timsg80
Gregor Tims
I’ve decided to set myself the challenge of a year list for Canterbury, New Zealand this year. I’ve sadly got limited time for birding this year around work and studying, but let’s see what I can get to! 100 might be unrealistic, but I’ll have that as my aim for now.
So far:
January 1st, Papanui, Christchurch
1. House Sparrow
2. Song Thrush
3. European Greenfinch
4. Kelp Gull
5. Red-billed Gull
6. Common Blackbird
7. European Goldfinch
8. Common Starling
9. Lesser Redpoll
10. Welcome Swallow
11. Feral Pigeon
12. Silvereye
Halswell Quarry
13. Eurasian Skylark
14. Yellowhammer
15. Swamp Harrier
Travis Wetlands, Christchurch
16. Dunnock
17. New Zealand Bellbird
18. New Zealand Fantail
19. Canada Goose
20. Paradise Shelduck
21. Australasian Swamphen
22. Black Swan
23. Mallard
24. New Zealand Scaup
25. Great Cormorant
26. Royal Spoonbill
27. Little Pied Cormorant
28. Australian Magpie
29. Common Chaffinch
30. Grey Teal
31. Australasian Shoveler
32. Masked Lapwing
33. South Island Pied Oystercatcher
34. White-headed Stilt
(Also Cape Barren Goose, but this bird is believed to likely be an escape, rather than from NZ’s feral population, I’ll have to travel to north Canterbury at some point to try and get them!)
Riccarton Bush, Christchurch
35. New Zealand Pigeon
January 2nd, near Lincoln
36. Common Pheasant
Lake Ellesmere
37. Double-banded Plover
38. White-faced Heron
39. Wrybill
40. Red-necked Stint
41. Caspian Tern
42. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
43. Black-fronted Dotterel
January 3rd, Hagley Oval
44. Sacred Kingfisher
January 5th, Ashley Estuary
45. Pacific Black Duck
46. Bar-tailed Godwit
47. White-fronted Tern
48. Black-fronted Tern
49. Australian Pied Cormorant
50. Variable Oystercatcher
51. Black Stilt
52. Black-billed Gull
53. California Quail
Kaikoura (sadly only a brief stop on my way north, I’ll be back for a pelagic trip)
54. Australasian Gannet
55. Hutton’s Shearwater
56. Ruddy Turnstone
January 10th, Avon Heathcote Estuary
57. Little Black Cormorant
Godley Head
58. New Zealand Pipit
59. Spotted Shag
I’ll hopefully be able to get a quick trip to Ellesmere in before work tomorrow- there are Grey-tailed Tattler, Pectoral and Marsh Sandpipers and Pacific Golden Plovers there, and an Australasian Bittern would be nice too...
So far:
January 1st, Papanui, Christchurch
1. House Sparrow
2. Song Thrush
3. European Greenfinch
4. Kelp Gull
5. Red-billed Gull
6. Common Blackbird
7. European Goldfinch
8. Common Starling
9. Lesser Redpoll
10. Welcome Swallow
11. Feral Pigeon
12. Silvereye
Halswell Quarry
13. Eurasian Skylark
14. Yellowhammer
15. Swamp Harrier
Travis Wetlands, Christchurch
16. Dunnock
17. New Zealand Bellbird
18. New Zealand Fantail
19. Canada Goose
20. Paradise Shelduck
21. Australasian Swamphen
22. Black Swan
23. Mallard
24. New Zealand Scaup
25. Great Cormorant
26. Royal Spoonbill
27. Little Pied Cormorant
28. Australian Magpie
29. Common Chaffinch
30. Grey Teal
31. Australasian Shoveler
32. Masked Lapwing
33. South Island Pied Oystercatcher
34. White-headed Stilt
(Also Cape Barren Goose, but this bird is believed to likely be an escape, rather than from NZ’s feral population, I’ll have to travel to north Canterbury at some point to try and get them!)
Riccarton Bush, Christchurch
35. New Zealand Pigeon
January 2nd, near Lincoln
36. Common Pheasant
Lake Ellesmere
37. Double-banded Plover
38. White-faced Heron
39. Wrybill
40. Red-necked Stint
41. Caspian Tern
42. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
43. Black-fronted Dotterel
January 3rd, Hagley Oval
44. Sacred Kingfisher
January 5th, Ashley Estuary
45. Pacific Black Duck
46. Bar-tailed Godwit
47. White-fronted Tern
48. Black-fronted Tern
49. Australian Pied Cormorant
50. Variable Oystercatcher
51. Black Stilt
52. Black-billed Gull
53. California Quail
Kaikoura (sadly only a brief stop on my way north, I’ll be back for a pelagic trip)
54. Australasian Gannet
55. Hutton’s Shearwater
56. Ruddy Turnstone
January 10th, Avon Heathcote Estuary
57. Little Black Cormorant
Godley Head
58. New Zealand Pipit
59. Spotted Shag
I’ll hopefully be able to get a quick trip to Ellesmere in before work tomorrow- there are Grey-tailed Tattler, Pectoral and Marsh Sandpipers and Pacific Golden Plovers there, and an Australasian Bittern would be nice too...