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  1. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    20 July 2015. Okinawa, Japan 711 Swinhoes Storm-Petrel ( Frigatebird ?sp. ) 712 Barred Buttonquail 713 Oriental Pratincole 714 Gtr. Crested Tern 715 Roseate Tern 716 Black-naped Tern 717 Ruddy Kingfisher 23 July 2015. Enbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan. 718 Sooty Shearwater 719 Short-tailed...
  2. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    25 June 2015. Clogcaenog Forest, Nth Wales 710 Eur Nightjar After a look for clear felled areas on GoogleEarth I spent a Mosquito-free ( :t: )evening looking for Nightjar. The final count was a minimum of 5 bids, both seen and heard. Singing Eur Siskin and Less Redpoll, Eur Woodcock and a...
  3. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    08 - 12 June 2015. Petropavlovsk - Kamtchatki, Russia. 691 Pelagic Cormorant 692 Steller's Sea Eagle ( A single sub-adult in the harbour. ) 693 Aleutian Tern 694 Long-tailed Skua 695 Brunnich's Guillemot ( Much commoner than Common Guillemot! ) 696 Pigeon Guillemot 697 Long-billed...
  4. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    04 June, Moscow ( Losiny Ostrov ), Russia. After a couple of days sorting out the bureaucratic nightmare involved in visas, permits etc. for a survey next year I had the chance to accompany a team of researchers through the non-public areas of this reserve in the southern suburbs of Moscow. No...
  5. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    20 May 2015, BMW / IMF, Burton, W. Cheshire 669 Garganey Called into the local RSPB reserve on the way passed.
  6. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    16 May 2015. Manifold Valley, Derbys, UK 667 Wood Warbler Had a run out to the Peak District, mainly for limestone flora. 668 Garden Warbler
  7. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    15 May 2015. Gilroy NP, Wirral, UK 665 Northern Hobby A wander over the fields turned up a Hobby hunting among the good numbers of hirundines and Swifts passing through. Leasowe, Wirral, UK 666 Eur. Turtle Dove A text message had me belting over to Leasowe for a NW England mega.
  8. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    11 May 2015. Gilroy NP, West Kirby, Wirral 664 Spotted Flycatcher
  9. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    09 May 2015. Anglesey, Nth Wales 655 Eur Shag 656 Black-legged Kittiwake 657 Arctic Tern 658 Little Tern 659 Common Guillemot 660 Razorbill 661 Black Guillemot 662 Common Grasshopper Warbler 663 W. Yellow Wagtail
  10. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    08 May. Red Rocks, Wirral, U.K. 648 Manx Shearwater 649 Nthn Gannet 650 Sandwich Tern 651 Common Tern 652 Eur Reed Warbler 653 Sedge Warbler 654 Common Whitethroat A couple of hours seawatching, and a walk through the marsh and dunes, produced some good sea birds and ( finally ) some...
  11. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    30 April - 04 May 2015, Beijing / Xiolangmen, China 605 Koklass Pheasant 606 Brown Eared Pheasant - lifer 607 Mandarin Duck 608 Hill Pigeon 609 Chinese Pond Heron 610 Collared Scops Owl 611 Common Swift (pekinensis) 612 Pacific Swift s.s. 613 Black-capped Kingfisher 614 Grey-headed...
  12. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    28 April 2015. Miura, Kanagawa-ken, Japan 593 Long-billed Plover 594 Great Knot 595 Terek Sandpiper 596 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 597 Little Cuckoo 598 Eur Cuckoo 599 Oriental Scops Owl 600 White-throated Needletail 601 Ashy Minivet 602 Japanese Paradise-flycatcher 603 Japanese Thrush...
  13. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    22 April 2015. Enbetsu-cho / Teshio-sanchi, Hokkaido, Japan 572 Harlequin Duck 573 Stejnegers Scoter 574 Pacific Fulmar 575 Mountain Hawk Eagle 576 Red-crowned Crane 577 Lathams Snipe 578 Far Eastern Curlew 579 Vega Gull 580 Common Tern ( longipennis ) 581 Long-billed Murrelet 582...
