Bucktonbirder: Doorstep harrier

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Doorstep harrier

An evening walk with the dogs produced this very unexpected ring-tail Hen Harrier, once again proving the value of the camera on every little trip.

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Interesting Buckton species (year)

AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER 22/10-7/11/95
Alpine Swift 29/6/12 to 4/7/12
Arctic Skua 05/07, 25/7/09
BLACK-THROATED THRUSH 25-27/3/07
BROWN FLYCATCHER 5/9/10
Bar-tailed Godwit 8/9/10 (12)
Barred Warbler 6/9/05, 19/8/06, 6/9/10
Bean Goose 7/11/08 (3)
Bewick's Swan 8/11/03 (37)
Bittern 7/4/13
Black Redstart 77, 87, 01, 30/10/11 (2), 18/5/13, 13/10/13
Black Tern 23/5/10
Black-bellied Dipper 1-3/4/77
Black-tailed Godwit (6) 26/8/13
Bluethroat 21/5/77, 15/5/85, 18/5/13
Caspian Tern
Coal Tit 27/9/10, 2/10/10 (4)
Coot 5/6/08
Crane 25/3/02 (5), 23/5/10, 22/6/10, 8/5/11, 7/4/13
Crossbill 3/9/02 (16), 30/9/07
Dotterel 20/08/06 (15), 7-8/9/10
Eastern Lesser Whitethroat 11-12/10/04, 15/10/10
Firecrest 75, 76, 02, Oct 03, Nov 04, 31/10/08-8/11/08, 23/10/09, 2-3/10/13, 14/10/13
Gadwall 9-11/5/09, 20/5/13
Garganey 75, 78, 79, 16-18/5/09, 8/5/13 (4)
Goldeneye 26/11/00
Goosander 1/1/09, 20/10/13 (7)
Goshawk 10/4/77, 4/10/92, Nov 04
Grasshopper Warbler 3/5/78, 21/9/01, May 08, August 08, 14/6/09, 01/0510 (2), 7/9/10
Great Grey Shrike 20-21/4/74, 15-18/10/03, 27/9/10
Greenish Warbler, June 1975
Greenshank 25/5/08, 25/8/08 (5)
Grey Phalarope 28/10/12
Hobby 74, 19/8/06, 29/5/08, 15/5/09, May 10
Honey Buzzard 14/9/08 (2)
Hooded Crow 79,85, 17/4/11 (2)
ISABELLINE SHRIKE 29/9 - 5/10/07
Icterine Warbler 29/8/77 (2), 27/5/08, 1/6/09
Jay Oct 2012
Little Auk (4) 28/10/12
Little Bunting 27/9/98, 28/9/10
Little Egret 28/7/05, 17/9/06, 25-26/7/10
Little Stint 1/9-6/9/74
Mandarin 30/8/09-mid Sept 09
Mediterranean Gull 21/10/07(2), 24/10/09 (1st w)
Montagu's Harrier 20/5/75, 8/5/11
Nightingale 77, 87, 27/9/98
Northern Bullfinch 17/10/04
Ortolan Bunting 25/8/13
Osprey 10/9/02, 11/10/09
Pallas's Warbler 11/11/00, 20/10/03, 15/10/13
Pochard 29/4/
Quail 02, 22/5/05, 06/09
RADDE'S WARBLER 13-14/10/13
Red Kite 7/4/13,
Red-backed Shrike 75, 77, 84, 04, 28/5/08,5/6/11, 6/6/13
Red-breasted Flycatcher 88, 21/09/01, 30/10/02, 11/10/04, 25/9/08, 14/10/13
Richard's Pipit 25/10/99, 10/10/10, 14/10/10 (2), 15-16/10/10
Rough-legged Buzzard 11/74- 3/75, 28/3/99, 17/10/10, 30/10/10
Ruff 15/8/03, 14/9/08
Shoveler 1/8/79, 14/9/08, 31/8/13
Siberian Chiffchaff 24/10/09, 10/10/10, 12/10/13
Snow Bunting 15/11/04 (50), 30/10/08 (6), 2/11/08 (2), 30/10/11
Spotted Redshank 81, 82, Aug 2011
Temminck's Stint 31/8-6/9/74
Twite 88, 30/1/11,
Water Rail 03/01/10
Waxwing 29/12/05, 31/10/08 (5), 2/11/08 (1), 7/11/08 (37)
White-fronted Goose 7/11/08 (6)
Whooper Swan 12/11/00 (5), 4/11/07 (6), 25/10/09 (4), 20/10/10 (8)
Willow Tit 21/9/01, 14/8/10- 2/9/10
Wood Sandpiper 21-24/8/77, 30/9/07, 27/4/13
Wood Warbler 30/9/07, 25/4/10
Woodlark 15/10/09
Wryneck 76, 77, 85, 98, 10/9/02, (2-3), 7/9/10, 24/8/13
Yellow-browed Warbler 75, 88, 98 (2), 01, 02, 03 (2), 05 (9), 06, 07, 08 (2), 09, 11 (4), 13 (3)