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Missed birds!



You may have looked at my life list lower down on this forum. Well here is the species I have missed! Some brilliant species here too!

Balearic Shearwater - passed Portland Bill, Dorset while I was there on holiday.
Storm Petrel - ''
Guillemot - ''
Great Skua - ''
Arctic Skua - ''
Common Scoter - ''
Arctic Tern - ''
Little Gull - ''
Purple Heron - At my local reserve and then at Thursley Common, Surrey one day after I visited.
Spoonbill - Have attempted to twitch twice but missed (at Staines Reservoirs, Surrey and Titchfield Haven, Hampshire)
Marsh Harrier - At Fingringhoe Wick, Essex a day before I visited
Hen Harrier - ''
Turtle Dove - ''
Kentish Plover - At Ferrybridge, Dorset while I was there but I failed to pick it out of the Ringed Plover flock.
Yellow-legged Gull - Also at Ferrybridge, Dorset but did not scrutinise gull flock.
Pectoral Sandpiper - At Titchfield Haven, Hampshire while I was there but didn't spot it.
Little Stint - ''
Roseate Tern - At Titchfield Haven a day before I went.
Black Tern - ''
Mediterranean Gull - Now missed at three sites.
Barn Owl - Driving home from Pulborough Brooks RSPB, West Sussex when my mum saw one fly right over the car, I missed it.
Wryneck - My worst miss yet. I tried to track one down on the Isle of Portland, Dorset and despite some help from the locals I missed it. I am sure I was close.
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - At Thursley Common, Surrey day before I visited.
Aquatic Warbler - At Lodmoor, Dorset I saw the Cattle Egret but missed this beauty.
Lesser Whitethroat - At my local reserve and Farlington Marshes, Hampshire.
Lapland Bunting - Seen on the Sunday of an open weekend at Rainham Marshes RSPB, London. Needless to say, I went on the Saturday.
Grey Phalarope - At my local reserve a day before I visited.
Spotted Sandpiper - At Stanpit Marsh, Dorset a day before I went.
Bar-tailed Godwit - ''

Just my luck!



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