A great day's work party at Upton Warren Worcs Nature reserve yesterday. 17 people working on shrub removal and coppicing. A pink-footed goose was our reward.
Thanks for the donations from:-
Dave, Gordon, John and Ray.
Well here it is - the complete list of birds seen by me last year :-
1. Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata
2. Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica
3. Great Northern Diver Gavia immer
4. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
5. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
6. Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
7. Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus
8. Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
9. Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
10. Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
11. Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
12. Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
13. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
14. European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis
15. Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris
16. Little Egret Egretta garzetta
17. Great Egret* Ardea alba
18. Cattle egret
19. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
20. Glossy Ibis* Plegadis falcinellus
21. Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
22. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
23. Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
24. Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
25. Bean Goose Anser fabalis
26. Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
27. Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
28. Red-breasted goose
29. Greylag Goose Anser anser
30. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
31. Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
32. Brent Goose Branta bernicla
33. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus
34. Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
35. Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
36. Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
37. American Wigeon* Anas americana
38. Gadwall Anas strepera
39. Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
40. Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis
41. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
42. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
43. Garganey Anas querquedula
44. Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
45. Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
46. Common Pochard Aythya ferina
47. Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
48. Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
49. Greater Scaup Aythya marila
50. Lesser Scaup* Aythya affinis
51. Common Eider Somateria mollissima
52. Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
53. Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
54. Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
55. Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
56. Smew Mergellus albellus
57. Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
58. Goosander Mergus merganser
59. Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
60. Red Kite Milvus milvus
61. White-tailed Eagle* Haliaeetus albicilla
62. Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
63. Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
64. Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
65. Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
66. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
67. Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
68. Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
69. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
70. Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
71. Merlin Falco columbarius
72. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
73. Willow Ptarmigan (Red Grouse) Lagopus lagopus
74. Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix
75. Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
76. Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
77. Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
78. Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
79. Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
80. Corn Crake Crex crex
81. Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
82. Common Coot Fulica atra
83. Common Crane Grus grus
84. Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
85. Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
86. Little Plover Charadrius dubius
87. Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
88. Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus
89. European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
90. Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
91. Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
92. Red Knot Calidris canutus
93. Sanderling Calidris alba
94. Little Stint Calidris minuta
95. Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
96. Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
97. Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
98. Dunlin Calidris alpina
99. Ruff Philomachus pugnax
100. Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
101. Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
102. Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
103. Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
104. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
105. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
106. Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
107. Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
108. Common Redshank Tringa totanus
109. Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
110. Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
111. Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
112. Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
113. Buff-breasted sandpiper
114. Pacific golden plover
115. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
116. Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
117. Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus
118. Great Skua Catharacta skua
119. Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus
120. Little Gull Larus minutus
121. Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
122. Bonaparte’s gull
123. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
124. Mew Gull Larus canus
125. Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
126. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
127. Yellow-legged gull
128. Caspian gull
129. Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
130. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
131. Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
132. Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
133. Common Tern Sterna hirundo
134. Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
135. Little Tern Sterna albifrons
136. Black Tern Chlidonias niger
137. Common Guillemot Uria aalge
138. Razorbill Alca torda
139. Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
140. Little Auk Alle alle
141. Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
142. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
143. Stock Pigeon Columba oenas
144. Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
145. Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
146. Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
147. Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
148. Barn Owl Tyto alba
149. Little Owl Athene noctua
150. Tawny Owl Strix aluco
151. Long-eared Owl Asio otus
152. Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
153. Common Swift Apus apus
154. Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
155. Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
156. Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
157. Wood Lark Lullula arborea
158. Sky Lark Alauda arvensis
159. Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
