YEAR LIST for 2006A 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 Seen in- JANUARY | LOCATION |
"Birdrace" | from 6.40 to 17.30 in order of sightings. | (IOW only) | |
" | (01) | Snipe (H) | Yarbridge @6.40 |
" | (02-21) | Mallard, Swan, Shelduck, Black Headed Gull, Coot, Moorhen, Tufted Duck, Blackbird,
Robin, Rook, Wren, Dunnock, Herring Gull, Crow, Pheasant, Pied Wagtail, Cormorant, Common Gull, Wood Pigeon, Shag, |
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" | (22-37) | Jackdaw, Collared Dove, Canada Geese, Starling, Blue Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker,
Magpie, Grey Wagtail, Chaffinch, House Sparrow, Kestrel, Greenfinch, Chiffchaff, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Goldcrest, |
Brading @8.00 |
" | (38-41) | Green Woodpecker, Buzzard,
Jay, Meadow Mipit, |
Newchurch @8.50 |
" | (42-44) | Mistle Thrush, Fieldfare,
Red Legged Partridge, |
Arreton @8.50 |
" | (45-47) | Redwing, Stock Dove, Little Owl,
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Blackwater @9.30 |
" | (48-67) | Little Egret, Red Breasted Merganser,
Brent Geese, Rock Pipit, Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Dunlin, Wigeon, Oystercatcher, Greater Black Backed Gull, Knot, Curlew, Lapwing, Teal, Goldeneye, Little Grebe, Pintail, Redshank, Great Crested Grebe, Kingfisher, |
Newtown NR @10.18 |
" | (68-74) E1 |
Shoveler, Goldfinch, Black Tailed Godwit,
Raven, Heron, Bullfinch, Reed Bunting, Muscovy Duck |
Yarmouth @10.20 |
" | (75) | Feral Pigeon, | Ryde @13.00 |
" | (76-77) | Sanderling, Mediterranean Gull, | Puckpool @13.50 |
" | (78) | Greenshank, | Hersey NR @14.10 |
" | (79-80) | Purple Sandpiper, Red Throated Diver, | Lane End/Foreland @15.00 |
" | (81-84) | Water Rail, Stonechat,
Short Eared Owl, Cetti's Warbler. |
Laundry Lane @16.20 |
(85) (86) (87) (88) (89) E2 E3 (90) (91) |
Song Thrush (H) Coal Tit (1) Sparrowhawk (1m) Black Redstart (1m) Spotted Redshank (1) Barnacle Geese (c250) Snow Goose (2 Dark Phase) Great Northern Diver (1) Turnstone (4) |
Firestone Copse " Bembridge Harbour " " Bembridge Ponds Hersey NR " " Seaview " " |
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Jan 3rd | (92) (93) (94) (95) (96) (97) |
Bar Tailed Godwit (1) Eider (1f) Skylark (1m) Pochard (1m) Ringed Plover (10) Red Necked Grebe (2) |
Ryde E. Sands off St Helens Duver " " " Bembridge Ponds off Puckpool |
(98) (99) |
Fulmar (2) Razorbill (1) |
Foreland Puckpool |
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(100) (101) (102) (103) |
Gannet (1) Guillemot(1-2) Peregrine (1) Yellowhammer (c20) |
Ventnor Esp. " Gore Cliff Atherfield Farm |
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Jan 6th | (104) (105) |
Siskin (c70) Redpoll (2) |
Blackwater " |
Jan 7th | (106) (107) (108) |
HAWFINCH (1F) Water Pipit (1) Woodcock (1) |
Appley Park, Ryde Brading S. Wks Firestone Copse |
Jan 8th | (109) (110) |
Treecreeper (2) Long Eared Owl (2) |
Appley Park Mersley Down |
Jan 09th |
(111) (112) |
Whimbrel (1) Marsh Harrier (1juv) |
Medina Esty. Laundry Lane |
Jan 11th | (113) (114) |
Sandwich Tern (1) Slavonian Grebe (2) |
Ryde Sands off Puckpool |
Jan 13th | E4 (115) |
Bar Headed Goose (1) Linnet (c25) |
