chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
January 1, Haute Marne, France
Just setting out on my "New Years Day Bash". Got my first bird for the year before I was out of bed with a Robin singing outside the window and my first mammal, a Red Fox, crossing the lane while i was getting the car out. Hopefully they'll be good omens for the year.
1. Eur. Robin
The weather was a bit grim today which meant I had to work for quite a few species ( and I dipped on some that I should really have picked up. Bit upset that I didn't make 100 though.
2. Mute Swan
3. Grtr. Whitefronted Goose
4. Taiga Bean Goose
5. Tundra Bean Goose
6. Greylag Goose
7. Canada Goose
8. Mallard
9. Gadwall
10. Nth Shoveler
11. Eur Wigeon
12. Common Teal
13. Red-crested Pochard
14. Common Pochard
15. Tufted Duck
16. Comm Goldeneye
17. Goosander
18. Comm Pheasant
19. Reeves Pheasant
20. Grey Partridge
21. White-billed Diver
22. Gt Crested Grebe
23. Little Grebe
24. Gt Cormorant
25. Grey Heron
26. White-tailed Eagle
27. Red Kite
28. Hen Harrier
29. Common Buzzard
30. Rough-legged Buzzard
31. Eur Sparrowhawk
32. Comm Kestrel
33. Comm Moorhen
34. Eur Coot
35. Comm Crane
36. Nthn Lapwing
37. Green Sandpiper
38. Eur Woodstock
39. Comm Snipe
40. Black-headed Gull
41. Comm Gull
42. Feral Pigeon
43. Stock Dove
44. Comm Wood Pigeon
45. Eur Collared Dove
46. Tawny Owl
47. Tengmalms Owl
48. Long-eared Owl
49. Little Owl
50. River Kingfisher
51. Eur Green Woodpecker
52. Grey-headed Woodpecker
53. Gt Spotted Woodpecker
54. Mid Spotted Woodpecker
55. Less Spotted Woodpecker
56. Sky Lark
57. Crested Lark
58. Water Pipit
59. Meadow Pipit
60. Grey Wagtail
61. White-throated Dipper
62. Eur Wren
63. Bohemian Waxwing
64. Hedge Accentor
65. Black Redstart
66. Song Thrush
67. Mistle Thrush
68. Redwing
69. Fieldfare
70. Common Blackbird
71. Gt Tit
72. Blue Tit
73. Coal Tit
74. Crested Tit
75. Marsh Tit
76. Longtailed-tit
77. Eur Nuthatch
78. Short-toed Treecreeper
79. Gt Grey Shrike
80. Black-billed Magpie
81. Eur Jay
82. Western Jackdaw
83. Hooded Crow
84. Carrion Crow
85. Rook
86. Comm Starling
87. House Sparrow
88. Tree Sparrow
89. Comm Chaffinch
90. Brambling
91. Comm Linnet
92. Less Redpoll
93. Mealy Redpoll
94. Eur Goldfinch
95. Eur Greenfinch
96. Eur Bullfinch
97. Hawfinch
Chris
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Just setting out on my "New Years Day Bash". Got my first bird for the year before I was out of bed with a Robin singing outside the window and my first mammal, a Red Fox, crossing the lane while i was getting the car out. Hopefully they'll be good omens for the year.
1. Eur. Robin
The weather was a bit grim today which meant I had to work for quite a few species ( and I dipped on some that I should really have picked up. Bit upset that I didn't make 100 though.
2. Mute Swan
3. Grtr. Whitefronted Goose
4. Taiga Bean Goose
5. Tundra Bean Goose
6. Greylag Goose
7. Canada Goose
8. Mallard
9. Gadwall
10. Nth Shoveler
11. Eur Wigeon
12. Common Teal
13. Red-crested Pochard
14. Common Pochard
15. Tufted Duck
16. Comm Goldeneye
17. Goosander
18. Comm Pheasant
19. Reeves Pheasant
20. Grey Partridge
21. White-billed Diver
22. Gt Crested Grebe
23. Little Grebe
24. Gt Cormorant
25. Grey Heron
26. White-tailed Eagle
27. Red Kite
28. Hen Harrier
29. Common Buzzard
30. Rough-legged Buzzard
31. Eur Sparrowhawk
32. Comm Kestrel
33. Comm Moorhen
34. Eur Coot
35. Comm Crane
36. Nthn Lapwing
37. Green Sandpiper
38. Eur Woodstock
39. Comm Snipe
40. Black-headed Gull
41. Comm Gull
42. Feral Pigeon
43. Stock Dove
44. Comm Wood Pigeon
45. Eur Collared Dove
46. Tawny Owl
47. Tengmalms Owl
48. Long-eared Owl
49. Little Owl
50. River Kingfisher
51. Eur Green Woodpecker
52. Grey-headed Woodpecker
53. Gt Spotted Woodpecker
54. Mid Spotted Woodpecker
55. Less Spotted Woodpecker
56. Sky Lark
57. Crested Lark
58. Water Pipit
59. Meadow Pipit
60. Grey Wagtail
61. White-throated Dipper
62. Eur Wren
63. Bohemian Waxwing
64. Hedge Accentor
65. Black Redstart
66. Song Thrush
67. Mistle Thrush
68. Redwing
69. Fieldfare
70. Common Blackbird
71. Gt Tit
72. Blue Tit
73. Coal Tit
74. Crested Tit
75. Marsh Tit
76. Longtailed-tit
77. Eur Nuthatch
78. Short-toed Treecreeper
79. Gt Grey Shrike
80. Black-billed Magpie
81. Eur Jay
82. Western Jackdaw
83. Hooded Crow
84. Carrion Crow
85. Rook
86. Comm Starling
87. House Sparrow
88. Tree Sparrow
89. Comm Chaffinch
90. Brambling
91. Comm Linnet
92. Less Redpoll
93. Mealy Redpoll
94. Eur Goldfinch
95. Eur Greenfinch
96. Eur Bullfinch
97. Hawfinch
Chris
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