Jan 1 Champagne - Ardenne
"New Years Day Bash"
1 Great Crested Grebe
2 Mute Swan
3 Taiga Bean Goose
4 Tundra Bean Goose
5 Greylag Goose
6 Gtr Canada Goose
7 Mallard
8 Nthn Shoveler
9 Gadwall
10 Common Teal
11 Common Pochard
12 Ferruginous Duck
13 Tufted Duck
14 Goosander
15 White-tailed Eagle
16 Red Kite
17 Hen Harrier
18 Rough-legged Buzzard
19 Common Buzzard
20 Nthn Sparrowhawk
21 Nthn Goshawk ( pers. !st for area )
22 Common Kestrel
23 Grey Partridge
24 Common Pheasant
25 Reeves' Pheasant
26 Water Rail
27 Common Moorhen
28 Eur. Coot
29 Common Crane
30 Nthn Lapwing
31 Green Sandpiper
32 Eur. Woodcock
33 Black-headed Gull
34 Rock ( Feral ) Pigeon
35 Stock Pigeon
36 Common Wood Pigeon
37 Eur. Collared Dove
38 Barn Owl
39 Eur Eagle Owl
40 Tawny Owl
41 Little Owl
42 Tengmalm's Owl
43 Short-eared Owl
44 Long-eared Owl
45 Eur. Green Woodpecker
46 Grey-headed Woodpecker
47 Gt. Spotted Woodpecker
48 Midd. Spotted Woodpecker
49 Less. Spotted Woodpecker
50 Black Woodpecker
51 Sky Lark
52 Crested Lark
53 Wood Lark
54 Water Pipit
55 Meadow Pipit
56 Grey Wagtail
57 Eur. Dipper
58 Bohemian Waxwing
59 Hedge Accentor
60 Redwing
61 Fieldfare
62 Mistle Thrush
63 Black Redstart
64 Goldcrest
65 Firecrest
66 Common Longtailed-tit ( including 3 nominate taxon birds )
67 Great Tit
68 Coal Tit
69 Nthn Blue Tit
70 Crested Tit
71 Willow Tit
72 Marsh Tit
73 Eur. Nuthatch
74 Short-toed Treecreeper
75 Great Grey Shrike ( s.s )
76 Black-billed Magpie
77 Eur. Jay
78 W. Jackdaw
79 Rook
80 Hooded Crow
81 W. Carrion Crow
82 Common Starling
83 House Sparrow
84 Tree Sparrow
85 Common Chaffinch
86 Brambling
87 Brown Linnet
88 Less. Redpoll
89 Mealy Redpoll
90 Eur. Goldfinch
91 Eur. Greenfinch
92 Eur. Siskin
93 Eur. Bullfinch
94 Hawfinch
95 Reed Bunting
96 Yellowhammer
97 Corn Bunting
Rather a poor start to the year, the first time in 10 years I've not cracked 100 on New Years Day.
Chris
Wow! 51st year list. That is pretty awesome, Chris!
I usually get somewhere around 40 species on January 1. This year I got 41 species.