Hasely Manor Dungewood Farm |
Jan 16th | (115) | Barn Owl (1) | Havenstreet |
VISIT TO MAINLAND | |||
Jan 17th | 116 117 118 119 120 122 123 |
Avocet (10) Merlin (1f) CATTLE EGRET (1juv) Nuthatch (2) Marsh Tit (1) Goosander (1f) Gadwall (1pair) |
Farlington, Hants " Warblington, Hants Cannop, Glos. " Woorgreens " |
Jan 18th | 124 E5 125 126 127 128 129 130 |
Lesser Black Backed Gull (1) Greylag Goose (20+) Ruff (10) Bewick Swan (c200) Ruddy Duck (3) Whitefronted Goose (1) Pinkfooted Goose (1) Mandarin (1) |
Slimbridge WWT " " " " " " Cannop, Glos. |
Jan 19th | 131 | Dipper (2) | Cannop, Glos. |
Jan 20th | S.sp 1 132 133 |
COMMON REDPOLL (1+) Goshawk (1) Red Kite (15) |
Littledean, Glos. New Fancy V.Pt, Glos. M40, Stokenchurch |
Jan 21st | 134 135 136 137 |
Ring Necked Parakeet (50) Smew (1f) Red Crested Pochard (1) Black Necked Grebe (3) |
Staines Moor Wraysbury " Staines Reservoir |
Jan 22nd | 138 E6 139 |
Egyptian Goose (5) Black Swan (6) Bittern (1) |
Stockers Lake, Herts Fisher's Green " |
140 | White Headed Duck (1m) | Broadwater Lake, Harefield | |
Jan 24th | 141 (117) ------ (E6) |
Blackcap (1F) Greylag Goose (1) |
Ryde Garden, IOW Laundry Lane, IOW |
Jan 28th | ------ (118) ------ (119) |
Lesser Black Backed Gull (1) Mandarin (1M) |
Ventnor Esp, Ventnor Park IOW |
Jan 30th. | 142 (120) | Brambling (2) | Mersley Down, IOW |
143 (121) | Common Scoter (2) | S.C.Pt, IOW |
DATE | TOTAL | SPECIES Seen in- FEB-MARCH | LOCATION |
Feb 3rd | ------ (122) | Black Necked Grebe (1) | Binstead Beach, IOW |
Feb 5th. | 144 (123) | Kittiwake (2) | "La Falaise", Ventnor, IOW |
Feb 9th. | E7 | WHITE IBIS (1) | Orchard Bay, Ventnor, IOW |
Feb 25th | ------ (124) | Gadwall (2) | Sandown Canoe Lake, IOW |
Mar 5th. | 145 | Crossbill (1) | New Fancy VPt, Glos. |
Mar 8th. | 146 | Tawny Owl (H) | Clearwell, Glos. |
Mar 20th. | 147 (125) | Little Ringed Plover (1) | Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth, IOW |
Mar 21st | ------ (126) | Merlin (1m) | St. Catherine's Pt, IOW |
Mar 23rd | 148 (127) | Firecrest (1-2) | Landguard, Shanklin, IOW |
Mar 24th | 149 (128) | Wheatear (3-4) | St. Catherine's Pt, IOW |
Mar 27th | 150 (129) | Willow Warbler (c4) | Newtown NR, IOW |
Mar 28th | 151 (130) | Sand Martin (2) | Yarmouth, IOW |
Mar 29th | 152 (131) | Dartford Warbler (3+) | Ventnor Downs, IOW |
DATE | TOTAL | SPECIES Seen in- APRIL | LOCATION |
April 2nd | 153 (132) | Common Redstart (2m) | Laundry Lane, IOW |
April 3rd | 154 (133) | Swallow (1) | Watergate Rd, Newport. |
April 4th | 155 (134) | Hoopoe (1) | Sandown GC, IOW |
April 8th | 156 (135) | Whitethroat (1) | Headon Warren, IOW |
April 13th | 157 (136) | House Martin (1) | Brading S.Wks, IOW |
April 15th | 158 (137) 159 (138) 160 (139) 161 (140) ------ (141) 162 (142) 163 (143) |
Arctic Skua (1) Common Tern (3) Black Throated Diver (1) Swift RED KITE (1) Sedge Warbler (1) Reed Warbler (H) |
St. Catherine's Pt. " " " Chessell Yarmouth " |
April 16th | 164 (144) | Great Skua "Bonxie" (1) | St. Catherine's Pt. IOW |
April 18th | 165 (145) | Common Sandpiper (1) | Hersey NR, IOW |
April 19th | 166 (146) | Cuckoo (1m) | Alverstone, IOW |
April 21st | 167 (147) | Velvet Scoter (1) | St. Catherine's Pt. IOW |
