Zoochat Big Year 2024

birdsandbats said:
From electrofishing today:

Fishes
10. White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
11. Brown Trout Salmo trutta
12. American Brook Lamprey Lethenteron appendix
13. Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
14. Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
15. Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
16. Northern Hogsucker Hypentelium nigricans
17. Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
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birdsandbats said:
More electrofishing in a different habitat today:

Fishes
18. Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
19. Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
20. Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
21. Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
22. Walleye Sander vitreus
23. Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
24. Northern Pike Esox lucius
25. Eyetail Bowfin Amia ocellicauda
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Are you eating these, or are you just electrocuting animals for fun?
 
Najade said:
24.07.24 - whale-watching boat trip, Middelfart, Denmark

Mammals
21. Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
22. Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina)
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night of 25.-26.07.24 - Randrup & drive back to Hurup, Thisted, Denmark

Mammals
23. Northern Birch Mouse (Sicista betulina)
24. European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)

Very lucky to find it on the first try. :)
(A bit of a wonder that there’s any mice up here with the amount of cats running around. Felt like every 5m every corner I turned had another cat guarding it.)

But in any case I archived my main goal: to have a better Denmark list than @Giant Eland :p
 
oflory said:
A few more birds from very different locations. The first from Crossness sewage works and the other two from the delightful gardens at Glyndebourne.

Birds
243. Franklin's gull
244. Western yellow wagtail
245. Green woodpecker
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An unbelievably timely wedding in Newcastle coincided with the appearance of a dream bird for me. Astonishingly lucky - thank you, Robyn and Dan for getting married near a greater sand plover...

Mammals
17. Bottlenose dolphin
18. White-beaked dolphin

Birds
246. Greater sand plover (!)
247. Common eider
248. Sandwich tern
249. Northern gannet
 
Some time since I have updated my list

Mammals
Bunyip State Park
40. Southern bobuck Trichosurus cunninghami

Birds
Moonlit Sanctuary
432. Tawny frogmouth Podargus strigoides
433. Laughing kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
Home
434. Black falcon Falco subniger
435. Little lorikeet Parvipsitta pusilla
436. Grey shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica

Invertebrates
Moonlit
49. Chestnut-vented crest moth Paralaea porphyrinaria
50. Gisborne cockroach Drymaplaneta semivitta
Home
51. Common yabby Cherax destructor
Panama
52. White-spotted prepona Archaeoprepona amphimachus
 
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Prochilodus246 said:
A mammal from yesterday I somehow forgot:
7) Grey seal Halichoerus grypus atlantica
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Prochilodus246 said:
On the way back to the holiday cottage in one of the arable fields:
8) Brown hare Lepus europaeus
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Prochilodus246 said:
The mammals caught in longworth traps from last night that we checked this morning:
9) European wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus
10) Bank vole Myodes glareolus
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Prochilodus246 said:
A few days spent in Berlin gained me some birds and mammals:
8) House mouse Mus musculus
9) Eurasian red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris
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You are on 12 mammals now, not 9.
 
24/7/24
197. Cape Barren goose
198. Musk duck
199. Hoary-headed grebe
200. Brolga
201. Pied oystercatcher
202. Red-kneed dotterel
203. Fairy tern
204. BLUE-WINGED PARROT**
205. STRIATED FIELDWREN88
206. Little raven
207. Eurasian skylark
208. Red-browed finch
209. European goldfinch
25/7/24
210. Musk lorikeet
 
birdsandbats said:
More electrofishing in a different habitat today:

Fishes
18. Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
19. Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
20. Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
21. Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
22. Walleye Sander vitreus
23. Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
24. Northern Pike Esox lucius
25. Eyetail Bowfin Amia ocellicauda
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Fishes
26. Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
 
Najade said:
night of 25.-26.07.24 - Randrup & drive back to Hurup, Thisted, Denmark

Mammals
23. Northern Birch Mouse (Sicista betulina)
24. European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)

Very lucky to find it on the first try. :)
(A bit of a wonder that there’s any mice up here with the amount of cats running around. Felt like every 5m every corner I turned had another cat guarding it.)

But in any case I archived my main goal: to have a better Denmark list than @Giant Eland :p
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28.07.24 - Hirsholm (06), Stensnæs (07, 08) & Randrup (25), Denmark

Mammals
25. Eurasian Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutus)

Birds
06. Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
07. Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
08. Red Knot (Calidris canutus)

After two days of nothing the birds decided to play ball today.

Also visit to Nordsøen Oceanarium to finally see Sun Fish.
 
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Glorious day yesterday in south Lincolnshire and over the border into Norfolk. One of those days where just because it's July the new additions don't reflect the quality of the wildlife in the slightest!

Additions are from Deeping Lakes, Snettisham and my regular seal spot at the mouth of the Nene (also had a quick spin at Welney that was exceptionally pleasant but not list-relevant!).

Mammals:
21. Common Seal - Phoca vitulina

Birds:
185. Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus
186. Curlew Sandpiper - Calidris ferruginea

(UK: 183)

Invertebrates:
64. Gatekeeper - Puronia tithonus
65. Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas

:)
 
oflory said:
An unbelievably timely wedding in Newcastle coincided with the appearance of a dream bird for me. Astonishingly lucky - thank you, Robyn and Dan for getting married near a greater sand plover...

Mammals
17. Bottlenose dolphin
18. White-beaked dolphin

Birds
246. Greater sand plover (!)
247. Common eider
248. Sandwich tern
249. Northern gannet
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Some more birds from the weekend in Northumberland.

Birds
250. Roseate tern
251. Common scoter
252. Goosander
253. Barn owl
254. Atlantic puffin
 
Najade said:
27.07.24 - Hirsholm (06), Stensnæs (07, 08) & Randrup (25), Denmark

Mammals
25. Eurasian Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutus)

Birds
06. Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
07. Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
08. Red Knot (Calidris canutus)

After two days of nothing the birds decided to play ball today.

Also visit to Nordsøen Oceanarium to finally see Sun Fish.
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Previous list was actually from the 27.07.24. Not sure what went wrong with my brain there.:confused:

Another addition from Stensnæs on the 27.07.24.

Birds
09. Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)

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28.07.24 - Borris Hede, Denmark

Birds
10. Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)
11. Short-toed Snake Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)

...and that's Denmark done for this trip.
 
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After a curiously long (nearly 2-year) gap in sightings, I finally spotted the most obvious fish about town yesterday, as I was on my way to town for a group outing to the escape room. After checking all the various viewpoints onto local rivers as I passed them for all that time, I was beginning to think they'd disappeared completely!

Fishes:
4. Brown Trout - Salmo trutta

:)
 
Dr. Loxodonta said:
Thank you for clarifying, I shall not include Muscovy ducks in my list.
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I think the only "tickable" Muscovy ducks in Europe are the population on the Canary Islands. Even then, I thought they were a bit dodgy (domestic plumage, very confiding) , so didn't tick/list them...
 
Am in Sydney for a funeral, and when walking away from the church in North Sydney I passed through a tiny park. North Sydney is an extension of the CBD with many high-rise buildings. Yet I was surprised to see a pair of brushturkeys in the trees in the park.

437. Australian brushturkey Alectura lathami
 
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