YvonneB
OH Bird Recorder
So, after being really busy and not taking part in this annual challenge at all last year (and being a total slacker in 2017) I thought i would give it another go this year - partly because i'm also taking part in the #walk1000miles challenge. I thought that the two challenges would go very well together - I might as well make the most of all that trundling round the patch and tick off some birds as I go...
Progress so far in 2019:-
Had a good bash at this on the 1st January, a good start to the year
1. Starling
2. Blackbird
3. Robin
4. Greylag Goose
5. Wren
6. Redwing
7. Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon
8. Song Thrush
9. Buzzard
10. Curlew
11. Common Gull
12. Lapwing
13. Great Black-backed Gull
14. Oystercatcher
15. Eider
16. Cormorant
17. Great Northern Diver
18. Raven
19. Red-breasted merganser
20. Herring Gull
21. Twite
22. Golden Plover
23. Teal
24. Mute Swan
25. Whooper Swan
26. Hen Harrier
27. Mallard
28. Goldeneye
29. Tufted duck
30. Wigeon
31. Sanderling
32. Ringed Plover
33. Greenfinch
34. Little Grebe
35. Turnstone
36. Purple Sandpiper
37. Dunlin
38. Goldfinch
39. Reed Bunting
40. House sparrow
41. Chaffinch
42. Long-tailed Duck
43. Skylark
6th January
44. Bar-tailed Godwit
45. Collared dove
7th January
46. Dunnock
9th January
47. Snipe
11th January
48. Fieldfare
49. Golden Eagle
13th January
50. Pintail
51. Hooded Crow
So, as of today i'm on 51 species and 60 points.
How does this compare to final totals in previous years?
2013: 106 species, 140 points
2014: 97 species, 133 points
2015: 98 species, 125 points
2016: 87 species, 114 points
2017: 71 species, 90 points
2018 did not participate
Patchwork Challenge (PWC) information:-
PWC website
PWC blog
PWC Facebook group
PWC Twitter
Other active Patch birders in the Outer Hebrides:-
Mister T (South Uist)
Bruce (two patches in Barra)
Tristan (two patches in Lewis)
Bill (South Uist)
Being battered by the wind and scoping the ducks, swans and geese on Loch Hallan this afternoon.
As it was so windy all the gulls were hanging out on the machair side of the dunes.
Progress so far in 2019:-
Had a good bash at this on the 1st January, a good start to the year
1. Starling
2. Blackbird
3. Robin
4. Greylag Goose
5. Wren
6. Redwing
7. Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon
8. Song Thrush
9. Buzzard
10. Curlew
11. Common Gull
12. Lapwing
13. Great Black-backed Gull
14. Oystercatcher
15. Eider
16. Cormorant
17. Great Northern Diver
18. Raven
19. Red-breasted merganser
20. Herring Gull
21. Twite
22. Golden Plover
23. Teal
24. Mute Swan
25. Whooper Swan
26. Hen Harrier
27. Mallard
28. Goldeneye
29. Tufted duck
30. Wigeon
31. Sanderling
32. Ringed Plover
33. Greenfinch
34. Little Grebe
35. Turnstone
36. Purple Sandpiper
37. Dunlin
38. Goldfinch
39. Reed Bunting
40. House sparrow
41. Chaffinch
42. Long-tailed Duck
43. Skylark
6th January
44. Bar-tailed Godwit
45. Collared dove
7th January
46. Dunnock
9th January
47. Snipe
11th January
48. Fieldfare
49. Golden Eagle
13th January
50. Pintail
51. Hooded Crow
So, as of today i'm on 51 species and 60 points.
How does this compare to final totals in previous years?
2013: 106 species, 140 points
2014: 97 species, 133 points
2015: 98 species, 125 points
2016: 87 species, 114 points
2017: 71 species, 90 points
2018 did not participate
Patchwork Challenge (PWC) information:-
PWC website
PWC blog
PWC Facebook group
PWC Twitter
Other active Patch birders in the Outer Hebrides:-
Mister T (South Uist)
Bruce (two patches in Barra)
Tristan (two patches in Lewis)
Bill (South Uist)
Being battered by the wind and scoping the ducks, swans and geese on Loch Hallan this afternoon.
As it was so windy all the gulls were hanging out on the machair side of the dunes.