BOU ONLY (367 inc subs etc) Highlights-PECHORA,MOURNING DOVE,RBGROSSER,BROWN FLYCATCHER,Swainsons Thrush,Blyths Reed,Turkestan Shrike,Sardinian Wblr,Buff Breast Pipit,Citrine Wag,Sharp-Tailed Sand,Junco,Little Bittern,Killdeer,WTPlover,Gyr,Snowy Owl,BB Albatross.... Latest-Humes Leaf,Blackpoll,GreyCheeked Thrush,RFBluetail,RCStarling,Penduline Tit,Richardson's Canada.Full list on www.focalpointoptics.com/birdleague3/

Highlights - Pechora Pipit, Mourning Dove, Red-flanked Bluetail, Blackpoll Warbler, Brown Flycatcher, Swainson's Thrush, Buff-bellied Pipit, Citrine Wagtail, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Roller, Dark-eyed Junco, Little Bittern, Killdeer, Little Crake, White-tailed Plover, Black-browed Albatross, Iberian Chiffchaff, American Herring Gull, Snowy Owl, Gyr, Black-throated Thrush, Barrows Goldeneye, American Robin
Latest - Richard's Pipit
Updated - 29.12.07
inc subs - 364

LATEST:-Desert Wheatear,Rough-legged Buzzard,Pechora Pipit,Penduline Tit,Little Auk,Mourning Dove,Pallas's Warbler,Ring-billed Gull,Red-flanked Bluetail,Semipalmated sandpiper,Richard's & Blyth's Pipits,Rustic Bunting,Blackpoll Warbler,Gret-cheecked Thrush,Radde's Warbler,Rose-coloured Starling,Short-toed Lark,BROWN FLYCATCHER,Little Bunting,Great Grey Shrike,Subalpine Warbler,Lesser Grey Shrike,Barred Warbler,Isabelline Shrike,Blyth's Reed Warbler,Red-breasted Flycatcher,Greenish Warbler:-UPDATED 25th November

Pechora Mourning Dove & Scilly, Spot Crake L T Skua, Sabs, BB Sand, Bluethroat, BB PIP, I Shrike, RB Fly

Iceland Gull : 14/12/07. SCOPE+TRIPOD FOUND AT NOCTON, LINCS. eddie@manns-holidays.com

LATEST:(310 INC SUB species)White Tailed Eagle,Pechora Pipit,Grey cheeked, Swainsons Thrush,Blackpoll, Blyths and Raddes Warbler,Short toed lark,Buff Bellied Pipit

31/12 Richard's Pipit + Highlights DESERT WHEATEAR/PECHORA'S PIPIT/BLYTH'S REED W/BLYTH'S PIPIT/BLACKPOLL W/BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT/BALEARIC SH/Grey Cheeked Thrush/Rustic Bunting/Woodchat Shrike/ST Lark/ BROWN FLYCATCHER/ SUBALPINE W/ MELODIOUS WARBLER/SHARP TAILED SANDPIPER/BLACK KITE/ROLLER/ DARK-EYED JUNCO/WHITE-TAILED PLOVER/GREATER YELLOWLEGS/BARROWS GOLDENEYE/GLAUCOUS WINGED GULL/PACIFIC DIVER/GYR FALCON/BLACK THROATED THRUSH/LITTLE BITTERN/WHITE BILLED DIVER/AQUATIC WARBLER + Marbled Duck/Wilson's Snipe seen not counted[Inc Splits etc = 307

MERRY XMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY. UK400. Updated 31.12.07 Latest:Kumlien's Gull at stella,Blaydon Gateshead(not counted),Lesser Pecker on the 21st Fairburn Ing's,Cattle Egret on the 28th at Dum&Gall,R.C.Pochard on the 30th at Lound Notts. Highlights: PECHORA PIPIT,MOURNING DOVE,WILSON'S SNIPE,BROWN FLYCATCHER,BB PIPIT,LANCEOLATED WARBLER(2), SHARP-TAILED SAND,CHIMNEY SWIFT,WHITE-TAILED PLOVER,PACIFIC DIVER,ICELANDIC REDPOLL.

