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Jun 2020
5:54pm, 12 Jun 2020
43,086 posts
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Derby Tup
I’ve gone for stuff that is achievable and locally too, not mega exotic
LEO
Lesser spotted woodpecker
Nightjar
Crossbill
Scoter - five on a localish reservoir this week. Seen some on sea, but basically black dots
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Jun 2020
6:21pm, 12 Jun 2020
1,169 posts
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Roberto
Crossbills are another I'd love to see. Some near me but never had the chance to see them. And I've seen SEO chicks but most owls are up there for me. Just struggle for time to go out and find them.
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Jun 2020
6:56pm, 12 Jun 2020
19,187 posts
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flanker
DT, if you come looking for those Scoter give us a shout. We're wondering about a trip up there this weekend if the weather improves. Shame The White House isn't open!
Adding LSW and nightjar to my growing list.
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Jun 2020
6:57pm, 12 Jun 2020
2,779 posts
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J2R
DT, we share the LEO and LSW yearning. Nightjars are actually a quite easy spot here - there are two heaths I know of where you generally have a good chance of seeing (and hearing) them. Must get out there this month. Crossbills are another bird I've seen frequently abroad but only once here, a very surprising sighting I reported here, where they were in a pine tree by a pub on the coast. Because of my appalling duckism, I can't get too excited by scoter. It is, though, perhaps the most anagrammatic of all birds - escort, coster, corset, scrote(!).
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Jun 2020
7:02pm, 12 Jun 2020
43,092 posts
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Derby Tup
I still need to get a book out. Two birds I’d like to see in breeding plumage - spotted redshank and ruffe
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Jun 2020
8:00pm, 12 Jun 2020
2,869 posts
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phal
LEO.
Little Owl (nope not seen one!)
Nightjar.
Nightingale.
LSW.
We randomly had a scoter on our local reserve last year, and we’ve accidentally found crossbills twice in about a week of each other in different parts of the country....
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Jun 2020
8:08pm, 12 Jun 2020
16,577 posts
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Rosehip
Who wanted Green Woodies? - If you're ever heading down the A1 to that London, give me a shout, we have plenty!
Love that pic of the goldfinch - I've tried taking pics on my feeders and failed miserably.
Appear to have sparrows nesting in the dead honeysuckle I was planning on trimming and removing, that job will have to wait for a few weeks then!
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Jun 2020
8:45pm, 12 Jun 2020
2,780 posts
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J2R
My mentions were completely off the top of my head, I should say. I'm sure if I looked at a bird book there'd be loads of others I'd forgotten. I got such a thrill from seeing hawfinches for the first time a couple of years ago, and the birds I'm thinking of would give me the same feeling.
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Jun 2020
10:17pm, 12 Jun 2020
17,815 posts
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KinkyS
My wishlist:
White tailed eagle
Crested tit
LEO
LSW
I haven't picked my 5th yet - I'm lucky enough to have been birding for my entire life and travelled around Britain a fair bit, so my British life list isn't too shabby  I'm going to go through my books later though...
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Jun 2020
10:23pm, 12 Jun 2020
2,871 posts
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phal
Ooo created tit! Yes! Another for my list!
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