TonyQ's Big Year: Number 4

[michael-ibk]

Fantastic India collection Tony, great photos all the way through. Kaziranga is such a great place, kind of a pity I was there just before my birding phase really kicked in.

[Galana]

Well done @TonyQ

You definitely worked at getting an admirable selection.

[TonyQ]

@Kitsafari thank you - I have enjoyed comparing some of the birds with those you see in Singapore

@Peter Connan      @Galana    @michael-ibk     thank you

Edited May 24, 2019 by TonyQ

[TonyQ]

So back to the UK, starting close to home.....

 

272.UK51. Blackbird  Turdus merula 

(m) Our Garden, Birmingham        15.04.2019

Finding lots of food, (f) Upton Warren, Worcestershire           17.04.2019

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273.UK52. Jay  Garrulus glandarius  

Our Garden, Birmingham        18.04.2019

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274.UK53. Long-tailed Tit  Aegithals caudatus          

Our Garden, Birmingham        13.02.2019

(bath and drink!) Our Garden, Birmingham        13.02.2019

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275.UK54. Wren  Trogdolytes trogdolytes     

Our Garden, Birmingham        08.01.2019

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276.UK55. Curlew  Numenius arquata          

Upton Warren, Worcestershire           23.03.2019

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277.UK56. Lesser Redpoll  Carduelis cabaret           

Cannock Chase, Staffordshire            23.01.2019

Cannock Chase, Staffordshire            23.01.2019

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278.UK57. Magpie  Pica pica 

Upton Warren, Worcestershire           17.04.2019

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279.UK58. Mute Swan  Cygnus olor  

Belvide Reserve, Staffordshire           21.04.2019

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UK59. Grey Heron  Ardea cinerea  

Already posted from India  

Ladywalk  Reserve, West Midlands    02.02.2019

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280.UK60. Cuckoo  Cuculus canorus

Coney Meadow, Worcestershire         04.05.2019

Over the 4 years of My Big Year, three of the four cuckoos I have posted have been from within a few hundred metres of this place.

[Dave Williams]

You are certainly motoring Tony. I am struggling to keep up with all the BY's at the moment so it's dip in now and again for me. You did really well in India, some excellent birds too.300 on the horizon too. Go,go,go!

[TonyQ]

Thanks Dave. Are you quoting the film "Dave" when you say "Go, go,go"?

 

281.UK61. Sedge Warbler  Acrocephalus schoenobaenus   

Coney Meadow, Worcestershire         04.05.2019

 

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282.UK62. Reed Warbler  Acrocephalus scirpaceus 

Belvide Reserve, Staffordshire           21.04.2019

I love to see Reed Warblers, and perhaps as much, I love to hear them in the reeds even when I can't see them.

Edited May 26, 2019 by TonyQ

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284.UK64. Oystercatcher  Haematopus ostralegus   

Upton Warren, Worcestershire           23.03.2019

Upton Warren, Worcestershire           23.03.2019

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285.UK65. Buzzard (Common)  Buteo buteo      

Belvide Reserve, Staffordshire           21.04.2019

Belvide Reserve, Staffordshire           21.04.2019

[TonyQ]

And now for a few birds that were also seen in India, so will add to my UK total, but not the Big Year Total.

 

UK66. Pintail   Anas acuta 

Belvide Reserve, Staffordshire           21.04.2019

 

UK67. Greenshank  Tringa nebularia

Upton Warren, Worcestershire           17.04.2019

 

UK68. Kestrel  Falco tinnunculus

     Upton Warren, Worcestershire           01.05.2019

Upton Warren, Worcestershire           09.05.2019

 

UK69. Little Grebe  Tachybaptus ruficollis     

Upton Warren, Worcestershire           17.04.2019

Getting ready to bathe, Upton Warren, Worcestershire           17.04.2019

Upton Warren, Worcestershire           17.04.2019

 

UK70. Avocet  Recurvirostra avosetta 

          

Upton Warren, Worcestershire           17.04.2019  

  

Upton Warren, Worcestershire           17.04.2019    

Beautiful, elegant looking birds. It is always a delight when they arrive at Upton Warren. (There are 37 Avocet chicks at Upton Warren at the moment - an excellent achievement for an inland site!) 

[Zim Girl]

Fantastic result with your Indian birds @TonyQ, I notice plenty were taken from room windows which is really cool.

 

Great latest set of UK birds, very impressed with the cuckoo.

[TonyQ]

@Zim Girl thank you

 

286.UK71. Jackdaw  Corvus monedula         

Earlswood, nr Birmingham      22.05.2019

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287.UK72. Goldfinch  Carduelis carduelis     

Upton Warren, Worcestershire           15.05.2019

Also regular visitors to our garden, but they tend to come in the early evening when the garden is in shade

 

[TonyQ]

288.UK73. Linnet  Carduelis cannabina        

Upton Warren, Worcestershire           17.04.2019

Hiding, but distinctive.

My book has this (and the next bird -Siskin) as Carduelis like the Goldfinch, but I notice that some sources are using a different scientific name now.

Who can keep up?

[TonyQ]

289.UK74. Siskin  Carduelis spinus   

(f+m) Upton Warren, Worcestershire           23.03.2019

(f) Upton Warren, Worcestershire           23.03.2019

(m) Upton Warren, Worcestershire           23.03.2019

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290.UK75. Starling  Sturnus vulgaris 

With Juvenile, Earlswood, nr Birmingham      22.05.2019