Bigby is a scheme set up to find a greener way of year-listing, with birds only counting if seen in a carbon-neutral way. I signed up for the public transport option, and my list is below. I’m not doing too well, largely because I keep accidentally accepting lifts!
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
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
29. Pied Wagtail
30. Mandarin Duck
31. Redwing
32. Song Thrush
33. Grey Wagtail
34. Greylag Goose
35. Bittern
36. Goosander
37. Golden Plover
38. Lapwing
39. Tufted Duck
40. Gadwall
41. Tree Sparrow
42. Collared Dove
43. Mute Swan
44. Willow Tit
45. Greenfinch
46. Grey Heron
47. Cormorant
48. Wigeon
49. Common Gull
50. Teal
51. Shoveler
52. Bullfinch
51. Shelduck
52. Pochard
53. Goldcrest
54. Rook
55. Waxwing
56. Red Grouse
57. Sparrowhawk
58. Great Spotted Woodpecker
59. Nuthatch
60. Siskin
61. Stock Dove
62. Meadow Pipit
63. Tawny Owl
64. Dipper
65. Curlew
66. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
67. Green Woodpecker
68. Yellowhammer
69. Reed Bunting
70. Tawny Owl
71. Chiffchaff
72. Little Owl
73. Swallow
74. Willow Warbler
75. Raven
76. Skylark
77. Blackcap
78. Wheatear
79. Tree Pipit
80. Linnet
81. Swift
82. Common Whitethroat
83. Cuckoo
84. Common Sandpiper
85. Lesser Whitethroat
86. Spotted Flycatcher
87. Garden Warbler
88. Redstart
89. Snipe
90. Stonechat
91. Wood Warbler
92. Grasshopper Warbler
93. Ring Ouzel
94. Spoonbill
95. Sedge Warbler
96. Reed Warbler
97. Ringed Plover
98. Little Ringed Plover
99. Green Sandpiper
June 16, 2009 at 11:45 am
No need for guilt in accepting lifts! Did a Bigby on foot last year ,got 82.My year list so far in june 09 is 180 ,that however is less than green .conscience clear at using a car -can honestly say its my only eco crime!!Where did you see a spoonbill? still want one…