April 22nd | 168 (148) 169 (149) 170 (150) 171 (151) 172 (152) |
Ring Ouzel (2F) Lesser Whitethroat (1) Whinchat (1) Grasshopper Warbler (H) Nightingale (H) |
West High Down Headon Warren " Alum Bay Cassey Bridge, Newtown |
April 27th | 173 (153) | Garden Warbler (1-2) | Shide FP, IOW |
April 29th | 174 (154) | Little Tern (2) | Newtown NR, IOW |
DATE | TOTAL | SPECIES Seen in- MAY | LOCATION |
May 2nd | 175 (155) | Pomarine Skua (6) | St. Catherine's Pt, IOW |
May 3rd | 176 (156) | Spotted Flycatcher (1) | Appley Park, Ryde, IOW |
May 8th | 177 (157) 178 (158) |
Green Sandpiper (1) Hen Harrier (1f) |
Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth, IOW |
May 10th | 179 (159) | Turtle Dove (2) | Brighstone Down, IOW |
May 11th | 180 (160) | Manx Shearwater (31) | St. Catherine's Pt, IOW |
May 13th | 181 (161) | Hobby (1) | Needles, IOW |
May 22nd | 182 183 |
Pied Flycatcher (1m) Wood Warbler (1m) |
Nagshead NR, Glos. |
May 23rd | 184 | Tree Pipit (1m) | Crabtree Hill, Glos. |
May 26th | 185 (162) | Nightjar (1m) | Firestone Copse, IOW |
May 27th | 186 (163) | STORM PETREL (1-2) | from Shanklin Chine, IOW |
DATE | TOTAL | SPECIES Seen in- SUMMER | LOCATION |
June 3rd | ----- (164) | NUTHATCH (2ad, 2juv) | Binstead, IOW |
June 18th | 187 188 |
Honey Buzzard (1) Woodlark (2) |
Beaulieu Rd Acre Down, Hants. |
July 12th | ----- (165) | Ruddy Duck (1m) | St. Helens Bridge, IOW |
August 4th | 189 (166) | Yellow Legged Gull (2) | Chale Bay, IOW |
August 16th | 190 (167) | Red Backed Shrike (1m) | Dungewood Lane, IOW |
August 28th | 191 (168) | Wryneck (1) | Shanklin Down, IOW |
August 29th | 192 (169) | Yellow Wagtail (8+) | Culver Down, IOW |
DATE | TOTAL | SPECIES Seen in- AUTUMN | LOCATION |
September 1st | 193 (170) 194 (171) |
Osprey (1) Roseate Tern (1) |
Newtown NR, Ryde Esplanade, IOW |
September 3rd | 195 (172) | BALEARIC SHEARWATER (1) | Ventnor Esplanade, IOW |
September 9th | ----- (173) | Tree Pipit (4) | West High Down, IOW |
September 13th | 196 (174) | Little Stint (1) | Yarmouth Ponds, IOW |
September 18th | 197 (175) | Black Tern (1) | Fishbourne Beach, IOW |
September 24th | 198 | Bearded Tit (12) | Farlington Marsh, Hants |
September 25th | 199 | Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (1m) | New Fancy V.Pt. Glos. |
September 28th | 200 | BUFF BREASTED SANDPIPER (2juv) | Slimbridge, Glos. |
October 4th | ----- (176) | Woodlark (5) | Newtown NR, IOW |
October 14th | 201 (177) | Jack Snipe (1) | Headon Warren, IOW. |
October 28th | 202 (178) | Grey Partridge (6) | near Whale Chine, IOW. |
DATE | TOTAL | SPECIES Seen in- WINTER | LOCATION |
November 4th | 203 204 S.Sp.1 |
Bean Goose (1) Barnacle Geese (4+ with Ferals) "Pale Bellied" Brent Goose (1) |
Slimbridge, Glos. |
November 7th | 205 (179) | SNOW BUNTING (1F) | Ventnor Downs, IOW. |
November 12th | ------ E6 | Black Swan (1) | Newport Quay, IOW |
December 8th | 206 (180) | Little Gull (1) | Fort Victoria, IOW. |
December 9th | ------ E8 | SCARLET HEADED BLACKBIRD (1) | Dodnor Cottage, IOW |
December 11th | 207 (181) | LEACH'S STORM PETREL (1) | Fort Victoria, IOW. |
That's the total for 2006 so far.
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