrowns were a pain. I could hear lots of lorikeets calling in the tops of flowering gums but couldn't see a damn thing until they flew off at breakneck speed, making it impossible to confirm their identity (although there really wasn't too much else they could be). Eventually I found some in the tops of some trees 100 metres away and was able to see their heads well enough to confirm what they were.

:p

Hix

That's interesting, thanks for the details.
I've still not got Purple-crowned on my list.
 
An afternoon, one full day, and one morning at Mt. Kinabalu (in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo). Often long stretches go by in the forest with no birds so ideally you need at least several days there.

BIRDS:

127) Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
128) Bornean whistler Pachycephala hypoxantha
129) Ochraceous bulbul Alophoixus olivaceus
130) Indigo flycatcher Eumyias indigo
131) Yellow-breasted warbler Seicercus montis
132) Short-tailed green magpie Cissa thalassina
133) Maroon woodpecker Blythipicus rubiginosus
134) Crimson-winged woodpecker Picus puniceus
135) Hair-crested drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
136) Mountain wren-babbler Napothera crassus
137) Eye-browed jungle-flycatcher Rhinomyias gularis
138) Temminck's sunbird Aethopyga temmincki
139) Black-capped white-eye Zosterops atricapilla
140) Pigmy blue flycatcher Ficedula (Muscicapella) hodgsoni
141) Snowy-browed flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
142) Chestnut-crowned erpornis Erpornis everetti
143) Bornean treepie Dendrocitta cinerascens
144) Bornean whistling thrush Myophonus borneensis
145) Chestnut-hooded laughing thrush Garrulax treacheri
146) Sunda laughing thrush Garrulax palliatus
147) Whitehead's trogon Harpactes whiteheadi
148) Ashy drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
149) Ruddy cuckoo-dove Macropygia emiliana
150) Black and crimson oriole Oriolus cruentatus
151) Bornean montane forktail Enicurus borneensis
152) Everett's thrush Zoothera everetti
153) Red-breasted hill partridge Arborophila hyperythra
154) Bornean montane flowerpecker Dicaeum monticolum

MAMMALS:

23) Brooke's squirrel Sundasciurus brookei
24) Long-tailed giant rat Leopoldamys sabanus
25) Small-toothed palm civet Arctogalidia trivirgata
26) Bornean black-banded squirrel Callosciurus orestes
27) Mountain tree shrew Tupaia montanus
28) Red-bellied sculptor squirrel Glyphodes simus
 
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Bah, all you people and your... birds. And mammals.

I'm having a very slow October - plenty of good birds about but all at just too far a distance to get to easily.

So far no new species at all for October, though I have advanced the UK-only list to the tune of one rather nice Glossy Ibis at Idle Valley (UK total now 202). Will be trying for a mission next weekend though.
 
I clearly cannot count, Coke's hartebeest should be mammal species number 75, it looks like I will easily break my record of 81 (85 according to G&G...) mammal species in one year.

birds:

459. Southern black flycatcher
460. African scops owl
 
Birds
58. Galah
59. Splendid Fairy Wren
60. Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
61. Grey Fantail
62. Ringneck Parrrot
63. Redcapped Parrot
64. Silvereye
65. Grey Currawong
66. Striated Pardalote
67. Rufous Treecreeper
68. Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
69. Rainbow Bee-eater
70. Dusky Woodswallow
71. Western Rosella
72. Purple-crowned Lorikeet
73. Jacky Winter

Birds
74. Little Corella
75. White-cheeked Honeyeater
76. New Holland Honeyeater
77. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
78. Spotted Pardalote
79. Australian Shelduck
80. Silver Gull
81. Hoary-headed Grebe
82. Australian Reed Warbler
83. Spotted Dove
84. Banded Rail
85. Australian Pelican
86. Pied Cormorant
87. Little Egret
88. Yellowbilled Spoonbill
89. Great Crested Grebe
90. Musk Duck
91. Straw-necked Ibis
92. Laughing Dove

Mammals
4. Western Grey Kangaroo

:p

Hix
 
Several days spent in Sabah's capital city Kota Kinabalu, mostly not birding.

