YEAR LIST for 2005A list of all the species I've seen this year. Birds in CAPITALS are first time sightings,("Lifers" or 1st on IOW), |
DATE | TOTAL | SPECIES- JANUARY | LOCATION |
"Birdrace" | from 07.00 to 15.30 in order of sightings. | (IOW only) | |
" | (01-04) | Robin, Song Thrush, Jackdaw, Wood Pigeon, | Shide @7.12 |
" | (05-24) | Crow, Rook, Mallard, Moorhen, Teal,
Pheasant, Redshank, Wigeon, Blackbird, (Water Rail), (Green Woodpecker), Blue Tit, Dunnock, Wren, Magpie, Great Tit, Herring Gull, Black Headed Gull, Mute Swan, Redwing, |
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" | (25-54) | Starling, Pied Wagtail, Feral Pigeon, Little Egret,
Black Tailed Godwit, Curlew, Lapwing, Little Grebe, Grey Plover, Kingfisher, Oystercatcher, Heron, Tufted Duck, Canada Goose, Coot, Kestrel, (Cetti's Warbler), Shoveler, Collared Dove, Dunlin, Brent Geese, Shelduck, Greenfinch, Cormorant, Goldeneye, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Fieldfare (c10), Stock Dove, House Sparrow, |
Yarmouth @8.07 |
" | (55) | Pintail | Cassey Bridge @9.40 |
" | (56-64) | Meadow Pipit, Buzzard, Red Breasted Merganser, Turnstone, Knot, Ringed Plover, Great Crested Grebe, Bar Tailed Godwit, Goldcrest, | Newtown NR @9.45 |
" | (65-68) | Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay,
Long Tailed Tit, Mistle Thrush, |
Town Copse to Blackwater @10.35 |
" | (69-70) | Sanderling, Common Gull, | Ryde Esplanade @13.10 |
" | (71-74) | Shag (1), Mediterranean Gull (1), Razorbill (1), Greater Black Backed Gull (1), |
Puckpool @13.25 |
" | (75) E1 |
Pochard (1m) Barnacle Goose (270) |
Hersey NR @13.45 " " |
" | (76-77) | Greenshank (2), Spotted Redshank (1), | Bembridge Ponds @14.30 |
" | (78-79) | Rock Pipit (1), Purple Sandpiper (5), | Lane End @14.10 |
" | (80) | Hen Harrier (1juv). | Laundry Lane @15.24 |
(81) (82) (83) (84) (85) E2 E3 (86) (87) |
Coal Tit (1) Red Legged Partridge (1) Stonechat (2) Skylark (4) Slavonian Grebe (1) Bar Headed Goose (1) Greylag Goose (1) Short Eared Owl (2) Snipe (2 heard) |
Staplers Newport Appleford Cross Whale Chine " " Puckpool Laundry Lane " " " " " " |
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(88) (89) (90) (91) (92) (93) |
Sparrowhawk (2) Chiffchaff (5) Gannet (1) Red Throated Diver (1) Black Redstart (1m) Grey Wagtail (1) |
Quay Lane, Brading " " Sandown Esp. " " Bembridge Marina Brading Sewage Wks. |
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(94) E4 (95) |
Fulmar (1) Wood Duck (1m) Goosander (1m,2f) |
Shanklin Esp. Hersey NR. " " |
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(96) (97) |
Bullfinch (1f) Common Sandpiper (2) |
Medina Estuary " " |
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(98) (99) (100) |
Water Pipit (1) Yellowhammer (1m) Little Owl (1) |
Brading Sewage Wks. Appleford Cross Gore Cliff, Blackgang |
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(101) (102) |
Kittiwake (6) Great Norther Diver (1) |
Puckpool, IOW " " |
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(103) (104) |
Treecreeper (1) Pink Footed Goose (1) -possible (E) |
Appley Park, Ryde Laundry Lane, St. Helens |
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(105) (106) |
Gadwall (1m) Common Scoter (1) |
