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  1. DesertRhino150

    DesertRhino150 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    A good day for waders at Heybridge Basin, with three new species added to the list:

    96. Bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica (Nt)
    97. Red knot Calidris canutus (Nt)
    98. Common greenshank Tringa nebularia
     
    DesertRhino150, 16 Feb 2017
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  2. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    from Thailand, almost all from Kaeng Krachan National Park (I didn't really go anywhere else).


    BIRDS:


    220) Tree sparrow Passer montanus
    221) Ashy drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
    222) Coppersmith barbet Megalaima haemacephala
    223) Olive-backed sunbird Nectarinia jugularis
    224) Asian pied fantail Rhipidura javanica
    225) White-vented mynah Acridotheres grandis
    226) Oriental pied hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris
    227) Black-naped oriole Oriolus chinensis
    228) Common iora Aegithina tiphia
    229) Taiga flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
    230) Black-crested bulbul Pycnonotus flaviventris
    231) Black-headed bulbul Pycnonotus atriceps
    232) Striped tit-babbler Macronous gularis
    233) Ochraceous bulbul Alophoixus ochraceus
    234) Blue-winged leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis
    235) Thick-billed pigeon Treron curvirostra
    236) Asian fairy bluebird Irena puella
    237) White-browed shrike-babbler Pteruthius aeralatus
    238) Blue-throated barbet Megalaima asiatica
    239) Flavescent bulbul Pycnonotus flavescens
    240) Mountain imperial pigeon Ducula badia
    241) Hair-crested drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
    242) Emerald (Green-winged) dove Chalcophaps indica
    243) Grey-headed canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
    244) Blue-throated flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
    245) White-browed scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps
    246) Black-winged cuckoo-shrike Coracina melaschistos
    247) Ashy bulbul Hemixos flavala
    248) Chestnut-headed bee-eater Merops leschenaultii
    249) Grey-rumped tree-swift Hemiprocne longipennis
    250) Germain's swiftlet Collocalia germani
    251) Ashy minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
    252) Silver-breasted broadbill Serilophus lunatus
    253) White-rumped shama Copsychus malabaricus
    254) Black-naped monarch Hypothymis azurea
    255) Yellow-bellied warbler Abroscopus superciliaris
    256) Rufous-fronted babbler Stachyridopsis rufifrons
    257) White-browed piculet Sasia ochracea
    258) Grey-eyed bulbul Iole propinqua
    259) Vernal hanging parrot Loriculus vernalis
    260) Greater flameback woodpecker Chrysocolaptes lucidus
    261) Bar-winged flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
    262) Dusky broadbill Coryodon sumatranus
    263) Great hornbill Buceros bicornis
    264) Drongo cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
    265) Asian paradise flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
    266) Orange-breasted trogon Harpactes oreskios
    267) Velvet-fronted nuthatch Sitta frontalis
    268) Greater racquet-tailed drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
    269) Blue-bearded bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
    270) Brown hawk-owl Ninox scutulata
    271) Greater necklaced laughing-thrush Garrulax pectoralis
    272) Little (Green) heron Butorides striata
    273) Common green magpie Cissa chinensis
    274) Greater yellownape woodpecker Picus flavinucha
    275) Lesser necklaced laughing-thrush Garrulax monileger
    276) Green-billed malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
    277) Lesser racquet-tailed drongo Dicrurus remifer
    278) Verditer flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
    279) Dark-necked tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
    280) Streaked spiderhunter Arachnothera magna
    281) Red-headed trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus
    282) White-hooded babbler Gampsorhynchus rufulus
    283) Speckled piculet Picumnus innominatus
    284) Red junglefowl Gallus gallus
    285) Black-throated sunbird Aethopyga saturata
    286) Tickell's brown hornbill Anorrhinus tickelli
    287) Abbott's babbler Malacocincla abbotti
    288) Puff-throated babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
    289) Ferruginous partridge Caloperdix oculea
    290) Blue-throated bee-eater Merops viridis
    291) Black-capped kingfisher Halcyon pileata
    292) Eurasian curlew Numenius arquata
    293) Terek sandpiper Xenus cinereus
    294) Turnstone Arenaria interpres
    295) Great knot Calidris tenuirostris
    296) Curlew sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
    297) Grey plover Pluvialis squatarola
    298) Large-tailed nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
    299) Streak-eared bulbul Pycnonotus blanfordi
    300) Golden-fronted leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
    301) Spot-necked dove Streptopelia chinensis
    302) Indochinese bushlark Mirafra erythrocephala
    303) Lineated barbet Megalaima lineata
    304) Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
    305) Grey peacock-pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum
    306) Stripe-throated bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni


