ZooChat Big Year 2016

[Vision]

Trip to GaiaZOO got me this guy

Netherlands:
126) Greater spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos major

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Another update, spurred on by a very enjoyable spot of casual birding today which somehow managed to result in possibly the most unusual wild lifetick I have *ever* picked up after I stumbled on a large number of twitchers enjoying a rare vagrant these additions are the result of several trips to the Northumberland coastline over the last few weeks.

Current Bird Total: 209 Taxa

1) Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
2) Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
3) Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
4) Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
5) Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
6) Great Tit (Parus major)
7) European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
8) European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)

9) Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
10) European Blackbird (Turdus merula)
11) European Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
12) European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
13) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
14) Common Gull (Larus canus)
15) Coot (Fulica atra)
16) Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
17) Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
18) Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
19) Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
20) Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
21) Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
22) Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
23) Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
24) Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
25) Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
26) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
27) Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)

28) Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
29) Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
30) Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis cabaret)
31) Eurasian Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
32) Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
33) Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
34) Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
35) Magpie (Pica pica)
36) Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
37) Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
38) Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
39) Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
40) Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
41) Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
42) Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
43) Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
44) Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
45) Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
46) Merganser (Mergus merganser)
47) Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
48) Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
49) Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
50) Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
51) Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
52) Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
53) Twite (Carduelis flavirostris)
54) Eurasian Siskin (Carduelis spinus)

55) Smew (Mergellus albellus)
56) Scaup (Aythya marila)
57) Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
58) Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
59) European Pochard (Aythya ferina)
60) European Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
61) Gadwall (Anas strepera)

62) Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
63) Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
64) Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
65) Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
66) Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
67) Eurasian Eider (Somateria mollissima)
68) Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
69) Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
70) Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
71) Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
72) Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
73) Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
74) Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
75) Knot (Calidris canutus)
76) Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
77) Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
78) Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
79) Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
80) Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
81) Raven (Corvus corax)
82) Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
83) Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
84) Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
85) Sanderling (Calidris alba)
86) Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
87) Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
88) Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
89) Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
90) Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
91) Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
92) Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
93) Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
94) Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)

95) Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
96) Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
97) Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
98) Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
99) Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
100) Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
101) Garganey (Anas querquedula)
102) Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
103) Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
104) White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
105) Guillemot (Uria aalge)
106) Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
107) Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
108) Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
109) Linnet (Carduelis cannabina)
110) House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
111) Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
112) Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
113) Pintail (Anas acuta)
114) Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
115) Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
116) Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
117) Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
118) Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
119) Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
120) Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
121) Swift (Apus apus)
122) Teal (Anas crecca)
123) Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
124) Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
125) Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
126) Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
127) Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
128) Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
129) Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
130) Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

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)

195) Little Auk (Alle alle)
196) Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)
197) Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
198) Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
199) Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
200) Shore Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
201) Merlin (Falco columbarius)
202) Little Owl (Athene noctua)
203) Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
204) Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
205) Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
206) Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
207) Daurian Shrike (Lanius isabellinus isabellinus)
208) Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
209) Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)

Current Mammal Total: 35 Taxa

1) Field Vole (Microtus agrestis)
2) Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
3) Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
4) European Hare (Lepus europaeus)
5) European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
6) Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)
7) Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

8) European Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius)

9) European Badger (Meles meles)
10) European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
11) Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
12) House Mouse (Mus musculus)
13) Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina)
14) Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra)

15) Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus)
16) Soprano Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus)

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)

35) European Polecat (Mustela putorius)

My totals for Herptiles and Fish are unchanged.

 

[Hix]

Birds
93. Black-winged Stilt
94. Rock (feral) Pigeon

95. Kookaburra
96. Rufous Whistler
97. Western Gerygone
98. Weebill



Hix

 

[Maguari]

Amazing day of birding today at Frampton - over 60 species seen, but just the one new one:

343. Long-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus scolopaceus

Lots of top-notch species though, including Glossy Ibis, Black-necked Grebe, Scaup, Spotted Redshank, Peregrine, and Grey Plover, hundreds each of Brent Geese, Wigeon and Teal, and several firsts-of-the-winter, such as Goldeneye, Whooper Swan and Fieldfare. Also a huge flock of greenfinches.