  14. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    13 April 2015, Wirral Way, Caldy, UK 499 Northern Wheatear 500 Whinchat 16 - 20 April 2015, Mumbai / Tansa WLS India 501 Lesser Whistling-duck 502 Red Spurfowl 503 Painted Francolin 504 Common Peafowl 505 Grey-fronted Green Pigeon - lifer ( 1st since split ) 506 Laughing Dove 507 Asian...
  15. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    11 April 2015. West Kirby / Hoylake, Wirral, Uk 496 Willow Warbler 497 Tree Pipit 498 Ring Ouzel
  16. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    19 March 2015. Okinawa, Japan. 485 Asian Stubtail 486 Stejnegers Stonechat 487 Richards Pipit 20 March. From boat to Amami-oshima, Japan.. 488 Bulwers Petrel 489 Red-necked Phalarope 490 Pomarine Skua 21 March, 2015. Amami-oshima, Japan. 491 Amami / Owstons Woodpecker 492 Zitting...
  17. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    18 March 2015. Okinawa, Japan 484 Black Wood Pigeon
  18. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    16 March 2015. Okinawa, Japan. 475 Japanese Quail. Disturbed from empty lot on way to bus stop. 476 Black-footed Albatross. Off south east corner of island. 477 Streaked Shearwater. ditto 478 Black-billed Spoonbill. 3 in rice paddi. 479 Black-crowned Night Heron. 1 flying into roost...
  19. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    10 March 2015, West Kirby, Wirral, UK. 473 Sand Martin / Bank Swallow 474 White Wagtail First summer migrants starting to trickle in. :t:
  20. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    06 March 2015, North Wales World's End 469 Black Grouse Bwlch Sychnant 470 Dartford Warbler Llanfairfechan 471 Atlantic Fulmar 472 Long-tailed Duck After a bit of a stall I'm back on track. As the forecast was for a bit of decent weather today I thought I'd nip over to Wales and...
  21. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    15 February 2015. Monterey, CA, USA I had a day off before flying home so I wandered around the Moss Landing area and Elkhorn Slough. 413 Black Brant /Brent 414 Blue-winged Teal 415 Cinnamon Teal 416 California Quail 417 Pied-billed Grebe 418 Western Grebe 419 Clark's Grebe 420...
  22. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    11 February 2015. Washington DC, USA 354 Snow Goose 355 Wood Duck 356 Am. Black Duck 357 Am. Wigeon 358 Green-winged Teal 359 Canvasback 360 Redhead 361 Black Scoter 362 Bufflehead 363 Hooded Merganser 364 Ruddy Duck 365 Wild Turkey 366 Mourning Dove 367 Common Gallinule 368 Am...
  23. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    06 February 2015. New Brighton, Wirral, UK. 353 Laughing Gull My second record for Wirral, although the first looked a damn sight healthier than today's bird.
  24. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    01 February 2015. Kanto, Honshu, Japan 344 Middendorffs Bean Goose 345 Falcated Duck 346 Baikal Teal 347 Japanese Green Woodpecker 348 Azure-winged Magpie 349 Asian Rosy Finch 350 Pallas' Rosefinch 351 Chinese Grosbeak Koishikawa - Korakuen, Bunkyo, Tokyo 352 Baer's Pochard
  25. chris butterworth

    55, and counting. Chris' 2015 list

    31 January 2015. Toyooka, Hyogo-ken, Honshu, Japan Nipped over to the Sea of Japan coast instead of checking out the Tokyo area ( mainly because I'll have most of Wednesday to do that :t: ). 315 Copper Pheasant 316 Green Pheasant 317 Oriental Stork - lifer. I've had plenty of opportunity to...
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