Here is my life list. This list includes trips to Tobago, South Africa x4, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Tanzania with brief excursions to Zimbabwe and Zambia (Victoria falls). I have also visited Texas and Florida, Colombia and recently had a days birding in Spain.
A holiday in Tobago started my birding career. I took an Island tour with a guide that was a fanatical birder. His enthusiasm for birding inspired me to find out more about birdlife in the UK. The rest is history... I would not have considered birding as a hobby before that day.
Pisces Lake Sundridge Kent 31/07/1999
0001 Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Barbados Nature Reserve Barbados 19/08/1999
0002 Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Tobago West Indies 19/08/1999
0003 Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
0004 Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
0005 Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
0006 Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
0007 Stripe-backed Bittern (Ixobrychus involucris)
0008 Rufous-vented Chachalaca (Ortalis ruficauda)
0009 Caribbean Coot (Fulica caribaea)
0010 Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
0011 Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
0012 Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
0013 Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)
0014 Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex)
0015 Brown-backed Dove (Leptotila battyi)
0016 Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus)
0017 Orange-winged Parrot (Amazona amazonica)
0018 Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
0019 Short-tailed Swift (Chaetura brachyura)
0020 Rufous-breasted Hermit (Glaucis hirsuta)
0021 Copper-rumped Hummingbird (Saucerottia tobaci)
0022 Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris)
0023 Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)
0024 Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota coeruliceps)
0025 Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
0026 Stripe-breasted Spinetail (Synallaxis cinnamomea)
0027 Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus)
0028 White-bearded Manakin (Manacus manacus)
0029 Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
0030 Caribbean Martin (Progne dominicensis)
0031 Rufous-breasted Wren (Thryothorus rutilus)
0032 Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus)
0033 Bare-eyed Robin (Turdus nudigenis)
0034 White-necked Thrush (Turdus albicollis)
0035 Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
0036 White-lined Tanager (Tachyphonus rufus)
0037 Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
0038 Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
0039 Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)
0040 Carib Grackle (Quiscalus lugubris)
0041 Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)