Puckpool (off shore) " " |
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(107) (108) |
Firecrest (1) Black Necked Grebe (1) |
Rylstone Gardens, Shanklin Puckpool, IOW |
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(109) (110) |
Reed Bunting (1) Corn Bunting (1-2) |
Dungewood Lane, Atherfield " " |
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(111) | Linnet (c50) | Mottistone NT | |
(112) | Barn Owl (1) | Shide to Blackwater FP, Newport | |
(113) (114) |
Grey Partridge (9) Peregrine (1) |
W. of Whale Chine (by Military Rd) |
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(115) (116) |
Merlin (1f) Lesser Black Backed Gull (1) |
Near Sainsburys Newport |
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(117) (118) (119) |
Raven (2) Blackcap (1m) Greylag Geese (2) |
Yarmouth Old Station " " Laundry Lane |
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(120) | Eider (1m) | Puckpool | |
MAINLAND TRIP |
121 122 123 124 |
Avocet (8) Waxwing (c170) Mandarin (7) Nuthatch (2) |
Farlington, Hants Gloucester Cannop, Glos. " " |
Jan 30th |
125 126 127 128 129 |
Brambling (4+) Siskin (c40) Redpoll (1) Marsh Tit (2) Crossbill (2) |
Speech House Parkend Church " " Wenchford New Fancy V. Pt |
DATE | TOTAL | SPECIES- FEBRUARY | LOCATION |
Feb 1st | 130 131 132 |
Hawfinch (1) Dipper (1) Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (1) |
Cannop Ponds Wenchford Beechenhurst |
Feb 3rd | 133 | Goshawk (1) | New Fancy V. Pt |
Feb 4th | 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 |
Ruff (12) White Fronted Goose (c600) Bewick Swan (c80) Golden Plover (c1000) Red Kite (2-4) Ruddy Duck (c6) Smew (5m, 3f) |
Slimbridge, Glos " " " " " " A40 Oxford Stocker's Lake, Herts " " |
Feb 5th | 141 | Ring Necked Parakeet (c8) | Staines Moor |
Feb 6th | 142 143 144 |
Green Sandpiper (1) Tree Sparrow (2+) Bittern (2) |
Tyttenhanger Ponds Tyttenhanger Farm Marsworth, Tring |
145 (121) | Dartford Warbler (1) | West High Down, Totland | |
146 (122) | Guillemot (10) | Forelands, Bembridge | |
147 (123) | Woodlark (7) | Mottistone NT. |
DATE | TOTAL | SPECIES- MARCH | LOCATION |
Mar 1st | Ssp 1 | BLACK BRANT (1) | Bembridge Harbour. IOW |
Mar 8th | 148 (124) | Whimbrel (1) | Werrer, Medina Estuary, IOW |
Mar 14th | 149 (125) | Wheatear (1m) | Culver Down, IOW |
Mar 15th | 150 (126) | Scaup (1f) | Corve Farm, Chale, IOW |
Mar 18th | ------ (127) | Golden Plover (3) | Newtown NR, IOW |
Mar 19th | 151 (128) | Sandwich Tern (2) | Ryde Esplanade, IOW |
Mar 20th | 152 (129) | Sand Martin (4) | Laundry Lane, IOW |
Mar 23rd | Ssp 2 | White Wagtail (1) | Yaverland, Sandown, IOW |
Mar 24th | 153 (130) | Willow Warbler (1) | Bembridge Ponds, IOW |
Mar 26th | 154 (131) 155 (132) |
Swallow (3) Marsh Harrier (1m) |
Alum Bay, IOW |
DATE | TOTAL | SPECIES- APRIL | LOCATION |
April 2nd | 156 (133) | Ring Ouzel (1m) | West High Down, IOW |
April 3rd | 157 (134) E5 |
Arctic Skua (8) SAKER FALCON (1 Hybrid?) |
St. Catherine's Point, IOW Laundry Lane |
April 4th | 158 (135) | Yellow Wagtail (1m) | Yaverland, Sandown, IOW |
April 5th | 159 (136) E6 |
Black Throated Diver (1) HARRIS HAWK (1 esc.) |
St. Catherine's Point, IOW Carpenters Road, St. Helens |
April 10th | 160 | Woodcock (1) | Kensley Lodge, Glos. |
