Michael Frankis
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My local patch is Jesmond Dene, a wooded valley and adjacent sports fields in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
Got an aerial photo of it (courtesy Newcastle City Parks & Recreation Dept.), the red arrow points to my house (well, my parents' house, not really mine!)
Michael
Here's my list for the Dene again, posted it once before but it's got lost in the threads somewhere (not even sure where it is myself now!)
1 — common
2 — rare but annual
3 — rare, less than annual
4 — very rare (less than 5 records)
5 — Dene mega (one record only)
e — previously present (now extinct)
Little Grebe — 4
Cormorant — 3 (fly-over only)
Grey Heron — 2 slight increase
Mute Swan — 3 (fly-over only)
Whooper Swan — 5 (fly-over only)
Pink-footed Goose — 4 (fly-over only)
Greylag Goose — 4 (fly-over only)
Canada Goose — 4
Mandarin Duck — 3
Mallard — 1 rapid increase in past, now stable
Tufted Duck — 2 slight increase
Goldeneye — 4
Goosander — 3 new occasional winter visitor
Sparrowhawk — 1 stable
Kestrel — 3 declined (bred in the past)
Merlin — 4
Hobby — 5
Peregrine Falcon — 5 (fly-over only)
Grey Partridge — e
Pheasant — 5
Moorhen — 1 stable
Coot — 5
Oystercatcher — 5 (fly-over only)
Golden Plover — 4 (fly-over only)
Lapwing — 3 (fly-over only)
Common Snipe — 4
Woodcock — 2 stable (winter & passage visitor)
Whimbrel — 5 (fly-over only)
Curlew — 5 (fly-over only)
Redshank — 5 (fly-over only)
Laughing Gull — 5
Black-headed Gull — 1 stable
Common Gull — 1 stable
Lesser Black-back — 1 increasing
Yellow-legged Gull — 5
Herring Gull — 1 increasing
Iceland Gull — 5 (fly-over only)
Glaucous Gull — 5 (fly-over only)
Great Black-back — 1 stable (fly-over only)
Common Tern — 4
Rock Dove — 1 increasing rapidly
Stock Dove — 1 stable or slight increase
Wood Pigeon — 1 increasing
Collared Dove — 2 declining
Cuckoo — 5
Tawny Owl — 1 stable
Swift — 1 stable
Alpine Swift — 5
Kingfisher — 1 recent decline (due to increase in rats?)
Wryneck — 5
Great Spot Woodp — 1 now stable after past increase
Sky Lark — 2 (fly-over only)
Sand Martin — 3
Barn Swallow — 2 declined
House Martin — 1 stable
Tree Pipit — 4
Meadow Pipit — 2 stable (mostly only fly-over)
Yellow Wagtail — 4 (fly-over only)
Grey Wagtail — 1 stable
Pied Wagtail — 1 stable
Waxwing — 3
Dipper — 3
Wren — 1 stable
Dunnock — 1 slight decline
Robin — 1 stable
Redstart — 4
Northern Wheatear — 4
Ring Ouzel — 4
Blackbird — 1 stable
Fieldfare — 1 stable (mainly only fly-over)
Song Thrush — 1 stable or slight decline
Redwing — 1 decline
Mistle Thrush — 1 stable
Sedge Warbler — 3
Icterine Warbler — 5
Lesser Whitethroat — 3
Whitethroat — 4
Garden Warbler — 3
Blackcap — 1 increase
Wood Warbler — 2 stable
Chiffchaff — 1 increase
Willow Warbler — 1 major decline
Goldcrest — 1 stable
Spotted Flycatcher — 2 major decline
Pied Flycatcher — 4
Long-tailed Tit — 1 increase
Willow Tit — 5
Coal Tit — 1 stable
Blue Tit — 1 stable
Great Tit — 1 stable
Nuthatch — 1 increase
Treecreeper — 1 stable
Jay — 2 recently re-colonised after 15 yrs absence
Magpie — 1 major increase
Jackdaw — 1 increase
Rook — 1 stable (mainly only fly-over)
Carrion Crow — 1 major increase
Hooded Crow — 5
Starling — 1 catastrophic decline
House Sparrow — 1 major decline
Tree Sparrow — e
Chaffinch — 1 stable
Brambling — 2 fluctuating
Greenfinch — 1 past decline, now stable
Goldfinch — 1 slight increase
Siskin — 2 increase
Linnet — 2 decline
Lesser Redpoll — 3 major decline
Crossbill — 4
Bullfinch — 1 major decline
Hawfinch — e decline
Yellowhammer — 5
Reed Bunting — e
Got an aerial photo of it (courtesy Newcastle City Parks & Recreation Dept.), the red arrow points to my house (well, my parents' house, not really mine!)