    MAMMALS:


    23) Variable squirrel Callosciurus finlaysoni
    24) Greater short-nosed fruit bat Cynopterus sphinx
    25) Red-bellied (Pallas') squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus
    26) Grey-bellied squirrel Callosciurus caniceps
    27) Black giant squirrel Ratufa bicolor
    28) Dusky langur Trachypithecus obscurus
    29) Malayan crested porcupine Hystrix brachyura
    30) Asian palm civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
    31) Lesser mouse deer Tragulus kanchil
    32) Banded leaf monkey Presbytis femoralis
    33) Berdmore's (Indochinese) ground squirrel Menetes berdmorei
    34) Himalayan striped squirrel Tamiops macclellandi
    35) Fea's muntjac Muntiacus feae
    36) White-handed (Lar) gibbon Hylobates lar
    37) Common muntjac Muntiacus muntjak
    38) Red-cheeked ground squirrel Dremomys rufigenis
    39) Asian elephant Elephas maximus
    40) Crab-eating macaque Macaca fascicularis
     
    Chlidonias, 18 Feb 2017
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  3. Pleistohorse

    Pleistohorse Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Birds:
    1. Common Raven
    2. Bald Eagle
    3. Black-capped Chickadee
    4. Mallard
    5. Boreal Chickadee
    6. Red-breasted Nuthatch
    7. Common Redpoll

    Mammals:
    1. Arctic Fox
    2. Caribou
    3. Red Fox
    4. Moose
    5. American Red Squirrel
     
    Pleistohorse, 18 Feb 2017
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  4. Vision

    Vision Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    A few more from today.

    BIRDS:
    70) Eurasian skylark, Alauda arvensis
    71) Dunlin, Calidris alpina
    72) Common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula
    73) Stock dove, Columba oenas
     
    Vision, 19 Feb 2017
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  5. LaughingDove

    LaughingDove Well-Known Member

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    A few additions to the year list from today's birding

    58) Common (Mew) Gull
    59) Hen Harrier
    60) Common Crane
    61) Bean Goose

    Quite early for cranes. Wouldn't usually be expecting them until mid/late-March maybe.
     
    LaughingDove, 19 Feb 2017
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  6. robmv

    robmv Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    One from last weekend that I forgot to add:

    130. Siskin (Spinus spinus)

    Then, off to the Forest of Dean today:

    131. Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
    132. Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
    133. Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)

    The Goshawks were on top form and provided and wonderful display of "sky-dancing".
     
    robmv, 19 Feb 2017
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  7. Ituri

    Ituri Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    BIRDS:
    128 Eastern Screech-Owl - Megascops asio
    129 King Rail - Rallus elegans
    130 Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor
     
    Ituri, 20 Feb 2017
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  8. boof

    boof Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    20/2/2017
    118. wonga pigeon
     
    boof, 20 Feb 2017
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  9. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    There's a rarity that's blown in from Indonesia on the Christmas Island and after a few nights looking for it I finally saw it tonight, albeit, from a distance.

    76. Northern Boobook

    :p

    Hix
     
    Hix, 20 Feb 2017
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  10. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    that's cool. So now you've seen two owls on the island?

    Further question, if it has come up, is the owl going to be removed so that there is no potential for it mating with the endemic Ninox?
     
    Chlidonias, 20 Feb 2017
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  11. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Yup. And I could hear the endemic hawk-owl calling in the distance while I was watching the Northern.