April 15th | 161 162 |
WILLOW TIT (3) Pied Flycatcher (1m) |
Parkend Church, Glos. Nagshead RSPB |
April 16th | 163 (137) 164 (138) 165 (139) 166 (140) 167 (141) |
Sedge Warbler (1) Redstart (1m) Cuckoo (1m heard) Whitethroat (1) House Martin (4) |
Sandown Canoe Lake Brading Marsh Medina Estuary " " " " |
April 17th | 168 (142) | Reed Warbler (1) | Yarmouth Marsh, IOW |
April 21st | 169 (143) 170 (144) |
Common Tern (9) Tree Pipit (2) |
St. Catherine's Pt, IOW " " |
April 22nd | 171 (145) 172 (146) 173 (147) |
Great Skua "Bonxie" (2) Little Gull (8) Manx Shearwater (1) |
St. Catherine's Pt. " " " " |
April 24th | 174 (148) 175 (149) |
Nightingale (2 heard) Swift (2) |
Newchurch, IOW " " |
April 26th | ----- (150) | Ruddy Duck (1m) | Sandown Canoe Lake, IOW |
April 28th | 176 (151) | Lesser Whitethroat (1m) | Bembridge Down, IOW |
April 30th | 177 (152) 178 (153) ----- (154) 179 (155) |
Whinchat (1-2) Turtle Dove (1) Pied Flycatcher (1m) Garden Warbler (1) |
West High Down, IOW Needles Road to Alum Bay Alum Bay Chine |
DATE | TOTAL | SPECIES- MAY | LOCATION |
May 1st | 180 (156) 181 (157) |
Hobby (1) Little Tern (1) |
Yarmouth Ponds, IOW " " |
May 3rd | 182 (158) | Pomarine Skua (1) | St. Catherine's Pt, IOW |
May 7th | 183 (159) | Long Eared Owl (1) | Firestone Copse, IOW |
May 10th | 184 (160) | Spotted Flycatcher (1) | Culver Down, IOW |
May 11th | 185 (161) ----- (162) |
Nightjar (1) Woodcock (1) |
Firestone Copse, IOW " " |
May 27th | 186 (163) | Woodchat Shrike (1) | Bembridge Airport, IOW |
May 29th | 187 188 189 |
Bearded Tit (1) Egyptian Goose (1) Red Crested Pochard (1m) |
Farlington Titchfield Haven, Hants. " " |
May 30th | 190 | Wood Warbler (1M heard) | Woorgreens, Glos. |
DATE | TOTAL | SPECIES- SUMMER | LOCATION |
June 1st | 191 | Tawny Owl (juv. heard) | Dilke Crematorium, Glos. |
June 17th | 192 | SARDINIAN WARBLER (1m) | Farlington Marsh, Hants. |
June 18th | 193 | Little Ringed Plover (1) | Staines Moor, Surrey. |
July 13th | ----- (164) | Mandarin (1f) | Bembridge Ponds, IOW |
July 18th | ------------- | prob. BALEARIC SHEARWATER | Off Yarmouth, IOW |
August 1st | ----- (165) | Green Sandpiper (1) | Hersey NR, IOW |
August 16th | 194 (166) | Osprey (1juv) | Newtown NR, IOW |
August 29th | 195 (167) 196 (168) |
Wryneck (1) Honey Buzzard (4) |
Luccombe Down, IOW " " |
DATE | TOTAL | SPECIES- AUTUMN | LOCATION |
September 1st | 197 (169) | Grasshopper Warbler (1) | Luccombe Down, IOW |
September 8th | 198 (170) | Yellow Legged Gull (1) | Atherfield Bay, IOW |
September 11th | 199 (171) | Garganey (1f) | Yarmouth Ponds, IOW |
September 12th | ----- (172) | Siskin (c25) | Yaverland Cliffs, IOW |
September 30th | 200 (173) | Red Necked Grebe (1) | Sandown Bay, IOW |
October 15th | ----- (174) ----- (175) |
Redpoll (1 heard) Brambling (1 heard) |
Culver Down, IOW |
October 25th October 26th |
----------- ----- (176) |
prob. LONG TAILED SKUA (1juv) Crossbill (8+ over) |
Foreland Culver Down, IOW |
November 3rd | 201 (177) | SOOTY SHEARWATER (5) | Ventnor Esp, IOW |
November 13th | 202 | Whooper Swan (200+) | Welney, WWT |
November 21st | ----- (178) | Bittern (1) | St. Helens Bridge, IOW |
That's the total for 2005 so far.
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