Eastside Urchin 2011 year list

[Eastside Urchin]

Male blackcap

Blue tits

Wood pigeon

Collared dove 

Jackdaw

Greenfinch

Common gull

Herring gull

B h gull

Dunnock

Feral pigeon

Kestrel

Moorhen

Carrion crow

Starling

Tufted duck 

Coot

Mallard

Buzzard

Great tit

Chaffinch

Blackbird

Pheasant

[Eastside Urchin]

Fieldfare

Heron

Cormorant 

Marsh tit

Goldcrest

Long tailed tit

Jay

Nuthatch

Treecreeper

Green woodpecker

40 Siskin

L b b gull

Coal tit

R n parakeet

Greylag goose

Canada goose

G b b gull

G s woodpecker

Redwing

Ruddy duck

Mute swan

Firecrest

Mistle thrush

Wigeon

Pochard

Teal

Shoveler

Gadwall

Rook

Red crest pochard

Lapwing

Grey wagtail

Stock dovel

Pied wag 

Sparrowhawk

Wren

Robin

Magpie

 

 

 

This takes me up to 61 with some good woodland & water species under my belt

[Eastside Urchin]

House sparrow

Goldfinch

Meadow pipit

Snipe

Water rail

Linnet

Little grebe

 

 

68 now seen

Edited January 7, 2011 by Eastside Urchin

[Eastside Urchin]

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

 

69 birds now,hopefully more to come today once i decide where to go

Edited January 7, 2011 by Eastside Urchin

[missunderstood]

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

 

68 birds now,hopefully more to come today once i decide where to go

 

 

Spotted three waxwings and a small flock of goldcrests in Valentines Park in Ilford the other day, beautiful largish park with lots of interesting features and pathways everywhere which makes it ideal for pushchairs and dog walkers who don't like muddy feet.

[Eastside Urchin]

I like valentines park,very nice place and lots of nice birds.

 

Little Egret

Marsh Harrier

Song thrush

Cettis warbler

Reed Bunting

Brambling

Bullfinch

skylark

 

 

77 birds so far

Edited January 7, 2011 by Eastside Urchin

[Eastside Urchin]

Lesser redpoll

Mealy Redpoll

Great Crested Grebe

Woodcock

 

81 Birds so far

Edited January 7, 2011 by Eastside Urchin

[Eastside Urchin]

Shelduck

Oystercatcher

Curlew

Water Pipit

Rock Pipit

Peregrine

redshank

Dunlin

Pintail

Golden plover

Corn Bunting

Lapland Bunting

Black tailed Godwit

Red Legged Partridge

 

95 birds so far

Edited January 7, 2011 by Eastside Urchin

[Eastside Urchin]

Hawfinch(braxted Park essex)

Bewicks swan

Bean goose

Pink footed goose

white fronted goose

Barnacle goose

Brent goose

Egyptian goose

Goldeneye

Goosander

Merlin

Grey Partridge

Avocet

Ringed plover

Grey Plover

Spotted redshank

Barn owl

Stonechat

 

113 birds so far

[Beeswax]

very good going so far. I hope I can get a bit closer to your numbers this week

[Eastside Urchin]

I am about 15 ahead of my year list from 2 years ago,which was my best year so far,hopefully I will get some more tomorrow

[Eastside Urchin]

Green Sandpiper

Turnstone

Mediteranean Gull

Ring billed gull

Sanderling

Bar tailed Godwit

 

Bearded tit (i forgot to add last week when i went Rainham)

 

 

120 so far this year,don't think i can carry on at this pace for much longer although i hope to add a few more tomorrow(which is actually now later today!!)

Edited January 12, 2011 by Eastside Urchin

[Eastside Urchin]

Snow bunting

Yellowhammer

Hen Harrier

 

 

123 birds so far

[Eastside Urchin]

Little owl

Waxwing

Slaty backed gull

 

126 birds so far

[Beeswax]

Well done on the SBG. You picked the right day to go as it will probably be manic over there tomorrow.

 

To be honest, I can't get too excited about Gulls, I'd rather see something that's definitely a "something". Gulls are so difficult what with all the juvenile, 1st, 2nd winter, adult differences. If I went over there, I could only identify it if someone said that is a SBG. As you say on BirdForum, I wouldn't have a scooby!!

 

It's taken a great deal of debate to determine that it's a SBG, even LGRE was uncertain for a while!! There isn't a picture of it in Collins.

 

Mind you, if it's there on Wednesday, I may slide over there for the guided walk!

[Eastside Urchin]

A few possible reports of it today but I was up at mersea island adding to my year list

 

Red breasted merganser

Eider duck

Red throated diver

Slavonian grebe

Purple sandpiper

 

131 birds so far

[Beeswax]

A few possible reports of it today but I was up at mersea island adding to my year list

 

Red breasted merganser

Eider duck

Red throated diver

Slavonian grebe

Purple sandpiper

 

131 birds so far

 

nice bunch of birds!!

[Eastside Urchin]

Ruff

 

 

132 birds so far

[Eastside Urchin]

A trip to Norfolk today produced the following new birds for my year list

 

Whooper swan

Common scoter

Velvet scoter

Rough legged buzzard

Knot

Twite

Northern harrier

American wigeon

 

 

A cracking day with 12 barn owl,3 hen harrier,10 snow buntings,eider,marsh harrier,3 rough leg buzz and 3 common buzzards also seen,mergansers,water rail,redpolls and loads more

 

 

140 birds so far

[Eastside Urchin]

Black necked grebe

Gannet

Bittern

Smew

Guillemot

Razorbill

Raven

Tree sparrow

 

148 species

 

Also had northern long tailed tits but don't think I can tick it lol

Edited January 25, 2011 by Eastside Urchin