160. Sand Martin Riparia riparia
161. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
162. House Martin Delichon urbica
163. Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
164. Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
165. Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
166. Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
167. Buff-bellied pipit
168. Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
169. Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
170. White / Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba
171. Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
172. White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
173. Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
174. Hedge Accentor Prunella modularis
175. European Robin Erithacus rubecula
176. Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
177. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
178. Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
179. Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
180. Stonechat Saxicola torquata
181. Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
182. Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
183. Common Blackbird Turdus merula
184. Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
185. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
186. Redwing Turdus iliacus
187. Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
188. Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti
189. Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
190. Pallas’ grasshopper warbler
191. Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
192. Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
193. Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata
194. Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria
195. Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
196. Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis
197. Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
198. Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
199. Syke’s warbler
200. Arctic warbler
201. Subalpine warbler
202. Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
203. Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
204. Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
205. Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
206. Goldcrest Regulus regulus
207. Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
208. Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
209. Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
210. Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
211. Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus
212. Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
213. Marsh Tit Parus palustris
214. Willow Tit Parus montanus
215. Crested Tit Parus cristatus
216. Coal Tit Parus ater
217. Blue Tit Parus caeruleus
218. Great Tit Parus major
219. Wood Nuthatch Sitta europaea
220. Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
221. Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
222. Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
223. Black-billed Magpie Pica pica
224. Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
225. Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula
226. Rook Corvus frugilegus
227. Carrion Crow Corvus corone
228. Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
229. Common Raven Corvus corax
230. Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
231. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
232. Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
233. Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
234. Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
235. European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
236. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
237. Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus
238. Common Linnet Carduelis cannabina
239. Twite Carduelis flavirostris
240. Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret
241. Mealy Redpoll Carduelis flammea
242. Arctic redpoll [Hornemann’s] Carduelis
243. Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
244. Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
245. Common Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
246. Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
247. Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
248. Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
249. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
250. Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
251. Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
252. Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra
Now all I need to do is write up all of my notebooks and check where I missed out a bird from the list I kept in the back of them.
Ooops! Also missed out the Great Reed Warbler that I saw at a country park, near Ilkeston.
So the Non-motorised Year List stands at 253.
Also seen but from boats so not counted was Storm petrel. [dozens of the little blighters but none from land!]
Sub-species – not counted
Black brant
Greenland whitefront
There you have it. Sorry the italics on the latin names didn't transfer over.
All the very best everyone,
Gary
That's some list! how many ticks did you end up getting on Fair Isle? Cheers
ReplyDeleteHello there Tommy! Great to hear from you. In answer to your question -
ReplyDelete1 lifer - Pallas' grasshopper warbler, and 8 year ticks. It was a real highlight of last year meeting all of you on Fair Isle, Tommy; especially your birthday party. Wonderful place with fabulous people. Please give my very best wishes to all.
Happy New Year!
Congrats on the new record for a green big year in the UK! What was the old record? I think I might have just broken the record for North America for a green year - I had 318 species in 2010. I imagine that 252 in your country may be harder than 318 here! Do you have links to other green birders in other parts of the globe? Are you continuing in 2011 with another green year quest?
ReplyDeleteWell done Gary, delighted you took the record, what's next/ A book?
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ReplyDeleteHello Jim. Brilliant to hear from you. Where are you in the U.S of A? {Canada?} As for the previous British record; that was 251 held by Chris Mills who runs a birding tour business in Norfolk, England. [ http://www.norfolkbirding.com/ ] .That was back in 2005 when he and Simon Wooley of Hampshire, England had a contest over making a non-motorised year list record. Simon raised money for the Asian Tsunami disaster over his year and has written an e-book about his experiences. [ http://www.surfbirds.com/mb/Features/woolley-big-year.html ] . Have you had a look at the Bigby [Big Green Year] website? It lists green birders from all over the world. As for 2010, I'm doing a non-motorised year list for the county in which I work; Worcestershire. My main patch is a small reserve named Upton Warren. Last year a friend, a carbon twitcher, got 143 birds equalling the previous record for the reserve. I'm also going to have a couple of holidays over the year; maybe to the States! Thanks for putting a comment. All the very best and massive congratulations on getting 318. All the best, Gary
ReplyDeleteHello Alastair.
ReplyDeleteIt's been great being back at the 'chalkface'. The book? Well, I've written half a page. There will be more. I've also been back to my patch, Upton Warren; joining in with a work party removing old scrub and pollarding willows. Had a new bird whilst there too; a pink-footed goose. Yes, just the one but very rare around here. All of this non-motorised too. Birds magazine are doing an article with a link to a short film about the year as well and everyone at school, children/students and stff have been amazing. A really good year so far. So, thanks to you all and Happy New Year. I wonder how that crystal is near Fair Isle?
All the very best,
Gary