BIRDS:

155) White-breasted waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
156) Great white egret Egretta alba
157) White-bellied sea eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
158) Whiskered tern Chlidonias hybridus
159) Eastern reef heron Egretta sacra
160) Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleuca
161) Olive-backed sunbird Nectarinia jugularis
162) Asian house swift Apus nipalensis
163) Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
164) Pied triller Lalage nigra
165) Green imperial pigeon Ducula aenea
166) Collared kingfisher Todirampus chloris
167) White-breasted woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
168) Purple heron Ardea purpurea
169) Nankeen night heron Nycticorax caledonicus
170) Common iora Aegithina tiphia
171) Little egret Egretta garzetta
172) Blue-eared kingfisher Alcedo meninting
173) Plain sunbird Anthreptes simplex
174) Orange-bellied flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma
175) Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans

MAMMALS:

29) Brown rat Rattus norvegicus
 
Birds and mammals seen in New Delhi over the last three days:

BIRDS:

JUST AROUND NEW DELHI STREETS
176) Black kite Milvus migrans
177) Indian ringneck Psittacula krameri
178) Jungle babbler Turdoides striata
179) Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto
180) Asian koel Eudynamys scolopacea
181) Indian pond heron Ardeola grayii
182) Bank mynah Acridotheres ginginianus

OKHLA BIRD SANCTUARY
183) Northern shoveller Anas clypeata
184) White-throated kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
185) Indian river tern Sterna aurantia
186) Black-headed gull Larus ridibundus
187) Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus
188) Asian little cormorant Phalacrocorax niger
189) Indian cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
190) Oriental darter Anhinga melanogaster
191) Eurasian teal Anas crecca
192) Spot-billed duck Anas poecilorhyncha
193) Grey heron Ardea cinerea
194) Red-wattled lapwing Vanellus indicus
195) Eurasian wigeon Anas penelope
196) Red-naped (Black) ibis Pseudibis papillosa
197) Asiatic black-headed ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus
198) Greater coucal Centropus sinensis
199) Lesser whistling duck Dendrocygnus javanica
200) Shikra Accipiter badius
201) Asian pied starling Sturnus (Gracupica) contra
202) Black drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
203) Red-vented bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
204) Red-whiskered bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
205) Pied bushchat Saxicola caprata
206) Bronze-winged jacana Metopidius indicus
207) Pheasant-tailed jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
208) Striated babbler Turdoides earlei
209) Ashy prinia Prinia socialis
210) Green bee-eater Merops orientalis
211) Yellow-footed green pigeon Treron phoenicoptera
212) Red avadavat Amandava amandava
213) Purple sunbird Nectarinia asiatica
214) Oriental white-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
215) Rufous treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
216) Eurasian hobby Falco subbuteo
217) Blue peafowl Pavo cristatus

SULTANPUR NATIONAL PARK
218) Black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus
219) Common hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
220) Knob-billed (Comb) duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
221) Painted stork Mycteria leucocephala

222) Plain prinia Prinia inornata
223) Large grey babbler Turdoides malcolmi
224) Hoopoe Upupa epops
225) Sarus crane Grus antigone
226) Black redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
227) Black-necked stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
228) Black-winged kite Elanus caeruleus
229) Eurasian little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
230) Red-throated flycatcher Ficedula parva
231) Spotted owlet Athene brama
232) Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus
233) Western marsh harrier Circus aeruginosus
234) Hume's leaf-warbler Phylloscopus humei
235) Coppersmith barbet Megalaima haemacephala
236) Common woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus


MAMMALS:

30) Five-striped palm squirrel Funambulus pennantii
31) Rhesus macaque Macaca mulatta
32) Nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus
 
Spotted one of these in my garden the other day! Very surprising to still see one now:

Belgium:
125) Common nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos
 
I clearly cannot count, Coke's hartebeest should be mammal species number 75, it looks like I will easily break my record of 81 (85 according to G&G...) mammal species in one year.

Apart from 2 palearctic migrants, I finally saw the monster bird that I wanted to see for a long time, but eluded me so far.

459. Sand martin
460. European roller
461. Grey-headed bush shrike

Mammals
76. Black rat
77. African grass rat
 
Birds
74. Little Corella
75. White-cheeked Honeyeater
76. New Holland Honeyeater
77. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
78. Spotted Pardalote
79. Australian Shelduck
80. Silver Gull
81. Hoary-headed Grebe
82. Australian Reed Warbler
83. Spotted Dove
84. Banded Rail
85. Australian Pelican
86. Pied Cormorant
87. Little Egret
88. Yellowbilled Spoonbill
89. Great Crested Grebe
90. Musk Duck
91. Straw-necked Ibis
92. Laughing Dove
Birds
93. Black-winged Stilt
94. Rock (feral) Pigeon

:p

Hix
 
Apart from 2 palearctic migrants, I finally saw the monster bird that I wanted to see for a long time, but eluded me so far.

459. Sand martin
460. European roller
461. Grey-headed bush shrike

Mammals
76. Black rat
77. African grass rat

78. Black-necked rock hyrax
 
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