 

[Vision]

Went birding in blokkersdijk today, not a whole lot of species but still 3 new ones this year;

127) Northern shoveler, Anas clypeata
128) Jack snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus
129) Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis

 

[lintworm]

78. Black-necked rock hyrax

462. Izabelline wheatear
463. European bee-eater

Herps:
19. White-throated monitor lizard

 

[Ituri]

1 Common Raven - Corvus corax
2 Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis
3 Rock Pigeon - Columba livia
4 Black-billed Magpie - Pica hudsonia
5 American Coot - Fulica americana
6 House Finch - Haemorhous mexicanus
7 House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
8 Canada Goose - Branta canadensis
9 Ring-necked Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus
10 Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus
11 Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus
12 Northern Shrike - Lanius excubitor
13 Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestris
14 Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus
15 Juniper Titmouse - Baeolophus ridgwayi
16 Bewick's Wren - Thryomanes bewickii
17 European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
18 Common Redpoll - Acanthis flammea
19 Trumpeter Swan - Cygnus buccinator
20 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
21 Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula
22 Mountain Chickadee - Poecile gambeli
23 Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis
24 American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos
25 Rough-legged Hawk - Buteo lagopus
26 Long-eared Owl - Asio otus
27 Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis
28 Common Loon - Gavia immer
29 Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa
30 Red Crossbill - Loxia curvirostra
31 American Kestrel - Falco sparverius
32 Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus
33 Townsend's Solitaire - Myadestes townsendi
34 American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis
35 Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia
36 Mute Swan - Cygnus olor
37 Wood Duck - Aix sponsa
38 American Wigeon - Anas americana
39 Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris
40 Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola
41 Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus
42 Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
43 Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura
44 Red-breasted Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus ruber
45 Brown Creeper - Certhia americana
46 Gadwall - Anas strepera
47 Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata
48 Redhead - Aythya americana
49 American Robin - Turdus migratorius
50 Merlin - Falco columbarius
51 Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
52 White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys
53 Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus
54 Northern Harrier - Circus cyaneus
55 Brewer's Blackbird - Euphagus cyanocephalus
56 Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis
57 American Pipit - Anthus rubescens
58 Western Meadowlark - Sturnella neglecta
59 Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
60 Common Merganser - Mergus merganser
61 Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps
62 Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus
63 American White Pelican - Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
64 Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus
65 Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon
66 White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis
67 Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos
68 Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens
69 Rock Wren - Salpinctes obsoletus
70 Canyon Wren - Catherpes mexicanus
71 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula
72 Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana
73 Spotted Towhee - Pipilo maculatus
74 Prairie Falcon - Falco mexicanus
75 Ferruginous Hawk - Buteo regalis
76 Yellow-rumped Warbler - Setophaga coronata
77 Pine Siskin - Spinus pinus
78 Lesser Goldfinch - Spinus psaltria
79 Ross's Goose - Chen rossii
80 Cackling Goose - Branta hutchinsii
81 Sharp-shinned Hawk - Accipiter striatus
82 California Quail - Callipepla californica
83 Bohemian Waxwing - Bombycilla garrulus
84 Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum
85 Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata
86 Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus
87 Purple Finch - Haemorhous purpureus
88 Western Screech-Owl - Megascops kennicottii
89 Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus
90 Northern Saw-whet Owl - Aegolius acadicus
91 Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator
92 Pine Grosbeak - Pinicola enucleator
93 Northern Goshawk - Accipiter gentilis
94 Evening Grosbeak - Coccothraustes vespertinus
95 Barrow's Goldeneye - Bucephala islandica
96 Great Egret - Ardea alba
97 Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca
98 Virginia Rail - Rallus limicola
99 Harris's Sparrow - Zonotrichia querula
100 Cooper's Hawk - Accipiter cooperii
101 Steller's Jay - Cyanocitta stelleri
102 Dunlin - Calidris alpina
103 Snow Goose - Chen caerulescens
104 White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis
105 American Tree Sparrow - Spizelloides arborea
106 Ruffed Grouse - Bonasa umbellus
107 Gray Partridge - Perdix perdix
108 Snow Bunting - Plectrophenax nivalis
109 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch - Leucosticte tephrocotis
110 Black Rosy-Finch - Leucosticte atrata
111 Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo
