Wednesday 9 January 2013

50 up then upto 61

First thingtoday was a cormorant high west which  was   my 50th species within 1 mile of the house.With that i set off to Cromwell Bottom along the old red beck past Sunny bunsers round the lake then back over Southowram.I added  11species,Buzzard ,Kingfisher ,Teal and Nuthatch all in splendid plumage.6 Grey heron,little Grebe,Goldeneye,Redpoll,35 Siskin,5 skylark and a treecreeper good stuff...That makes 61 in total of the 65 I was expecting. Missing Tufted  duck, Tawny owl and Green woodpecker is woeful but still time to get them..
1.Great Crested Grebe 2. Little Grebe 3 Cormorant.4 Grey heron, 5 Canada Goose,6 Mallard,7 Tufted duck ,8 Goosander,9 Sparrowhawk,10 Kestrel.11 Coot , 12 Moorhen ,13 Golden Plover 14 Lapwing , 15 Snipe ,16 Black headed gull ,17 Common Gull , 18 Herring Gull ,19 LBBGull , 20 GBBGull , 21 Stock Dove ,22 Woodpigeon , 23 Collared Dove ,24Feral Pigeon ,25 Little Owl, 26 Tawny Owl ,27 Green Woodpecker ,28Great Spotted woodpecker , 29 Skylark ,30 Meadow Pipit.31 Grey wagtail 32 Pied wagtail ,33 Dipper ,34Wren ,35 Dunnock 36 Robin , 37 Blackbird ,38 Fieldfare,39 Song Thrush, 40 Redwing, 41 Mistle Thrush , 42 Goldcrest , 43 Long tailed Tit , 44 Blue Tit, 45 Cole Tit , 46 Great Tit, 47 Nuthatch , 48 Treecreeper , 49 Jay , 50 Magpie ,51 Carrion Crow , 52 Rook, 53 Starling , 54 House Sparrow ,55 Tree Sparrow , 56 Chaffinch,57 Greenfinch, 58 Goldfinch ,59 Siskin ,60 Redpoll,61 Bullfinch, 62 Linnet.+ 3 unknowns,hopefully Snow Bunt,Whooper Swan and Lesser
+ Teal, PFGoose,Woodcock , Goldeneye , Kingfisher , Buzzard...

3 comments:

Brian Sumner . said...

If you do a Queensbury walk call at the garage and I can put you onto a Tawny Owl.

AndyC said...

Nice one Bri ,,,Just what i need will be up soonish,Has Denise had Brambling this year.??

Brian Sumner . said...

Not that I know of Andy, she had them before christmas .
Tracy had a Green Woodpecker the other day that hangs around near the Little Owl site on Green Lane!