    :p

    Hix
     
    Hix, 20 Feb 2017
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  12. boof

    boof Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    119. superb lyrebird
    120. spotted padalote
    121. eastern whipbird
    122. brown gerygone
    123. golden whistler
    124. white throated treecreeper
     
    boof, 21 Feb 2017
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  13. Maguari

    Maguari Never could get the hang of Thursdays. 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Spent the last five days back in Bangor for my uni drama group reunion (which was glorious) and topped-and-tailed it with some birding on Anglesey and the North Wales coast, which has finally jumped me over the hundred mark. Missed a couple of regulars (greenshank and ringed plover, notably) but overall a very satisfying round up of the local specialties. The Point Lynas porpoises were on particularly good form!

    Birds:
    98. Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra
    99. Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres
    100. European Shag - Phalacrocorax aristotelis
    101. Common Eider - Somateria mollissima
    102. Brent Goose - Branta bernicla
    103. Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator
    104. Black Guillemot - Cepphus grylle
    105. Red-billed Chough - Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
    106. Northern Fulmar - Fulmarus glacialis
    107. Common Guillemot - Uria aalge
    108. Red-legged Partridge - Alectoris rufa
    109. Common Raven - Corvus corax
    110. Eurasian Rock Pipit - Anthus petrosus

    Mammals:
    7. Harbour Porpoise - Phocoena phocoena

    Invertebrates:
    1. Common Periwinkle - Littorina littorea
    2. Beadlet Anemone - Actinia equina

    :)
     
    Maguari, 21 Feb 2017
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  14. DesertRhino150

    DesertRhino150 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Managed to get to Minsmere for the first time this year today. Saw a whole variety of interesting things (top of the list probably a peregrine that stooped no less than fifteen times at one lapwing that consistently evaded capture), including two new birds and a new mammal:

    99. Marsh tit Poecile palustris
    100. Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres

    8. Red deer Cervus elaphus
     
    DesertRhino150, 21 Feb 2017
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  15. boof

    boof Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    22/2/2017
    125. brown goshawk
     
    boof, 22 Feb 2017
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  16. LaughingDove

    LaughingDove Well-Known Member

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    A couple of things:

    62) Great White Egret

    7) Least Weasel
     
    LaughingDove, 22 Feb 2017
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  17. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Just saw this part of your post.

    The short answer is no, because the only people who really care a hoot about it don't carry any weight, and the community doesn't care. Its been onthe sland a couple of weeks and even though it's evening movements are routine, making it easy to spot, I was the fifth person to see it (six people have seen it now).

    The Parks office has an interest, but it's being classed as a vagrant and I don't think they're too concerned about it.

    Secondly, it's here for the Northern Winter - they normally overwinter in South East Asia and this one probably just overshot Java and ended up with us. In six months time it should be back in it's breeding grounds in Siberia/Korea/northern China.

    :p

    Hix
     
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    Hix, 23 Feb 2017
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  18. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    A couple of fish from a night snorkel, a bird from a unique wetland, and a few days in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands have added to my lists.

    Fish
    206. Small-mouthed Squirrelfish
    207. Lionfish
    208. Banded Flagtail
    209. Blacktip Reef Shark

    Birds
    77. Christmas Island White-eye
    78. Green Junglefowl
    79. White Tern
     
    Hix, 23 Feb 2017
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  19. Macaw16

    Macaw16 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    A brief trip up north has allowed me to add a few, 56-65 Washington Wetland Centre (21/2/2017), 66 Blaydon Burn, 67 Jesmond Dene, 68-70 Tynemouth and 6 whilst travelling back (all of the previous (22/2/2017).

    56. Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
    57. Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
    58. Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
    59. Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
    60. Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
    61. Common Redshank Tringa totanus
    62. Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
    63. Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
    64. Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
    65. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
    66. White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
    67. Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
    68. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
    69. Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
    70. Common Eider Somateria mollissima

    6. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
     
    Macaw16, 23 Feb 2017
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  20. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I don't think there's a high risk of interbreeding but it's still a risk. I mean, I don't want it being shot or anything but it should still be caught and removed. I'm not sure it will migrate back the way it came though.
     
    Chlidonias, 23 Feb 2017
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