kb57
Well-known member
After last year didn't turn out as I expected and hoped in any respect (some ways better, some worse..), I'm not making any predictions for this year, other than to hope nothing bad happens and I get to enjoy watching some birds.
As with my past lists, lifers in bold, and I might reinstate the asterisk for species I didn't see last year (this may highlight a few embarassing omissions from last year's list, so not sure about that yet...). IOC taxonomy and English names, using Scythebill as a reference source for both.
Jan 1st: north Newcastle on Tyne
A quiet and not very diverse start to the year in my partner's garden, notable for the arrival of blackbirds, which had been absent from the garden thus far this winter!
1. Common Blackbird
2. Common Wood Pigeon
3. European Goldfinch
4. Eurasian Magpie
5. Carrion Crow
6. Blue Tit
Gosforth Park Nature Reserve
Decided to avoid the coast today, and head for somewhere dog-free. Lake was mostly frozen, limiting waterfowl numbers, although lots of wigeon, teal and coot were crowded into the remaining open water...didn't luck onto a bittern or water rail, but a decent start to the year, with a few woodland species which sometimes take a while to connect with.
7. Great Tit
8. Coal Tit
9. Eurasian Nuthatch
10. Great Spotted Woodpecker
11. European Robin
12. Common Chaffinch
13. Eurasian Wren
14. Eurasian Treecreeper
15. Dunnock
16. Black-headed Gull
17. Mute Swan
18. Eurasian Wigeon
19. Eurasian Coot
20. Eurasian Teal
21. European Herring Gull
22. Eurasian Bullfinch
23. Redwing
north Newcastle on Tyne
24. Common Starling
As with my past lists, lifers in bold, and I might reinstate the asterisk for species I didn't see last year (this may highlight a few embarassing omissions from last year's list, so not sure about that yet...). IOC taxonomy and English names, using Scythebill as a reference source for both.
Jan 1st: north Newcastle on Tyne
A quiet and not very diverse start to the year in my partner's garden, notable for the arrival of blackbirds, which had been absent from the garden thus far this winter!
1. Common Blackbird
2. Common Wood Pigeon
3. European Goldfinch
4. Eurasian Magpie
5. Carrion Crow
6. Blue Tit
Gosforth Park Nature Reserve
Decided to avoid the coast today, and head for somewhere dog-free. Lake was mostly frozen, limiting waterfowl numbers, although lots of wigeon, teal and coot were crowded into the remaining open water...didn't luck onto a bittern or water rail, but a decent start to the year, with a few woodland species which sometimes take a while to connect with.
7. Great Tit
8. Coal Tit
9. Eurasian Nuthatch
10. Great Spotted Woodpecker
11. European Robin
12. Common Chaffinch
13. Eurasian Wren
14. Eurasian Treecreeper
15. Dunnock
16. Black-headed Gull
17. Mute Swan
18. Eurasian Wigeon
19. Eurasian Coot
20. Eurasian Teal
21. European Herring Gull
22. Eurasian Bullfinch
23. Redwing
north Newcastle on Tyne
24. Common Starling