BOU (300 uk400) 30/12 Bittern in Notts 23/12 Cattle Egret & WF-Goose 25/11 Ring-billed Gull 20/11 PECHORA PIPIT 2-3/11 MOURNING DOVE, WTEagle, Pom 20 - 27/10 Scillies- RBGROSSER, BLACKPOLL, WILSON'S SNIPE, BLYTH's PIPIT, GCThrush, Black Red, RCStarling, Sibe Chiff, Palla's Warb, RBFly 6/10 Blyths Reed Warb 3/10 BROWN FLYCATCHER 30/9 Lap Bunt, shame the views of the Blyths Reed were just too sh*t 29/9 PADDYFIELD WARB, Sabs Gull, Wryneck 28/9 BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT, YBWarb 27/9 Grey Phal 23/9 Bluethroat, Buff Breast Sand, Pec Sand 18/9 LTSKua 9/9 Blue Winged Teal tho no Sharpie or AGP. 30/8 - 2/9 Portland proved fruitless but GWEgret, Spot Crake, Wood Sand and RCPochard were additions 22/8 Greenish & Barred Warbs 14/8 AUDOUIN'S GULL 1-11/8 Best bits in the SW: Wilsons Petrel, Corys Shear, Black Stork,

ONLY BIRDS SEEN COUNTED (292 if count heard Quail!) As of end 31/12. (BOU only) BROWN FLYCATCHER (bird of the year for me, I was only a few miles away at the 'Issy' when the news broke. Nice to be in the right place at the right time for once!), 2 RB. Flys, White-tailed Plover, AGP., White-billed Diver, 5 Species of Shrike. Pectoral, Sharp-tailed, Semi-palmated, Broad-billed, Spotted & Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 2 Lesserlegs', 2 LB. Dowitcher's, 'unblocked' Blyth's Pipit on Tresco (the species that initially started me off in this hobby while on a trip with friends - but dipped it back then!), Pechora Pipit, 2 Richards Pipit's, Red-rumped Swallow, 16 species of Raptor inc. Black Kite & 2 RL Buzz's, 14 Gulls, 4 Skua's, 3 Phalaropes, White-winged Black Tern, Alpine Swift, 8 Glossy Ibis's, 9 Herons incl. Little Bittern, 2 Squacco's, 4 Purple, 2 CattleE's & 4 GWE's, Iberian Chiffy, Dusky, Subalpine, 3 Greenish & 2 Blackpoll Warblers, Pallas' Warbler, Yellow-browed Warblers, Barred Warbler, Firecrests, Lesser Scaup, 2 King Eider's, 'Yankie' Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Little Auk, Common Rosefinch, ST. Lark, 5 Penduline Tit's, Golden Oriole, Hoopoe, 2 Desert Wheatear's, Little Bunting, Cirl Bunting, 10 Lapland Buntings.

(strictly BOU) A successful autumn of bird-finding (and a few twitches...)! Self-found highlights are AMERICAN BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT and CITRINE WAGTAIL (Fair Isle), AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER (Cambs), Ross's Goose (Norfolk), WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN (Cambs), Greenish Warbler, Siberian Chiffchaff and assorted Rosefinches, Barred Warblers, Yellow-browed Warblers, Greenland and Iceland Redpolls etc.

[296 uk400] latest=27/11=desert wheatear,21/11=pechora pipet, 13/11=ring billed gull,highlights=american mourning dove,rose breasted grossbeak,[wilsons snipe.],red f bluetail,buff bellied pipet,blyths reed wblr,[brown flycatcher];isabaline shrike,l b dowitcher,snow goose,bluethroat,aquatic wblr,yank gold plover,blue winged teal,long tailed skua;melodious warbler,pom skua,wilsons phalarope,sharp tailed sandpiper,dark eyed junco,[hudsonian]whimbrel,little bittern,white tailed plover,g w egret squacco heron,spoonbill,red b shrike,broad billed sand,night heron,iberian chiffchaff,red n grebe,lesser scaup,white stork,red r swallow,blk t thrush,gyr,w b diver,snowy owl,glossy ibis, [pacific diver],usa robin,blk e kite,lesser legs,penduline tit,red b goose, g w teal,usa widgeon,r n duck

Latest - Red-necked Grebe 22nd Dec & Barnacle Goose 21st Dec. Highlights - Black-browed Albatross, Pacific & White-billed Divers, Gyrfalcon, Black(-eared) Kite, (Hudsonian Whimbrel), Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Blyth's Reed Warbler, 2 Blackpoll Warblers, Iberian Chiffchaff & American Robin.

Well done to all those who got over 300 - especially Malc & Jase. Been a great year lads and some good memories. Shetland, Scilly's and N Uist. L T Duck,Yank Wigeon.PECHORA PIPIT. Humes Leaf Wobbler, Richards Pip,MOURNING DOVE. Epic twitch. Woodchat Shrike, Blackpoll Warbler, Grey-cheeked Thrush, Raddes Warbler, Short-toed Lark. BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT. Non BOU birds not included: Ruddy Shelduck, Pacific Diver, Eagle Owl, Sibe Chiffie, Wilson's Snipe, Hudsonian Whimbrel, Dark-bellied Brent, White Wag

After 5years of 300+ just going to go out and enjoy. Greater Legs.Nightjar,Golden Oriole, Montes.Scops Owl.

