Tuesday, 18 April 2017

Easter 2017: Birdlist

This post details my sightings, and compiles my 'record shot' photos, for the Easter holiday. During this 17 day period I saw 112 species, which beats my previous record of 100 from 2015. In 2016 I visited South Africa during the Easter holiday and saw 246 species.

Carrion Crow, near Friston.

During this holiday I managed 3 lifetime firsts: Blue Rock Thrush, Little Gull and Glaucous Gull. This takes my lifetime total to 432 species.

Coal Tit, near Tabell Ghyll, Ashdown Forest.

Rook, Pulborough Brooks.

In addition to the three lifetime firsts there were fourteen year 'ticks', taking my total to 162. The species were:
Willow Warbler
Bullfinch
Common Redstart
Woodlark
Reed Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Tawny Owl
Whimbrel
Common Whitethroat
Common Sandpiper
Lesser Whitethroat
House Martin
Sand Martin
Nightingale

Buzzard, Pulborough Brooks.

Blackbird, Pulborough Brooks. 

Pochard with a Mallard, West Rise Marsh.

Snipe, West Rise Marsh.

Long-tailed Duck with a Tufted Duck, West Rise Marsh.

Bearded Tit, West Rise Marsh.

Two second winter and two first winter Herring Gulls, one with a beak deformity. West Rise Marsh.

Coot, West Rise Marsh. 

Male and female Tufted Duck, Arundel.

Moorhen, Arundel.

Teal, Arundel.

Gadwall, Arundel.

Canada Goose, Arundel.

Pochard, Arundel.

Grey Partridge, at the Burgh. 

Green Woodpecker, Further Plantation. 

Rock Pipit, Hope Gap.

Little Egret, Hope Gap.

Fulmar, Seaford Head.

Peregrine, Seaford Head. 

Linnets,  Lullington Heath.

Robin,  Lullington Heath.

Chaffinch, Lullington Heath. 

Sandwich Tern, Dungeness.

Whimbrel, Dungeness.

Common Scoter, Dungeness.

Brent Geese, Dungeness.

Glaucous Gull, Dungeness.

Ring-necked Duck, Cook's Pool Dungeness.

Male and female Pintail, Dungeness.

Tree Sparrow, Dungeness. 

Whitethroat, Alfriston.

Ravens, Crowlink.

Little Gull, Birling Gap.

Fulmar and Herring Gull, Birling Gap.

Fulmar, Birling Gap. 

Skylark, Cuckmere Valley.

Greenfinch, Cuckmere Valley.

Common Sandpiper, Exceat Bridge. 

Bearded Tit, West Rise Marsh.

House Martin, West Rise Marsh.

Little Gull, West Rise Marsh. 

Full Bird List:
Mute Swan
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose
Brent Goose
Shelduck
Eurasian Wigeon
Gadwall
Eurasian Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Common Pochard
Tufted Duck
Ring-necked Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Common Scoter
Red-legged Partridge
Grey Partridge
Pheasant
Northern Fulmar
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Grey Heron
Little Egret
Northern Gannet
Cormorant
Red Kite
Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Sparrowhawk
Common Buzzard
Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Moorhen
Coot
Oystercatcher
Northern Lapwing
Common Snipe
Eurasian Curlew
Common Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Mediterranean Gull
Little Gull
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Sandwich Tern
Stock Dove
Woodpigeon
Feral Pigeon
Collared Dove
Tawny Owl
Green Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Magpie
Jay
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Raven
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Bearded Tit
Woodlark
Skylark
Sand Martin
Swallow
House Martin
Cetti’s Warbler
Long-tailed Tit
Common Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Reed Warbler
Blackcap
Lesser Whitethroat
Common Whitethroat
Goldcrest
Wren
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Starling
Blackbird 
Song Thrush
Robin
Nightingale
Common Redstart
Blue Rock Thrush
European Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Dunnock
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
White Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
Rock Pipit
Water Pipit
Chaffinch
Brambling
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Linnet
Lesser Redpoll
Bullfinch
Yellowhammer
Reed Bunting
Corn Bunting

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