EASTSIDE URCHIN 2012 YEAR LIST

[Eastside Urchin]

Here is my year list so far,nothing out of the ordinary but i have not really done any birding apart from a quick visit to rainham and my local patch

1- great crested grebe

2- cormorant

3- Grey heron

4- Mute swan

5- greylag goose

6- canada goose

7- shelduck

8- wigeon

9- gadwall

10-mallard

11-teal

12-shoveler

13-tufted duck

14-pochard

15-kestrel

16-pheasant

17-moorhen

18-coot

19-golden plover

20-grey plover

21-lapwing

22-dunlin

23-black tail godwit

24-redshank

25-Black head gull

26-common gull

27-lesser b b gull

28-herring gull

29-yellow legged gull

30-great black back gull

31-feral pigeon

32-stock dove

33-wood pigeon

34-collared dove

35-pied wagtail

36-dunnock

37-robin

38-wren

39-blackbird

40-fieldfare

41-redwing

42-mistle thrush

43-blue tit

44-great tit

45-long tailed tit

46-jay

47-magpie

48-jackdaw

49-crow

50-rook

51-starling

 

52-house sparrow

53-chaffinch

54-greenfinch

55-goldfinch

56-reed bunting

57-goldcrest

58-green woodpecker

[Hookey]

Pretty good going in 3 days. I popped over to West Canvey Marsh on Monday but there was bugger all there. Various Gulls, Canada Geese, Mallards and some Teal, not a lot else. It was a bit miserable so I only hung around for about 30 mins.

[Eastside Urchin]

Hookey,you should do a list,makes it more interesting,it's a good way of getting into it more

[Hookey]

Hookey,you should do a list,makes it more interesting,it's a good way of getting into it more

 

LOL I've started one mate but after seeing yours after just 3 days, mine's looking a bit crap. :-)

[Eastside Urchin]

Start a thread the same as this,put it on here

[Eastside Urchin]

essex

 

59. little egret

60. Sparrowhawk

61. Peregrine

62. snipe

63. Curlew

64. Ring necked parakeet

65. Short Eared Owl

66. Great spotted woodpecker

67. Song Thrush

68. Siskin

69. Linnet

70. Red legged Partridge

71. Buzzard

[Hookey]

Start a thread the same as this,put it on here

 

It would be embarrassingly short.... Like me!

 

Though I will post anything interesting.

[Eastside Urchin]

Dont be stupid,no one cares how short it is.Mine only gets large because i visit all types of habitats and areas,am off to norfolk tomorrow so expect a longer list.

Just do a list,you will probably find it addictive and it will help you out even

[Eastside Urchin]

ps,you can do all sorts of lists,a uk year one,your local patch one,essex one,whatever you want

[missunderstood]

Start a thread the same as this,put it on here

 

It would be embarrassingly short.... Like me!

 

Though I will post anything interesting.

 

I saw a red breasted goose at Harrow Lodge Park Hornchurch last year, incredibly rare bird and I posted it on various websites, and even sent some decent photos to Rob who confirmed it was what I thought. Everyone said it was almost certainly an escapee from a private collection, even though no-one could possibly have known where it come from.

 

It seems to me that unless you are one of the chosen few, any sighting will never be taken seriously.

[Eastside Urchin]

Wild red breasted geese do not turn up in Harrow lodge park.We get one or two a year in the uk and they head to areas with vast amounts of water and marsh land,it's their natural habitat and it's always Coastal.

You should contact the county recorder for any sighting of special interest.

Birdwatching can be clicky,but if you see something,describe it right,others see it etc etc you soon get known for good reports.So many people claim to see all sorts of birds,many that no one else ever see.Birds dont just disappear but many people miss identify them

[Eastside Urchin]

72. Bean goose

73. Pink foot goose

74. White front goose

75. Lesser White front goose

76. Barnacle goose

77. Marsh harrier

78. Ruff

79. Barn owl

80. Little owl

81. Kingfisher

82. Coal tit

83. Marsh tit

84. Redpoll

85. Blackcap

86. Meadow pipit

87. Skylark

Edited January 7, 2012 by Eastside Urchin

[missunderstood]

Wild red breasted geese do not turn up in Harrow lodge park.We get one or two a year in the uk and they head to areas with vast amounts of water and marsh land,it's their natural habitat and it's always Coastal.

You should contact the county recorder for any sighting of special interest.

Birdwatching can be clicky,but if you see something,describe it right,others see it etc etc you soon get known for good reports.So many people claim to see all sorts of birds,many that no one else ever see.Birds dont just disappear but many people miss identify them

 

Seeing I emailed you some pretty good photos of the bird and you confirmed its ID I don't understand this post. How can anyone know if its wild or not?

[Eastside Urchin]

Alan,you must trust the people who know about birds.As usual you are acting the victim like no one is listening to you,not the case.

Wild Red brested geese notoriously turn up on the coast with Brent geese with whom they are closely related.Escaped birds turn up at parks and fishing lakes but are still lovely to see

[Eastside Urchin]

88. Egyptian goose

[Eastside Urchin]

89. treecreeper

90.Little grebe

91. goldeneye

92. Kittewake

93. Common scorer

94. Oystercatcher

95. Red throat diver

96. Black throat diver

97. Sanderling

98. Guillemot

99. Snow bunting

100. Razorbill

101. Turnstone

102. Purple sandpiper

103. Common crane

104. Stonechat

105. Merlin

106. Hen Harrier

[Eastside Urchin]

107. Goosander

108. Nuthatch

109. Red Kite

[Eastside Urchin]

110. Smew

111. Tree sparrow

[Eastside Urchin]

112. R b merganser

113. Brent goose

114. Avocet

114. Red brest goose

115. Knot

Edited January 10, 2012 by Eastside Urchin

[Eastside Urchin]

116. Grt northern diver

117. Black neck grebe

118. Ruddy duck

119. Scaup

120. Bullfinch