Not a bad year but very little autumn birding. In Benin & Togo for 3 wks & a week in Panama helped my world year list to about 900 with loads of new birds. Not chasing a year list in 2008 either.

Update 01/08/2008. Lesser Snow Goose. Highlights throughout the year including all the Scottish specials, Desert Wheatear & Crossbill,Cattle Egret, Pomarine Skua & Little Auk, Purple Heron, R N Grebe, Great Shearwater, Sab's Gull, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Pec Sand, Barred Warbler, Grey Phalarope, Leach's Petrel, Wryneck, Bluethroat, Wilson's Phalarope, G.W Egret, R.N.Duck, Ferruginous Duck & Spotted Crake, Wilson's Petrel, Marsh Sandpiper, Woodchat Shrike, Black Kite, Dark-Eyed Junco, Red-necked Phalarope, Iberian Chiffchaff, Little Bunting, Red-rumped Swallow, Iceland Gull, R.B.Goose, Barrows Goldeneye, Pacific Diver, Lesser Yellowlegs, Waxwing, American Robin, Firecrest, Lapland Bunting, White Billed Diver, Gyr Falcon, Glaucos Gull, Spotted Sandpiper, Franklin's Gull, http://www.coventrybirder.co.uk/

31/12: final jaunt added Hume's Warbler, Shorelark and Smew to yearlist. Undoubted highlight was the Sula Sgeir trip with best buddy Rich Fuller. We skored Monster views of the Albatross wheeling overhead, over the waves, on the sea...unforgetable!!! Have a good night folks, 2008's efforts start in a just few hours... Catch up with my capers with Nick Bond and Danny Cooper on www.freewebs.com/widerscoped

Scop's Owl at Oxford, White Tailed Plover Leighton Moss RSPB, Sharpe Tailed Sand Oare Marshes NR, Wilson's Phal Stanpit Marshes, Greenish Warbler Norfolk, Paddyfield Warbler Kent, American B B Pipit Farmoor Reservoir, Blackpoll Warbler Higher Moors, Mourning Dove Western Isles, WTE Hants and Scotland.

Desert Wheatear, Iceland Gull, GW Egret, Com Rosefinch, Buff-breasted Sand, LB Dowitcher, Greenish Warb, Squacco, D-E Junco, Bon's Gull, American Robin, WB Diver, Spotted Sand,

BOU (UK400 282) Short-toed Lark - Lifers – Red-throated Pipit - (Brown Flycatcher) - Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - White-tailed Plover (Hudsonian Whimbrel & Pacific Diver)

many highlights will/ may add later ! Most recent additions: Greenish warb. Yellow B. warb, Gt G.Shrike - Spurn 29/9. Issy Shrike Buckton 2/10, Brown Flycatcher, Richards Pipit - Flamboro' 4/10. barred warbler, blyth's reed flamboro 6/10, Rf Btail Flamboro' 20/9, Lapland Bunting Filey 21/9. Hooded Crow 28/10, Little Auk Flamboro' 10/11 PECHORA PIPIT 21/11 R.L.Buzz, Desert W'ear27/11

273 Uk400:- Latest. FRANKINS GULL - Farmoor.

Red flanked Bluetail, latest addition Roller

Latest - 6 Lapland Bunting @ Filey - 30/10. Great views of the Hume's Warbler at Penrhyn Bay - 18/11. GG Shrike at Waddington Fell - 25/11.Water Pipit nr Tadcaster & the Burniston Desert Wheatear - 30/11. Juv Glaucous Gull in near pitch black roost at Fishmoor resvr - 10/12. Fully green trip on the train to Lanishen station for the short walk to Lisvane for Spotted Sandpiper - 17/12. Finally caught up with Mealy Redpoll at site in Standish - one bird seen with a couple of Lessers - 18/12.

275 UK400 Club
Latest: Glaucous Gull (9/12).

DEC - Kumlien's Gull, Smew, another Pallas's, Crane, Hen Harrier & Merlin, Cirl, BN Grebe & GN Diver. See www.freewebs.co.uk/benmacdonaldbirding for more. A good year with Corncrake, Dotterel, Sea Eagle, Roseate, Wryneck, Ptarmigan and Little Auk tops with male Golden Oriole feeding young on the nest. Good megas included Scops Owl, Buff-bellied Pip, Bonaparte's & Franklin's Gulls. Excepting a few scarcities, manged everything on the standard British list except Shorelark (money), RL Buzzard (lazy), Marsh Warbler (late) and Leach's Petrel (stupid). Happy birding to all in 2008.