112 Northern Pygmy-Owl - Glaucidium gnoma
113 American Dipper - Cinclus mexicanus
114 Greater White-fronted Goose - Anser albifrons
115 Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
116 California Gull - Larus californicus
117 Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus
118 Chukar - Alectoris chukar
119 Tundra Swan - Cygnus columbianus
120 Herring Gull - Larus argentatus
121 Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus
122 Marsh Wren - Cistothorus palustris
123 Pacific Wren - Troglodytes pacificus
124 Eurasian Wigeon - Anas penelope
125 Black-crowned Night-Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax
126 Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater
127 Barn Owl - Tyto alba
128 Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis
129 Say's Phoebe - Sayornis saya
130 Lincoln's Sparrow - Melospiza lincolnii
131 Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
132 Burrowing Owl - Athene cunicularia
133 Short-eared Owl - Asio flammeus
134 Canvasback - Aythya valisineria
135 Loggerhead Shrike - Lanius ludovicianus
136 Sagebrush Sparrow - Artemisiospiza nevadensis
137 Long-billed Curlew - Numenius americanus
138 Cinnamon Teal - Anas cyanoptera
139 Anna's Hummingbird - Calypte anna
140 Greater Sage-Grouse - Centrocercus urophasianus
141 Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura
142 Mountain Bluebird - Sialia currucoides
143 Sandhill Crane - Antigone canadensis
144 Clark's Nutcracker - Nucifraga columbiana
145 Western Bluebird - Sialia mexicana
146 Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor
147 Violet-green Swallow - Tachycineta thalassina
148 Bushtit - Psaltriparus minimus
149 Fox Sparrow - Passerella iliaca
150 Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis
151 Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus
152 Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca
153 Swainson's Hawk - Buteo swainsoni
154 Horned Grebe - Podiceps auritus
155 Eared Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis
156 Western Grebe - Aechmophorus occidentalis
157 Clark's Grebe - Aechmophorus clarkii
158 White-faced Ibis - Plegadis chihi
159 American Avocet - Recurvirostra americana
160 Franklin's Gull - Leucophaeus pipixcan
161 Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
162 Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata
163 Lesser Prairie-Chicken - Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
164 Lapland Longspur - Calcarius lapponicus
165 Vesper Sparrow - Pooecetes gramineus
166 Blue-winged Teal - Anas discors
167 Snowy Plover - Charadrius nivosus
168 Hudsonian Godwit - Limosa haemastica
169 Marbled Godwit - Limosa fedoa
170 Baird's Sandpiper - Calidris bairdii
171 Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla
172 Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos
173 Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla
174 Long-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus scolopaceus
175 Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe
176 Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis
177 Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos
178 Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla
179 Eastern Meadowlark - Sturnella magna
180 Barred Owl - Strix varia
181 Red-headed Woodpecker - Melanerpes erythrocephalus
182 Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus
183 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Tyrannus forficatus
184 Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis
185 Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor
186 Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus
187 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea
188 Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum
189 Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis
190 Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula
191 Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis
192 White-winged Dove - Zenaida asiatica
193 Monk Parakeet - Myiopsitta monachus
194 Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
195 Inca Dove - Columbina inca
196 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris
197 Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus
198 Red-cockaded Woodpecker - Picoides borealis
199 Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus
200 Brown-headed Nuthatch - Sitta pusilla
201 Pine Warbler - Setophaga pinus
202 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis
203 Mottled Duck - Anas fulvigula
204 Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus
205 Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis
206 Snowy Egret - Egretta thula
207 Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea
208 Tricolored Heron - Egretta tricolor
209 Reddish Egret - Egretta rufescens
210 White Ibis - Eudocimus albus
211 Roseate Spoonbill - Platalea ajaja
212 White-tailed Kite - Elanus leucurus
213 Black-bellied Plover - Pluvialis squatarola
214 American Golden-Plover - Pluvialis dominica
215 Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus
216 Piping Plover - Charadrius melodus
217 Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres
218 Red Knot - Calidris canutus
219 Sanderling - Calidris alba
220 Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauri
221 Willet - Tringa semipalmata
222 Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes
223 Laughing Gull - Leucophaeus atricilla
224 Least Tern - Sternula antillarum
225 Caspian Tern - Hydroprogne caspia
226 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
227 Forster's Tern - Sterna forsteri
228 Royal Tern - Thalasseus maximus
229 Sandwich Tern - Thalasseus sandvicensis
