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  1. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I haven't updated in a while, because I haven't really been out birding and couldn't be bothered posting birds individually. So these are a bulk lot from the last month.

    BIRDS:
    596) Grey warbler Gerygone igata
    597) European goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    598) European greenfinch Carduelis chloris
    599) Weka Gallirallus australis
    600) European skylark Alauda arvensis
    601) Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    602) Canada goose Branta canadensis
    603) Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    604) Marsh (Baillon's) crake Porzana pusilla
    605) Australasian shoveller Anas rhynchotis
    606) Variable oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    607) Caspian tern Sterna caspia
    608) White-fronted tern Sterna striata
    609) Spotted shag Stictocarbo punctatus
    610) New Zealand bellbird Anthornis melanura
    611) New Zealand robin Petroica australis
    612) New Zealand tomtit Petroica macrocephala

    MAMMALS:
    84) New Zealand fur seal Arctocephalus forsteri
    85) European hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus
     
  2. DesertRhino150

    DesertRhino150 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Went out for a full morning of birding yesterday, hoping to find the pectoral sandpiper, red-necked phalarope and glossy ibis that have been seen locally. Spectacularly failed on all three counts, but did still manage to find one new bird plus my second reptile of the year, which ran over my shoe when it was crossing a path:

    153. Spotted redshank Tringa erythropus

    2. Viviparous lizard Zootoca vivipara

    Only four more birds until I equal last year's count!
     
  3. boof

    boof Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    214. australian hobby. ( one of those birds I've seen earlier in the year but just haven't remembered to tick off.)
     
  4. Macaw16

    Macaw16 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    A few nights in the Dales (28-31/8/2017), got me a few new birds, including one I've heard a lot this year, but only just managed to see!

    125. Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
    126. Tawny Owl Strix aluco
    127. Barn Owl Tyto alba
     
  5. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    here is the latest tally:


    BIRDS:

    Chlidonias – 612
    LaughingDove – 481
    robmv – 220
    boof – 214
    Ituri – 206
    Hevden – 202
    Maguari – 202
    lintworm – 186
    Hix – 173
    Zoo Tycooner FR – 157
    DesertRhino150 – 153
    Vision – 151
    KevinVar – 140
    GerbenElzinga – 134
    Macaw16 – 127
    TeaLovingDave – 115
    Fireplume – 108
    animalszoos – 105
    savethelephant – 95
    vogelcommando – 90
    ThylacineAlive – 80
    Pleistohorse – 68
    animal_expert01 – 51
    zooboy28 – 48
    BeardsleyZooFan – 40


    MAMMALS:

    Chlidonias – 85
    lintworm – 82
    LaughingDove – 53
    Giant Panda – 49
    Maguari – 27
    DesertRhino150 – 24
    savethelephant – 23
    Zoo Tycooner FR – 19
    Pleistohorse – 19
    Vision – 17
    animalszoos – 17
    Hix – 14
    Ituri – 13
    Macaw16 – 13
    Fireplume – 12
    ThylacineAlive – 11
    KevinVar – 10
    animal_expert01 – 7
    GerbenElzinga – 6
    BeardsleyZooFan – 6
    vogelcommando – 1


    HERPTILES:

    LaughingDove – 35 Herptiles total (24 Reptiles, 11 Amphibians)
    Ituri – 31 Herptiles total (22 Reptiles, 9 Amphibians)
    Hix – 14 Herptiles total (14 Reptiles, 0 Amphibians)
    Maguari – 11 Herptiles total (4 Reptiles, 7 Amphibians)
    animal_expert01 – 9 Herptiles total (8 Reptiles, 1 Amphibians)
    ThylacineAlive – 6 Herptiles total (2 Reptiles, 4 Amphibians)
    Fireplume – 5 Herptiles total (3 Reptiles, 2 Amphibians)
    DesertRhino150 – 5 Herptiles total (2 Reptiles, 3 Amphibians)
    Vision – 4 Herptiles total (1 Reptiles, 3 Amphibians)
    Macaw16 – 3 Herptiles total (1 Reptiles, 2 Amphibians)
    KevinVar – 3 Herptiles total (0 Reptiles, 3 Amphibians)
    lintworm – 2 Herptiles total (2 Reptiles, 0 Amphibians)


    FISH:

    Hix – 293
    animal_expert01 – 13
    Maguari – 9
    DesertRhino150 – 9
    Fireplume – 1


    INVERTEBRATES:

    Maguari – 117 assorted
    DesertRhino150 – 52 assorted (23 lepidopterans, 17 odonatans, 10 hymenopterans, 2 orthopterans)
    Hix – 38 assorted
    animal_expert01 – 9 assorted
    ThylacineAlive – 2 lepidopterans
    Fireplume – 1 lepidopteran
     