Highlights - PECHORA & BUFF-BELLIED PIPITS, BROWN FLYCATCHER, WHITE-TAILED PLOVER, GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL, PACIFIC DIVER, Blyth's Pipit, Radde's Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Rustic Bunting, Lesser Grey & Isabelline Shrike, Subalpine Warbler, Squacco Heron, Black Kite, Whiskered Tern, Glossy Ibis, Wilson's Phalarope, Iberian Chiffchaff, Lesser Scaup, Barrow's Goldeneye, Black-throated Thrush, Gyr, W-B Diver, Franklins Gull, Spotted Sand, American Robin, Lesser Yellowlegs, Little Bunting. Latest - Water Pipit (30/12)

10 species on Jan 1st: Starling, House Sparrow, Blackbird, Rook, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Robin and Herring Gull. www.birdlist.co.uk/2007list.htm

(UK 400 - 263) Latest 27/12. Added Lapland Bunting on trip to Portland in late November, a couple of pretty close Velvet Scoter on the Hayling Island oyster beds, and finally caught up with the White-tailed Eagle near Andover. A Christmas trip to meet up with family in Sussex gave me the opportunity to see the Long-tailed Duck on Hove Lagoon! This years lifers were: WHITE-BILLED DIVER, KENTISH PLOVER, SQUACCO HERON, WHITE-TAILED PLOVER, ROLLER, BLACK STORK, SHARP TAILED SANDPIPER, GREENISH WARBLER, ISABELLINE (TURKESTAN) SHRIKE and BLYTHE'S REED WARBLER. Other highlights were the Great Spotted Cuckoo at Dungeness, very close Great Northern Divers in Weymouth Bay, Lesser Yellowlegs and Twite at Thornham, the 'fall' on Portland on May 4th, Great Reed Warbler near Lydd, Dotterel at Oare, Spotted Crake at Ingrebourne Valley, the Norfolk Shrikes, Subalpine Warbler and Red-necked Phalarope and the above mentioned White-tailed Eagle - my second ever, and both in England! Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to all, here's to a cracking 2008.

Recent additions Humes Yellow-Browed Warbler,Glaucous Gull, Cattle Egret, Rb Goose all in Sussex 25/11 White-tailed Eagle, G W Egret and Goosander all in hants..18/11 Long-tailed Duck and Snow Bunting in West Sussex11/11 Little Auks off Selsey Bill...Oct Good few days on Scillies with the Gibster and the odd occassional pirate+Rattler just a few lifers picked......a really enjoyable year, cheers goes out to the Gibster for some wicked trips! www.freewebs.com/widerscoped

Lesser Yellowlegs, American Robin, Pacific Diver (Yorks), Barrow's Goldeneye, Gyrfalcon, White-billed Diver, Spotted Sandpiper, Franklin's Gull, King Eider (self-found at Burghead), 2 Lesser Scaup (Edinburgh and Leics), Glossy Ibis, 3 GWEgrets, Whiskered Tern, Black Kite, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Squacco Heron, 2 Desert Wheatears.

Plenty of top birds locally in North Wales such as Black Stork, Purple Heron, Red-flanked Bluetail, 2 Y-b Warblers, Hume's Leaf Warbler & Desert Wheatear. Other highlights of '07 include Pacific Diver, American Robin, Booted Warbler, Iberian Chiffchaff, Glossy Ibis & Pechora Pipit to name just a few.

(BOU) 265(UK400) Recent Highlights : An awesome trip to North Uist with brilliant views of MOURNING DOVE + finding Lesser Canada Goose on Berneray. Also Golden Eagles, Hen Harriers, R-N Duck, 200+ Twite, and a few Poms and Leach's made a memorable trip. Overall Highlights : [PACIFIC DIVER], White-Billed Diver, BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS, Black Stork, Glossy Ibis x 17, Lesser Canada Goose(self found), Black Scoter, Black-Eared Kite, Gyrfalcon, WHITE-TAILED PLOVER, [Hudsonian Whimbrel], [WILSON'S SNIPE], American Robin, MOURNING DOVE, Great Reed Wblr(self found), Radde's Wblr x 2, Grey-Cheeked Thrush, DARK-EYED JUNCO. Blackpoll Wblr x 2 (1 self found).

Mourning Dove

Pechora!! Spotted sand at Cardiff + Excellent 4 weeks on Scilly: 2 Blackpolls, GC Thrush, grosbeak (UK LIFER!), good pelagic birds, Blyth's Reed, Rosy Pastor, Pallas's Warbler, ST Lark, 2 Wilson's Snipes? (not included in total) Blyth's Pipit, to name but a few. Also, Pom at Chasewater.

