Saturday 18 November 2023

What's Left?

OK, it's THAT time of Year...a kinda "mop up" I guess...in a fun way of course! After a quiet week due to commitments I'm refreshed and ready to attack the remainder of the Year.

There are 72 Species I've seen at Holmpton that I haven't seen this Year! Granted there are quite a few Rarities in that number BUT there are also plenty I might still connect with...

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)European 
White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Great Crested Grebe (Podicepscristatus)
European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Little Auk (Alle alle)
Shore Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus [spinoletta])
Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
Firecrest (Regulus ignicapillus
Coal Tit (Parus ater)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Twite (Carduelis flavirostris)
Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis flammea cabaret)
Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)

plus maybe a new addition...or two?

Same applies to Duff...

Bewick's Swan (Cygnus columbianus bewickii)
Taiga Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
Tundra Bean Goose (Anser serrirostris)
Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus [fabalis])
European White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla
Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus [spinoletta])
Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Marsh Tit (Parus palustris palustris
European Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis flammea cabaret)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
Corn Bunting (Miliaria calandra)

There you go...

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