  6. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    A first bird update with birds seen in Luxemburg, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Croatia and Czechia ;) I haven't really done any birding this year, so these are mainly species I picked up when traveling around or during walks in the Swiss jura... The peregrine falcon was seen from Prague's Charles bridge, so that is the most classy European bird this year for me ;)

    187. Little grebe
    188. Great crested grebe
    189. Great cormorant
    190. Grey heron
    191. Mute swan
    192. Greylag goose
    193. Common shellduck
    194. Mallard
    195. Red-crested pochard
    196. Gadwall
    197. Crested duck
    198. Goosander
    199. Red kite
    200. Black kite
    201. Common buzzard
    202. European sparrowhark
    203. European goshawk
    204. Common kestrel
    205. Peregrine falcon
    206. Common pheasant
    207. Common moorhen
    208. European coot
    209. Oystercatcher
    210. Pied avocet
    211. European lapwing
    212. Black-headed gull
    213. Common gull
    214. Herring gull
    215. Yellow-legged gull
    216. Lesser black-backed gull
    217. Common tern
    218. Stock dove
    219. Common wood pigeon
    220. Eurasian collared dove
    221. Tawny owl
    222. Long-eared owl
    223. European swift
    224. Alpine swift
    225. European kingfisher
    226. Rose-ringed parakeet
    227. Black woodpecker
    228. Green woodpecker
    229. Greater spotted woodpecker
    230. Eurasian crag martin
    231. House martin
    232. Red-rumped swallow
    233. Pied wagtail
    234. Yellow wagtail
    235. Grey wagtail
    236. Eurasian wren
    237. European dipper
    238. Dunnock
    239. Redbreast
    240. Black redstart
    241. Common redstart
    242. Stonechat
    243. Song thrush
    244. Mistle thrush
    245. Fieldfare
    246. Blackbird
    247. Blackcap
    248. Common whitethroat
    249. Common chiffchaf
    250. Goldcrest
    251. Firecrest
    252. Spotted flycatcher
    253. Pied flycatcher
    254. Great tit
    255. Blue tit
    256. Black tit
    257. Crested tit
    258. Willow tit
    259. Long-tailed tit
    260. Eurasian nuthatch
    261. Eurasian treecreeper
    262. Red-backed shrike
    263. Magpie
    264. Eurasian jay
    265. Jackdaw
    266. Rook
    267. Carrion crow
    268. European raven
    269. European starling
    270. European oriole
    271. Montane sparrow
    272. European chaffinch
    273. Common linnet
    274. European goldfinch
    275. Greenfinch
    276. European serin
    277. Bullfinch
    278. Crossbill
    279. Yellowhammer
    280. Cirl bunting

    Next Kenya & Ethiopia...
     
  7. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Now on to Kenya, from 1 week in Nakuru and 2.5 weeks in Baringo, all for work, though with one afternoon spent in Nakuru National Park...

    281. Common ostrich
    282. Great white pelican
    283. Pink-backed pelican
    284. African darter
    285. White-breasted cormorant
    286. Sacred ibis
    287. African spoonbill
    288. Greater flamingo
    289. Lesser flamingo
    290. Red-billed teal
    291. Dark chanting goshawk
    292. Red-knobbed coot
    293. Black-headed lapwing
    294. Little stint
    295. Common sandpiper
    296. Grey-headed gull
    297. Namaqua dove
    298. White-bellied go-away-bird
    299. Jacobin cuckoo
    300. Red-chested cuckoo
    301. Grey-headed kingfisher
    302. Northern carmine bee-eater
    303. White-fronted bee-eater
    304. Olive bee-eater
    305. White-throated bee-eater
    306. Rufous-crowned roller
    307. Abyssinian scimitarbill
    308. Jackson's hornbill
    309. Yellow-fronted tinkerbird
    310. red-and-yellow barbet
    311. Bearded woodpecker
    312. Cape robin chat
    313. Heuglin's robin chat
    314. Olive thrush
    315. Northern anteater chat
    316. Mocking cliff chat
    317. Schalow's wheatear
    318. Spotted morning thrush
    319. Cinnamon bracken warbler
    320. Brown parisoma
    321. Bar-throated apalis
    322. Southern black flycatcher
    323. White-eyed slaty flycatcher
    324. African dusky flycatcher
    325. Silverbird
    326. Montane white-eye
    327. Scarlet-chested sunbird
    328. Grey-backed fiscal
    329. Grey-headed bush shrike
    330. Cape rook
    331. Greater blue-eared starling
    332. Ruppel's long-tailed starling
    333. Rufous sparrow
    334. Parrot-billed sparrow
    335. White-bellied buffalo weaver
    336. Lesser masked weaver
    337. Red-headed weaver
    338. Northern red bishop
    339. Purple grenadier
    340. African firefinch

    341. White-bellied canary
    342. Streaky seedeater

    Next Ethiopia...
     
