Zoochat Big Year 2025

Najade said:
05.07.25 - Allrode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Mammals
102. Lesser Noctule (Nyctalus leisleri)
103. Brandt’s Bat (Myotis brandtii)
104. Western Barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus)
105. Common Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
106. Brown Long-eared Bat (Plecotus auritus)
107. Serotine (Eptesicus serotinus)
108. Northern Bat (Eptesicus nilsonii)
109. Parti-coloured Bat (Vespertilio murinus)
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05.07.25 - Allrode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Mammals
110. European Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius)
 
Some additions, mostly from Burton Mere
Birds
131 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius

Invertebrates
20 Comma Polygonia c-album
21 Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas
22 Ringlet Aphantopus hyperanthus
23 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus
24 Cinnabar (caterpillars) Tyria jacobaeae
25 Poplar Hawk Moth Laothoe populi
26 Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
27 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
 
CarnotaurusSastrei said:
Waiting to get some IDs on a couple of fish that I saw, but in the meantime, here are some other animals I saw yesterday (plus a couple invertebrates that I thought I'd add, though I'm still kinda on the fence when it comes to whether or not to keep tracking them the same way I do with vertebrates)

Birds
91. Black-Bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
92. Black-Bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)

Reptiles
2. Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)

Invertebrates
8. Common Eastern Firefly (Photinus pyralis)
9. Margined Calligrapher (Toxomerus marginatus)
10. Monarch (Danaus plexippus)

Totals: 92 Birds, 14 Mammals, 2 Reptiles, 1 Amphibian, 4 Fishes, 10 Invertebrates
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Birds
93. Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)

Fishes
5. Banded Killifish (Fundulus diaphanus)

Totals: 93 Birds, 14 Mammals, 2 Reptiles, 1 Amphibian, 5 Fishes, 10 Invertebrates
 
amur leopard said:
Last couple of days:

Mammals
11. Smooth coated otter, Lutrogale perspicillata
12. Lesser short nosed fruit bat, Cyanopterus brachyotis

Birds
112. Asian openbill, Anastomus oscitans
113. Great billed heron, Ardea sumatrana
114. Great egret, Ardea alba
115. Intermediate egret, Ardea intermedia
116. Little egret, Egretta garzetta
117. Brahminy kite, Haliastur indus
118. Oriental pied hornbill, Anthracoceros albirostris
119. Collared kingfisher, Todiramphus chloris
120. Common flameback. Dinopium javanense
121. Laced woodpecker, Picus vittatus
122. Greater racket tailed drongo, Dicrurus paradiseus
123. White breasted waterhen, Amaurornis phoenicurus
124. Common tailorbird, Orthotomus sutorius
125. Dark necked tailorbird, Orthotomus atrogularis
126. Pacific swallow, Hirundo tahitica
127. White headed munia, Lonchura maja
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Just a few additions, but for me, very cool ones, especially not one but two brush cuckoos parasitising off pied fantails!

128. Sunda brush cuckoo, Cacomantis sepulcralis
129. Swinhoe's white eye, Zosterops simplex
130. Long tailed parakeet, Psittacula longicauda
131. Red breasted parakeet, Psittacula alexandri
132. Sunda pygmy woodpecker, Yungipicus moluccensis

Reptiles
8. Brown anole, Anolis sagrei
 
Matthew Typpo said:
July 3, 2025

Birds

58. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Totals
Birds: 58
Mammals: 9
Invertebrates: 7
Fish: 5
Reptiles: 4
Amphibians: 2
Total: 85
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July 8, 2025

Birds

59. Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)

Invertebrates

8. Common Eastern Firefly (Photinus pyralis)
9. Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
10. Curved Toothed Geometer Moth (Eutrapela clemataria)
11. Io Moth (Automeris io)
12. Luna Moth (Actias Luna)

Mammals

10. Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus)

Amphibians

3. Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans)

Totals
Birds: 59
Invertebrates: 12
Mammals: 10
Fish: 5
Reptiles: 4
Amphibians: 3
Total: 93
 
Saw some kangaroos in a paddock on a recent drive into the country. Hardly surprising, I guess.

17. Eastern grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus
 
oflory said:
Wedding planning is taking up a lot of my time (and persistent northerlies have meant that a lot of the usual spring migrants have been scarce-ish in London this year). However, a few from around the flat and from a little twitch yesterday evening.

Birds
185. Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)
186. Common Swift (Apus apus)
187. Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
188. Common Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
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Chiming in here again - wedding planning still continues to heavily limit my birding time! But with the added benefit of now beginning to plan our honeymoon to Indonesia - so my 2026 list will be significantly better, I hope!

Birds
189. Eurasian Sparrowhawk
190. Western House Martin
191. Northern Gannet
192. Black Redstart

We're also going to Austria for a little bit after the wedding - as a 'mini-moon' - so hopefully will get some nice Alpine birds around Innsbruck - and if anyone has any tips for seeing hamsters in the cemetery in Vienna - I'd love to hear them.
 
birdsandbats said:
I've become so desperate for new state birds that I took a canoe out on Lake Michigan today to go for Piping Plover. This is probably a really bad idea but I lived, and got my plovers! Plus another bonus bird (not new for my state list though)

Birds
266. White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
267. Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
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Birds
268. Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
 
Yesterday I went on a whale watching tour from Sydney Harbour. Unfortunately my camera decided not to work just as the boat left the harbour, but I was still able to get reasonable views of these species. I was hoping for more seabirds but I can't complain!
Osedax said:
Mammals
10. Red-necked Wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus)
11. Southern Greater Glider (Petauroides volans)
12. Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus)
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Mammals
13. Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
14. Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
Osedax said:
I just realised I counted Little Corella twice, so with today’s new bird I am on 121.

121. Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator)
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Birds
122. Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris)
 
Pleasant walk this afternoon through the Gorden Rolfe Reserve, a nearby bushland reserve that was in my zone for COVID, but which I had not visited since. Eastern yellow robins were displaying well. Total of 12 bird species seen.

216. Black swan Cygnus atratus
217. New Holland honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
218. Yellow thornbill Acanthiza nana
219. Welcome swallow Hirundo neoxena
220. Tree martin Petrochelidon nigricans
221. European gold finch Chloris chloris (introduced)
 
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