Michael
Here's my list for the Dene again, posted it once before but it's got lost in the threads somewhere (not even sure where it is myself now!)
1 — common
2 — rare but annual
3 — rare, less than annual
4 — very rare (less than 5 records)
5 — Dene mega (one record only)
e — previously present (now extinct)
Little Grebe — 4
Cormorant — 3 (fly-over only)
Grey Heron — 2 slight increase
Mute Swan — 3 (fly-over only)
Whooper Swan — 5 (fly-over only)
Pink-footed Goose — 4 (fly-over only)
Greylag Goose — 4 (fly-over only)
Canada Goose — 4
Mandarin Duck — 3
Mallard — 1 rapid increase in past, now stable
Tufted Duck — 2 slight increase
Goldeneye — 4
Goosander — 3 new occasional winter visitor
Sparrowhawk — 1 stable
Kestrel — 3 declined (bred in the past)
Merlin — 4
Hobby — 5
Peregrine Falcon — 5 (fly-over only)
Grey Partridge — e
Pheasant — 5
Moorhen — 1 stable
Coot — 5
Oystercatcher — 5 (fly-over only)
Golden Plover — 4 (fly-over only)
Lapwing — 3 (fly-over only)
Common Snipe — 4
Woodcock — 2 stable (winter & passage visitor)
Whimbrel — 5 (fly-over only)
Curlew — 5 (fly-over only)
Redshank — 5 (fly-over only)
Laughing Gull — 5
Black-headed Gull — 1 stable
Common Gull — 1 stable
Lesser Black-back — 1 increasing
Yellow-legged Gull — 5
Herring Gull — 1 increasing
Iceland Gull — 5 (fly-over only)
Glaucous Gull — 5 (fly-over only)
Great Black-back — 1 stable (fly-over only)
Common Tern — 4
Rock Dove — 1 increasing rapidly
Stock Dove — 1 stable or slight increase
Wood Pigeon — 1 increasing
Collared Dove — 2 declining
Cuckoo — 5
Tawny Owl — 1 stable
Swift — 1 stable
Alpine Swift — 5
Kingfisher — 1 recent decline (due to increase in rats?)
Wryneck — 5
Great Spot Woodp — 1 now stable after past increase
Sky Lark — 2 (fly-over only)
Sand Martin — 3
Barn Swallow — 2 declined
House Martin — 1 stable
Tree Pipit — 4
Meadow Pipit — 2 stable (mostly only fly-over)
Yellow Wagtail — 4 (fly-over only)
Grey Wagtail — 1 stable
Pied Wagtail — 1 stable
Waxwing — 3
Dipper — 3
Wren — 1 stable
Dunnock — 1 slight decline
Robin — 1 stable
Redstart — 4
Northern Wheatear — 4
Ring Ouzel — 4
Blackbird — 1 stable
Fieldfare — 1 stable (mainly only fly-over)
Song Thrush — 1 stable or slight decline
Redwing — 1 decline
Mistle Thrush — 1 stable
Sedge Warbler — 3
Icterine Warbler — 5
Lesser Whitethroat — 3
Whitethroat — 4
Garden Warbler — 3
Blackcap — 1 increase
Wood Warbler — 2 stable
Chiffchaff — 1 increase
Willow Warbler — 1 major decline
Goldcrest — 1 stable
Spotted Flycatcher — 2 major decline
Pied Flycatcher — 4
Long-tailed Tit — 1 increase
Willow Tit — 5
Coal Tit — 1 stable
Blue Tit — 1 stable
Great Tit — 1 stable
Nuthatch — 1 increase
Treecreeper — 1 stable
Jay — 2 recently re-colonised after 15 yrs absence
Magpie — 1 major increase
Jackdaw — 1 increase
Rook — 1 stable (mainly only fly-over)
Carrion Crow — 1 major increase
Hooded Crow — 5
Starling — 1 catastrophic decline
House Sparrow — 1 major decline
Tree Sparrow — e
Chaffinch — 1 stable
Brambling — 2 fluctuating
Greenfinch — 1 past decline, now stable
Goldfinch — 1 slight increase
Siskin — 2 increase
Linnet — 2 decline
Lesser Redpoll — 3 major decline
Crossbill — 4
Bullfinch — 1 major decline
Hawfinch — e decline
Yellowhammer — 5
Reed Bunting — e
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