230 Crested Caracara - Caracara cheriway
231 Sedge Wren - Cistothorus platensis
232 Boat-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus major
233 Clapper Rail - Rallus crepitans
234 Sora - Porzana carolina
235 Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus
236 Short-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus griseus
237 House Wren - Troglodytes aedon
238 Black Tern - Chlidonias niger
239 Black Skimmer - Rynchops niger
240 Fulvous Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna bicolor
241 Anhinga - Anhinga anhinga
242 American Bittern - Botaurus lentiginosus
243 Green Heron - Butorides virescens
244 Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus
245 Purple Gallinule - Porphyrio martinicus
246 Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata
247 Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus
248 Purple Martin - Progne subis
249 Cave Swallow - Petrochelidon fulva
250 Seaside Sparrow - Ammodramus maritimus
251 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus americanus
252 Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens
253 Yellow-throated Vireo - Vireo flavifrons
254 Blue-headed Vireo - Vireo solitarius
255 Warbling Vireo - Vireo gilvus
256 Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus
257 Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus
258 Wood Thrush - Hylocichla mustelina
259 Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis
260 Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla
261 Worm-eating Warbler - Helmitheros vermivorum
262 Louisiana Waterthrush - Parkesia motacilla
263 Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera
264 Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia
265 Prothonotary Warbler - Protonotaria citrea
266 Swainson's Warbler - Limnothlypis swainsonii
267 Tennessee Warbler - Oreothlypis peregrina
268 Kentucky Warbler - Geothlypis formosa
269 Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas
270 Hooded Warbler - Setophaga citrina
271 Northern Parula - Setophaga americana
272 Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus
273 Summer Tanager - Piranga rubra
274 Scarlet Tanager - Piranga olivacea
275 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus
276 Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea
277 Orchard Oriole - Icterus spurius
278 Great Crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus crinitus
279 Fish Crow - Corvus ossifragus
280 Cliff Swallow - Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
281 Wood Stork - Mycteria americana
282 Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus
283 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - Nyctanassa violacea
284 Painted Bunting - Passerina ciris
285 Florida Scrub-Jay - Aphelocoma coerulescens
286 Common Ground-Dove - Columbina passerina
287 Muscovy Duck - Cairina moschata
288 Swallow-tailed Kite - Elanoides forficatus
289 Snail Kite - Rostrhamus sociabilis
290 Limpkin - Aramus guarauna
291 Pacific Golden-Plover - Pluvialis fulva
292 Least Bittern - Ixobrychus exilis
293 Cape May Warbler - Setophaga tigrina
294 Yellow-throated Warbler - Setophaga dominica
295 Northern Gannet - Morus bassanus
296 American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla
297 Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria
298 Common Nighthawk - Chordeiles minor
299 Black-throated Blue Warbler - Setophaga caerulescens
300 Bachman's Sparrow - Peucaea aestivalis
301 Blackpoll Warbler - Setophaga striata
302 White-eyed Vireo - Vireo griseus
303 Northern Bobwhite - Colinus virginianus
304 Nanday Parakeet - Aratinga nenday
305 Gray-headed Swamphen - Porphyrio poliocephalus
306 Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius
307 Gull-billed Tern - Gelochelidon nilotica
308 Bobolink - Dolichonyx oryzivorus
309 Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata magnificens
310 Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica
311 Chuck-will's-widow - Antrostomus carolinensis
312 Connecticut Warbler - Oporornis agilis
313 American Flamingo - Phoenicopterus ruber
314 Stilt Sandpiper - Calidris himantopus
315 King Rail - Rallus elegans
316 Eastern Screech-Owl - Megascops asio
317 White-crowned Pigeon - Patagioenas leucocephala
318 Gray Kingbird - Tyrannus dominicensis
319 Black-whiskered Vireo - Vireo altiloquus
320 Common Myna - Acridotheres tristis
321 Smooth-billed Ani - Crotophaga ani
322 White-rumped Sandpiper - Calidris fuscicollis
323 Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina
324 Common Poorwill - Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
325 Western Kingbird - Tyrannus verticalis
326 Yellow-breasted Chat - Icteria virens
327 Lazuli Bunting - Passerina amoena
328 Willow Flycatcher - Empidonax traillii
329 Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx serripennis
330 Yellow Warbler - Setophaga petechia
331 Western Wood-Pewee - Contopus sordidulus
332 Black-headed Grosbeak - Pheucticus melanocephalus
333 Bank Swallow - Riparia riparia
334 Wilson's Plover - Charadrius wilsonia
335 Blue Grosbeak - Passerina caerulea
336 Black-chinned Hummingbird - Archilochus alexandri
337 Hammond's Flycatcher - Empidonax hammondii
338 Nashville Warbler - Oreothlypis ruficapilla
339 MacGillivray's Warbler - Geothlypis tolmiei
340 Western Tanager - Piranga ludoviciana
341 Dickcissel - Spiza americana
342 Prairie Warbler - Setophaga discolor
343 Wilson's Phalarope - Phalaropus tricolor
344 Northern Waterthrush - Parkesia noveboracensis
345 Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus
346 Whooping Crane - Grus americana
347 Palm Warbler - Setophaga palmarum
348 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius

