2017 My Birding Year

I have given myself the goal of seeing over 200 different species of bird in Scotland during 2017. This blog is about how I reach that goal. In 2016 I logged 160 different species onto BirdTrack so reaching a figure of 200 this year shouldn't take too much effort.

Sunday, 13 November 2022

In search of the Aye Aye and ther lemurs and wildlife in Madagascar

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Hello, I am Mike Chandler and this is my blog about my attempt to see 200 bird species in Scotland in 2017.

As well as being a keen bird watcher, although I have never before tried to see as many bird species a possible in a year, I also enjoy taking photographs. So hopefully you will not only read abaout birds but enjoy the images I have taken of them as well.

I live in the North East of Scotland so the blog will take you to many of the good birding locations of the area. I hope that what you read will inspire you to visit the area and experience not just the wildlife but the unique Doric culture as well.


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vb The List - in date order

1/1/17
Whooper Swan
Mute Swan
Pink-footed Goose
Bean Goose
Mallard
Shoveler
Wigeon
Teal
Tufted Duck
Cormorant
Grey Heron
Hen Harrier
Buzzard
Lapwing
Curlew
Redshank
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Blue Tit
Wren
Robin
Dunnock
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Chaffinch
Grenfinch
Yellowhammer
Reed Bunting
2/1/17
Shelduck
Scaup
Eider
Long-tailed Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-throated Diver
Oystercatcher
Grey Plover
Bar-tailed Godwit
Turnstone
Knot
Sanderling
Dunlin
Greenshank
Razorbill
Glaucous Gull
Woodpigeon
Collared Dove
Kestrel
Peregrine
Starling
4/1/17
Goldeneye
Moorhen
Magpie
Blackbird
Great Tit
5/1/17
Ringed Plover
Pied Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
Rock Pipit
Linnet
Twite
6/1/17
Feral Pigeon
Coal Tit
Fieldfare
Shag
7/1/17
Goosander
Pintial
Water Rail
8/1/17
Sparrowhawk
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dipper
Long-tailed Tit
Hawfinch
Siskin
9/1/17
Purple Sandpiper
Corn Bunting
10/1/17
Gannet
11/1/17
Mandarin Duck
Little Grebe
Snipe
Goldcrest
Waxwing
Treecreeper
Song Thrush
Redwing
Mistle Thrush
Grey Wagtail
Bullfinch
Goldfinch
14/1/17
Pheasant
15/1/17
Greylag Goose
Guillemot
Iceland Gull
17/1/17
Hooded Crow
Stonechat
Crested Tit
18/1/2017
Slavonian Grebe
19/1/17
Tawny Owl
20/1/17
Golden Plover
Kingfisher
29/1/17
Red Grouse
Black Grouse
Raven
30/1/17
Gadwall
Glossy Ibis
2/2/17
White-fronted Goose
3/2/17
Barnacle Goose
Skylark
5/2/17
Canada Goose
Jay
12/2/17
Pochard
13/2/17
Black Redstart
14/2/17
Coot
Red Kite
16/2/17
Common Scoter
Light-bellied Brent Goose
17/2/17
Little Egret
22/2/17
Lesser Redpoll
3/3/17
Great Grey Shrike
6/3/17
Lesser Black-backed Gull
8/3/17
Bittern
11/3/17
Golden Eagle
12/3/17
Fulmar
Kittiwake
20/3/17
Great Crested Grebe
Sand Martin
Chiffchaff
Green Woodpecker
26/3/17
Crossbill
28/3/17
Great White Egret
29/3/17
Sandwich Tern
White Wagtail
Smew
6/4/17
Grey Partridge
Black Guillemot
7/4/17
Willow Warbler
9/4/17
Puffin
11/4/17
Wheatear
Black-tailed Godwit
13/4/17
Red-Legged Partridge
Snow Bunting
16/4/17
Bearded Tit
Little Gull
17/4/17
Swallow
18/4/17
Osprey
19/4/17
House Martin
20/4/17
White Stork
23/4/17
Bonaparte's Gull
26/4/17
Crane
29/4/1
Marsh Harrier
Common Tern
30/4/17
Green-winged Teal
Garganey
Grasshopper Warbler
1/5/17
Whitethroat
Ruff
Dotterel
Shore Lark
Brambling
3/4/17
Ring Ouzel
4/5/17
Sedge Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Whimbrel
5/5/17
Short-eared Owl
6/5/17
Spotted Redshank
7/5/17
Great Northern Diver
Black-throated Diver
9/5/17
Little Ringed Plover
Swift
12/5/17
Common Sandpiper
Tree Pipit
14/5/17
Blackcap
Wood Sandpiper
17/5/17
Arctic Tern
Little Tern
21/5/17
Stock Dove
Cuckoo
Spotted Flycatcher
22/5/17
Spoonbill
Bluethroat
25/5/17
Pied Flycatcher
Wood Warbler
Ptarmigan
26/5/17
White-tailed Eagle
27/5/17
Nuthatch
2/6/17
Little Stint
16/6/17
Great Skua
28/6/17
Arctic Skua
4/7/17
Velvet Scoter
King Eider
7/7/17
Red-necked Phalerope
10/7/17
Barn Owl
11/7/17
Quail
23/7/17
Green Sandpiper
1/8/17
Rose-coloued Strling
Mediterranean Gull
15/8/17
Pomarine Skua
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