I have only seen about 3 of those birds in your list Kingfisher! Oh well!

Which three jamie? I've seen 12 of those on Kingfishers list. Four of them in the UK.

erm, a Starling, Winter Wren and a Mallard. Not very exciting i'm afraid

I got to add Cedar Waxwing to my list today! Wonderful. I got to see them quite close, too--about ten feet away from me . It has been quite cold here, around -4 degrees Celsius. Brrrr....

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Ive just lost a species! Back down to 104 now as the Yellow Browed Warbler i went to see has been re-identified as a Humes Yellow browed and ive already seen one of those this year!!

Okay here is my list:
1.Jackdaw
2.Magpie
3.Collared Dove
4.Starling
5.Blackbird
6.Song Thrush
7.House Sparrow
8.Chaffinch
9.Greenfinch
10.Bullfinch
11.Pied Wagtail
12.Robin
13.Dunnock
14.Wren
15.Great tit
16.Blue Tit
17.Coal tit
18.Kestrel
19.Pheasent
20.Woodpigeon
21.Rook
21.Hooded Crow
22.Golden Plover
23.Lapwing
24.Curlew
25.Skylark
26.Meadow Pipit
27.Fieldfare
28.Redwing
29.Mistle Thrush
30.Goldfinch
31.Sparrowhawk
32.Buzzard
33.Woodcock
34.Blackcap
35.Goldcrest
36.Long-tailed Tit
37.Siskin
38.Lesser Redpoll
39.Stonechat
40.Linnet
41.Little Grebe
42.Grey Heron
43.Mute Swan
44.Mallard
45.Moorhen
46.Coot
47.Snipe
48.Black-headed Gull
49.Grey Wagtail
50.Reed Bunting
51.Cormarant
52.Herring Gull


Now thats my list for 08.......so far........and I haven't been to the coast, so it is all from my garden or the fields and a big pond about a mile or so from my house + 1 other open grassland, very slightly marshy area , where I see the meadow pipits, skylarks, lapwings, golden plovers and snipe.

This post was last modified: 25-01-2008 07:26 PM by The Stoop.

Had a disappointing morning on the yearlist front. Went to Helston to see the Ring-billed Gull, it wasn't there. Had a look for Yellowhammers at a few usual haunts. They weren't there. Went to St Gothian Nature Reserve to see the Little Gull. That had gone too!! Managed one more though as i stopped to check out a sillouhette on top of a bush. It turned out to be a male Branmbling! So back on 105 species again!

   

STOOP, where do you live? Not being funny but can't imagine how you have Swallow AND Swift AND sedge warbler AND house Martin at this time of year mate! They are all summer migrants. Also the Willow Warbler/chiffchaff is more than likely a Chiffchaff. Lots over wintering these days.

Is this the total of the birds you have seen? Sorry i think i may have crossed my wires. Thought this was your 2008 year list.

That is a pretty impressive list there Stoop!

Here the question is:

Arctic Tern or Caspian Tern?

Common or Forster's?

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Woh sorry, I will edit that, I was thinking all over the place...........

I can relate...

Added another with Little Gull today. Up to 106 for the year in Cornwall now.

Very nice! I have put my bird list on my wildlife website:

http://www.freewebs.com/jamiesworldofwildlife

(sorry if that sounds like spam!)

Two more today. Golden Plover and Water Rail. 108 now. You can read more on my blog. Kernowbirder Diaries.
I think it would take up to much space to write the whole list out, so highlights so far this year include:

All three divers
Black necked Grebe
Little Gull
HUMES LEAF WARBLER
GLAUCOUS GULL
ICELAND GULL
WATER PIPiT
Balearic Shearwater
CATTLE EGRET (lots)
Little Egret
BITTERN
Avocet
Black Redstart.