Highlights of 2007: Richardson's Cackling Goose, Marbled Duck (not inc), Lesser Scaup, Pacific Diver (not inc), White-billed Diver, Spotted Crake, Great White Egret, Squacco Heron, BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS, Glossy Ibis (several), Western Black Kite, GYR FALCON, WHITE-TAILED LAPWING, Spotted Sandpiper, Wilson's Snipe (not inc), Hudsonian Whimbrel (not inc), Wilson's Phalarope, Franklin's Gull, Whiskered Tern, MOURNING DOVE, PECHORA PIPIT, American Robin, Great Reed Warbler, BLYTH'S REED WARBLER, Radde's Warbler (x 2), Barred Warbler, BROWN FLYCATCHER, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Turkestan Shrike, Blackpoll Warbler (x 2), DARK-EYED JUNCO. All new British Lifers in BOLD. Latest 2007 Additions: Brambling, Pechora Pipit, Greater Scaup, Red-crested Pochard, Lesser Scaup & Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (at last) & Lesser Redpoll (how did I miss this until now?). Check out my birdin' blog at www.myspace.com/archiethedawg

8/12 Des Wheatear 04/10 Br Flycatcher Isabelline (Turkestan) Shrike 02/10 LGShrike 30/9 RF Bluetail Blyth's Reed, Sabs Gull Sub A Warbler 22/9 Snow Goose 21/9 LB Dowitcher 27/8 Barred Warbler Greenish Warbler 14/7 D-e Junco 18/6 Little Bittern 19/5 Bonaparte's Gull 14/5 P Heron 25/4 S-bill 22/4 Ib Chiffy 4/3 Gyr, W-b Diver, Spot Sand 3/3 Pac Diver, G-w Gull 24/2 Am Wigeon Visit My Website

28/10. Latest: Long-billed Dowitcher, Hen Harrier (yeah, I know). Highlights: WHITE-TAILED PLOVER, BROWN FLYCATCHER, 16 spp of gull (inc GLAUCOUS-WINGED), 5 spp diver, Pallas's Warbler, Squacco Heron, Glossy Ibises, Honey Buzzard from my office window.

31/12 BROWN FLYCATCHER, WHITE-TAILED PLOVER, BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS, SHARP TAILED SANDPIPER, AMERICAN BUFF BELLIED PIPIT, Hawfinch, Lapland Bunting

Another outstanding year by the CHESHIRE boys,well played Malc,Jason and Mark.That challenge we set way back in Dec 2004 has really produced some competition to the rest of the UK as well as honesty,roll on 2008.

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BOUish Latest: Buff-bellied Pipit on Scilly, Buff-breasted Sand at Flamborough and self-found rusting toaster in back yard. Hope that the BOURC stick to their guns and don't upgrade this latest Brown Flycatcher. Just because it's October means absolutely nothing.
Highlights: White-tailed Plover, Buff-bellied Pipit, Desert Wheatear, 2 Pacific Divers (Yorks & Cornwall), 2 Wilson's Petrels, wagon loads of whitewings & catrillions of geese on Islay
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An enjoyable year, with last addition being Snow Goose in December. Full list at BUBO Listing

Well done Malc, Jason & Mark for an outstanding effort this year. (Pacific Diver), White Tailed Plover, Iberian ChiffChaff, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Brown Flycatcher, 2x Blackpoll Warblers, Red Flanked Bluetail & Pechora Pipit.

Highlight inc Pacific Diver, Gyrfalcon, White Tailed Plover. Latest Blyth's Reed Warbler, Paddyfield Warbler, Bluethroat, Pec Sand, Buff Breasted Sand 23/9

Highlights: 5sp of diver, Gyr, Audiouns Gull. Latest: Willow Tit, Pec Sand and Great Grey Shrike, WT Eagle

one trip to cornwall.Highlights so far, White-bill Diver,Cattle Egret.Glossy Ibis..good weekend in norfolk 12/13 may BEE-EATER,RED-RUMPED SWALLOW ETC.upto 10.06.2007.PEHORA PIPIT.SPOT SAND.(31/12/07)

An odd year, mainly midland birding but with a couple of mad jaunts further a field for good measure but all great fun! Norfolk & Cornwall with the lads & mid and North Wales as always the main highlights! Bird wise, Pacific Diver, American Robin, Booted Warbler, Iberian Chiffy, White Tailed Plover, Purple Heron & lots of top midland gems to name just a few!