 

[DesertRhino150]

A visit to a local coastal site allowed me to pick up a new wader for my life list, that had been hanging around in the area for several days. And on arriving back at home, also saw a large swarm of a lifer dragonfly species.

146. Pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos

12. Migrant hawker dragonfly Aeshna mixta

In all the excitement of my week's holiday in Norfolk followed a wildlife filmmaking course at the weekend, I have realised that I haven't updated my list since the Norfolk holiday. I managed to add six birds (two of them very nice lifers) and one mammal:

147. Pink-footed goose Anser brachyrhynchus
148. Great white egret Ardea alba
149. Common eider Somateria mollissima [Nt]
150. Desert wheatear Oenanthe deserti
151. Snow bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
152. Water rail Rallus aquaticus

22. Atlantic grey seal Halichoerus grypus

 

[boof]

2/11/2016
320. little grassbird
321. chestnut breasted mannikin

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Thought I would post photographs of my unexpected - and very much appreciated - lifetick from Saturday given the fact I just uploaded some into the gallery:

 

[vogelcommando]

Congratulations TLD, really a very special sighting !

 

[Hix]

95. Kookaburra
96. Rufous Whistler
97. Western Gerygone
98. Weebill



Hix

99. Australian Darter



Hix

 

[ThylacineAlive]

Birds
145) American Black Vulture Coragyps atratus

~Thylo

I have one more identified from the UK and one found outside my house this morning:

Birds
146) Little Stint Calidris minuta
147) Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis

~Thylo

 

[boof]

3/11/2016
322. varied sittella

 

[lintworm]

462. Izabelline wheatear
463. European bee-eater

Herps:
19. White-throated monitor lizard

464. Plain nightjar

 

[DesertRhino150]

I managed to add six birds (two of them very nice lifers):

147. Pink-footed goose Anser brachyrhynchus
148. Great white egret Ardea alba
149. Common eider Somateria mollissima [Nt]
150. Desert wheatear Oenanthe deserti
151. Snow bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
152. Water rail Rallus aquaticus

This morning I went on a walk at Heybridge gravel pits (one of my regular haunts) in search of a lifer bird that had turned up, which I saw reasonably easily. Slightly more exciting was another scarce vagrant (not quite a lifer) that I found by myself.

153. European serin Serinus serinus
154. Tundra bean goose Anser fabalis rossicus

And with that, I have equalled my bird total for last year!

 

[Hix]

99. Australian Darter

I made an error in misidentifying a Little Egret at position 87, so I'm replacing it with:

87. Pacific Golden Plover

and adding

101. Oriental Pratincole



Hix

 

[Maguari]

Bat box check in chilly South Derbyshire today - was keen to get to this check in particular as it typically produces a particular species otherwise scarce in the bat group's box schemes, but of which we found around 16 individuals today:

55. Natterer's Bat - Myotis nattereri

 

[lintworm]

464. Plain nightjar

Arrived in Amani NR in Tanzania, not much new stuff yet, but that will come

465. House crow
466. Brown-hooded kingfisher
467. Black-and-white mannikin
468. Green-headed oriole
469. Square-tailed drongo
470. Forest weaver
471. Olive sunbird

Mammals
79. Yellow baboon
80 Straw-coloured fruit bat
81. Garnett's galago
82. Zanj sun squirrel

I have now seen more mammal species than ever before in one year and with a lot of luck even 100 mammal species might be possible this year...

 

[lintworm]

Arrived in Amani NR in Tanzania, not much new stuff yet, but that will come

465. House crow
466. Brown-hooded kingfisher
467. Black-and-white mannikin
468. Green-headed oriole
469. Square-tailed drongo
470. Forest weaver
471. Olive sunbird

Mammals
79. Yellow baboon
80 Straw-coloured fruit bat
81. Garnett's galago
82. Zanj sun squirrel

I have now seen more mammal species than ever before in one year and with a lot of luck even 100 mammal species might be possible this year...

472. Waller's starling
473. White-eared barbet
474. Green barbet
475. Uluguru violet-backed sunbird
476. Palm-nut vulture
477. African cuckoo hawk
478. Trumpeter hornbill

Mammals
83. Angolan black-and-white colobus