Birding list 2008

01/01/08

In and around garden

1. Blue Tit
2. Great Tit
3. Robin
4. Blackbird
5. Black-headed Gull
6. Dunnock
7. Long-tailed Tit
8. Magpie
9. Jackdaw
10. Woodpigeon
11. Coal Tit

Loxley Valley and area

12. Wren
13. Mistle Thrush
14. Fieldfare
15. Mallard
16. Goldeneye
17. Coot
18. Moorhen
19. Canada Goose
20. Treecreeper
21. Chaffinch
22. Goldfinch
23. Feral Pigeon
24. Jay
25. Pheasant
26. House Sparrow
27. Starling
28. Carrion Crow

02/01/08

Malin Bridge Tram Stop

29. Pied Wagtail

03/01/08

Crookes Valley Park

30. Mandarin Duck*

Weston Park

31. Redwing

05/01/08

Old Moor 

32. Golden Plover
33. Lapwing
34. Tufted Duck
35. Gadwall
36. Tree Sparrow
37. Collared Dove
38. Mute Swan
39. Willow Tit
40. Greenfinch
41. Grey Heron
42. Cormorant
43. Wigeon
44. Stock Dove
45. Redshank
46. Common Gull
47. Goosander
48. Dunlin
49. Teal
50. Ruddy Duck
51. Shoveler
52. Siskin
53. Linnet
54. Snipe
55. Bullfinch

06/01/08

Garden

56. Song Thrush

12/01/08

M62

57. Kestrel

Fairburn Ings

58. Great Crested Grebe
59. Little Grebe
60. Shelduck
61. Smew*
62. Pochard
63. Kingfisher
64. Goldcrest
65. Rook

14/01/07

Leavygreave Road (near University)

66. Grey Wagtail

19/01/07

Old Moor 

67. Greylag Goose
68. Bittern*

25/01/08

Handsworth

69. Waxwing*

Redmires

70. Red Grouse

26/01/08

From living room window

71. Sparrowhawk

27/01/08

Loxley Valley

72. Great Spotted Woodpecker
73. Nuthatch

02/02/08

Loxley Valley

74. Meadow Pipit

09/02/08

Damflask

75. Little Gull*

High Bradfield 

76. Buzzard

10/02/08

Flamborough Head

77. Herring Gull
78. Kittiwake
79. Great Black-backed Gull
80. Lesser Black-backed Gull
81. Guillemot
82. Gannet
83. Oystercatcher
84. Skylark
85. Yellowhammer
86. Reed Bunting
87. Shag
88. Stonechat

Filey

89. Eider
90. Sanderling

20/02/08

Loxley Road

91. Tawny Owl

01/03/08

Loxley Valley

92. Dipper
93. Curlew

02/03/08

Beeley Woods and area

94. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
95. Green Woodpecker

08/03/08

Windy Corner

96. Goshawk*
97. Peregrine
98. Brambling
99. Raven**
100. Crossbill*

27/03/08

Loxley Road

101. Chiffchaff

08/04/08

Rowel Lane

102. Little Owl

12/04/08

Old Moor

103. Willow Warbler
104. Sand Martin
105. House Martin
106. Swallow
107. Ringed Plover
108. Little Ringed Plover

19/04/08

Garden 

109. Blackcap

26/04/08

Rocher Head

110. Wheatear

Agden Side

111. Tree Pipit*

28/04/08

Loxley Valley

112. Swift

29/04/08

Wharncliffe Crags/Heath area

113. Common Whitethroat
114. Cuckoo**

03/05/08

Loxley Valley

115. Common Sandpiper
116. Lesser Whitethroat*

05/05/08

Loxley Valley

117. Spotted Flycatcher**

08/05/08

Bamburgh

118. Arctic Tern

Low-Newton-by-the-Sea

119. Sedge Warbler*
120. Grey Partridge**

09/05/08

Beadnell

121. Turnstone
122. Rock Pipit

Farne Islands

123. Puffin
124. Razorbill
125. Sandwich Tern

10/05/08

Beadnell/Newton Links

126. Little Tern*

Bamburgh

127. Common Scoter

15/05/08

Loxley Valley

128. Garden Warbler

23/05/08

Wyming Brook

129. Wood Warbler*

24/05/08

Rocher Head

130. Redstart*

06/06/08

Redmires Reservoir

131. Grasshopper Warbler*

Moscar

132. Ring Ouzel*

07/06/08

Old Moor

133. Common Tern
134. Reed Warbler
135. Spoonbill*

26/06/08

Old Moor

136. Green Sandpiper

02/07/08

Wharncliffe Heath (SBSG Nightjar Walk)

137. Woodcock*
138. Nightjar

12/07/08

Blacktoft Sands

139. Ruff
140. Avocet
141. Spotted Redshank*
142. Black-tailed Godwit
143. Bearded Tit*
144. Barn Owl**
145. Marsh Harrier

Over M18, near Armthorpe

White Stork* [not considering "tickable" due to probability of being escaped Harewood bird]

06/08/08

Loxley Valley

146. Pied Flycatcher

16/08/08

Old Moor

147. Greenshank

13/09/08

Old Moor

148. Little Egret

20/09/08

Bridlington Harbour

149. Knot**

Flamborough Head

150. Pink-footed Goose
151. Fulmar

21/09/08

RSPB Skua/shearwater Cruise

152. Red-throated Diver
153. Arctic Skua*
154. Great Skua*

Bridlington Harbour

155. Purple Sandpiper

Tophill Low

156. Hobby
157. Amur Falcon* (originally id’ed as a Red-footed Falcon, and BOU pending!)
158. Black-necked Grebe*

28/09/08

Spurn

159. Great Grey Shrike*
160. Red-backed Shrike**
161. Yellow-browed Warbler*
162. Whinchat*
163. Bar-tailed Godwit**

24/10/08

Ramsley Reservoir

164. Lesser Redpoll

Leash Fen

165. Short-eared Owl*

27/10/08

Potteric Carr

166. Pintail*

29/12/08

Potteric Carr

167. Water Rail*

Old Moor

168. Green-winged Teal*

*lifers [28]
**first seen in UK since I started listing in 2006