This is the daily birding blog of perhaps the UK's most obsessive birdwatcher - the notorious Lee Evans
The fantastic image portrayed here is that of the Staines Moor BROWN SHRIKE taken by Andrew Moon
My UK Year List - 2014
117-118) GREAT WHITE EGRET and LONG-TAILED DUCKS at Mary's Lake, Earls Barton GP, 9 January
116) Barnacle Goose, Emberton Park, 9 January
114-115) SMEW and Cetti's Warbler at Great Hardmead Lake, Amwell, 7 January
113) Reed Bunting, Tyttenhanger, 7 January
112) Tree Sparrow (32 birds), Tyttenhanger, 7 January
111) Sparrowhawk, West Hyde, 7 January
110) Mandarin Duck, Burnham Beeches NNR, 7 January
100-109) Curlew, Knot, Bar-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Oystercatcher, Grey Plover, Sanderling, Common Shelduck, Kittiwake and Mediterranean Gull at Church Norton, 6 January
99) RUDDY SHELDUCK, Sidlesham Ferry, 6 January
96-98) Purple Sandpiper, Turnstone and Rock Pipit in Shoreham Harbour
95) Red-breasted Merganser, Widewater, 6 January
94) GREY PHALAROPE, Hove Lagoon, 6 January
93) Grey Partridge, Broom, 5 January
92) Goosander, Woburn Lakes, 5 January
91) Skylark, Totternhoe, 5 January
90) Yellowhammer, Totternhoe, 5 January
89) Corn Bunting, Totternhoe, 5 January
88) Water Pipit, Wilstone, 5 January
87) SABINE'S GULL, Weston Turville, 5 January
86) Common Scoter, Brogborough, 4 January
85) GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, Stewartby Lake, 4 January
84) Red-legged Partridge, Hatch, 4 January
83) Common Kestrel, Langford, 4 January
82) GLOSSY IBIS, Frensham, 4 January
81) Goldcrest, Frensham, 4 January
80) Green Sandpiper, Lynsters, 3 January
79) Stock Dove, Lynster's, 3 January
78) Egyptian Goose, Lynsters Farm, 3 January
77) Common Chiffchaff, Stockers Lake
76) SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF, Stockers Lake
75) Siskin, Stockers Lake
74) Dunnock, Stockers Lake
73) Ring-necked Parakeet, Stockers Lake
72) Lesser Redpoll, Stockers Lake
71) Coal Tit, Chaffinch House
40-70: Nuthatch, Greylag Goose, Pied Wagtail, Lapwing, Golden Plover, Great Crested Grebe, Cormorant, Common Redshank, Common Snipe, Teal, Wigeon, Shoveler, LITTLE STINT, Black-tailed Godwit, Grey Wagtail, Goldeneye, Meadow Pipit, Greenfinch, Marsh Tit, Dunnock, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit, Bullfinch, Jay, Red-crested Pochard, Wren, Collared Dove (all at Tring Reservoirs), Brambling (Ivinghoe), Herring & Great Black-backed Gull, CATTLE EGRET (Briarhill Farm, Calvert) & Green Woodpecker
1-39 all local, Chess River Valley & Shardeloes Estate: 1 January 2014: Chaffinch, Common Starling, Woodpigeon, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Common Magpie, Mute Swan, Mallard, Moorhen, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Rook, Common Buzzard, Canada Goose, Coot, Black-headed Gull, Tufted Duck, Pochard, House Sparrow, Common Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Pheasant, Gadwall, Kingfisher, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Robin, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Little Grebe, Common Gull, Red Kite, Redwing, Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Goldfinch, Mistle Thrush, WOODCOCK, Treecreeper, Greenfinch and Water Rail
Lee Evans has been Year-listing in the UK since 1977 and has achieved annual totals of over 300 species ever since. Although he has recorded in excess of 360 species on some nine occasions, his record stands at 386 species - achieved in 1996. Adrian Webb in Year 2000 recorded at least 378 species, making him by far the highest-listing individual to compare with Lee. In terms of Life Listing, Lee has recorded 577 species in Britain and Ireland and 853 species in the wider Western Palearctic region.
Monday, 22 February 2010
Pied Wagtail in the garden
The heavy rain that was forecast today actually fell as heavy snow and by midday, there was a complete covering on my lawn. Two Woodpigeons and a male Pied Wagtail were constantly present, along with 8 Chaffinches and several Goldfinches.
I have been birding since 1969 but became obsessed with 'twitching' in 1974 and haven't looked back since. Have driven over 1.3 million miles in pursuit of rare birds in the UK, where to date I have recorded 588 species in Britain and Ireland. I also have a fascination for the Birds of the Western Palearctic, where I have currently recorded 880 of the 1,064 species ever recorded. I am widely travelled in North America, as well as in Africa and Asia, and have written at least 29 books on my chosen subject, including best-sellers ''Ultimate Site Guide to Scarcer British Birds' and 'Rare Birds in Britain 1800-1990'. Established the UK400 Club in 1981 to cater for the most obsessive of the British birding fraternity and now concentrate on online publishing, via the www.uk400clubonline.co.uk website. Record Birding achievements include recording 386 species in Britain & Ireland in 1996 and 627+ in the Western Palearctic in 2008
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