  8. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    And finally 3 weeks Ethiopia, again a work related visit, with one real afternoon full birding.

    343. Fulvous whistling duck
    344. Wattled ibis
    345. Egyptian vulture
    346. African harrier hawk
    347. Chestnut-naped francolin
    348. Dusky turtle dove
    349. White-cheeked turaco
    350. Blue-breasted bee-eater
    351. Hemprich's hornbill
    352. Decken's hornbill
    353. Abyssinian ground hornbill
    354. Banded barbet
    355. Black-billed barbet
    356. Lesser honeyguide
    357. Mountain wagtail
    358. Grassland pipit
    359. Ruppell's robin chat
    360. White-winged cliff chat
    361. Little rock thrush
    362. Groundscraper thrush
    363. Mountain thrush
    364. White-rumped babbler
    365. Tacazze sunbird
    366. Somali crow
    367. Fan-tailed raven
    368. Thick-billed raven
    369. Swainson's sparrow
    370. Red-collared widowbird
    371. Yellow-bellied waxbill
    372. Long-tailed paradise whydah
    373. White-browed seedeater
    374. Lammergeier
    375. Ethiopian boubou
    376. Northern black flycatcher
    377. Black-winged lovebird
    378. Somali ostrich
    379. Comb duck
    380. Harlequin quail
    381. Arabian bustard
    382. Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse
    383. Orange-bellied parrot
    384. African scops owl
    385. Abyssinian roller
    386. Black-billed woodhoopoe
    387. Eastern grey woodpecker
    388. Chestnut-backed sparrowlark
    389. Ruppel's weaver
    390. Crimson-rumped waxbill
    391. Cinnamon-breasted bunting
    392. Double-banded courser
    393. Lanner falcon
    394. Mottled swift
    395. Black-bellied bustard

    That is it for now, inverts and herps will follow.
     
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  9. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    well, you certainly shot up the results table!
     
  10. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    That is true, but I did hardly see anything special and missed quite a few of the standard species. But that is just the difference between field work in Europe compared with field work in Africa...
     
  11. Vision

    Vision Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    New place, new birds! Was going for a couple exciting woodpeckers that had been spotted there, but I'm happy with these two as well.

    BIRDS:
    152) Whinchat, Saxicola rubetra
    153) Woodlark, Lullula arborea
     
  12. Hix

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

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    Inverts
    39. Red Nipper Crab
    40. Mottled Crab
    41. Horned Ghost Crab
    42. Red Hermit Crab
    43. Tawny Hermit Crab
    44. Purple Hermit Crab
    45. Red-eyed Crab
    46. Common Grapsus Crab
    47. Christmas Island Stick Insect
    48. Christmas Island Mantis

    :p

    Hix
     
  13. savethelephant

    savethelephant Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    96. Palm Tanager

    Thank you to @ralph for the ID :)
     
  14. LaughingDove

    LaughingDove Well-Known Member

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    @lintworm you've listed both Common Ostrich and Masai Ostrich. I'm guessing the second one should be Somali?
     
  15. Hix

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

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    Birds
    174. Java Sparrow


    Herps

    15. Flowerpot Snake

    :p

    Hix
     
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  16. Maguari

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

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    Just to tidy up so I don't forget, a new identification from the Picos de Europa:

    Invertebrates:
    118. Iberian Owlfly - Libelloides ictericus

    And a couple of coastal additions grabbed during a primarily social day in North Wales recently:

    Fish:
    10. Shanny - Lipophrys pholis

    Invertebrates:
    119. Rockpool Prawn - Palaemon elegans

    :)
     
  17. animalszoos

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    106) Great crested grebe

    18) Fallow deer
     
  18. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    It should be indeed, those ones are from Aledeghe plain in Afar, so a typo....
     
  19. animalszoos

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    107) Cirl Bunting

    19) Red deer

    Both red and fallow deer in Hertfordshire are a lot shier than in the roe deer in Norway, and start fleeing as soon as you are within 80m away from them, whereas the Norwegian roe deer allow you to be no more than 4 metres away until they walk in the opposite direction.
     
  20. animal_expert01

    animal_expert01 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Mammals:
    8. Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
    9. Rat (Rattus norvegicus)

    Birds:
    52. Black-Shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris)
    53. White-Cheeked Honeyeater (Phylidonyris niger)
    54. White-Breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus)
     
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