As many of you are already aware Delana & I have been in Las Grutas, Argentina since 14th March; it was 17th March when the Argentine Government banned all but essential travel. We have heard today that this quarantine period is likely to be extended until at least 12th April & possibly into May. We are in a good situation in that we have a nice apartment, lovely garden & we can view the sea. We are allowed to go to the shops for food & drink, although the last twice we have done this we have been stopped by the police & the restrictions appear to get ever more severe.
Our sea watching spot.
She says she is sea watching!
One can also look north along the coast.
And south.
Our first floor terrace, which has proved to be
great for fly-overs
Our garden: the top of the tower is a favourite
Tropical Kingbird hangout.
There is also a nice patch of lawn.
This is the street which
backs on to our apartment.
Nothing special but we can see quite
a distance from here.
The view from our terrace, where we see a lot
of our fly-overs from.
backs on to our apartment.
a distance from here.
of our fly-overs from.
So how to pass the time? Well we have started a garden bird list, which is going really well. Every day we sea-watch, sometimes many times a day, depending upon the tide. We sit in the garden & we use our terrace on the first floor, to look for flyover species of which there are many. We both have been very surprised by the number & variety of species so far recorded.
We then thought we might take this to the next level by asking our family & friends across the world to do the same in their gardens. People could send in photos & data on what they we seeing in their own little patch. And we could make a combined list.
Rules:
Only birds & mammals count if they are seen and/or heard within the boundaries of your garden. By boundaries we mean physical boundaries to your property. One can also count species seen from your property, however far you may be able to see. For example: my 61st floor Apartment in Abu Dhabi had an amazing view & one could see for miles. The problem is of course, identifying the species! But no wandering down the road!
It looks very likely that an increasing number of us will be either in self isolation, or quarantined in the days to come & it looks likely this situation could last for a while. So Delana & I thought it would be fun to see what others are seeing from across the world. We are scattered on six continents, so the combined bird lists could be very interesting. I would have thought that over 200 species should be attainable within a reasonable period of time.
Thought I would take you through the various habitats that we can view from our little patch. First is the sea. We look out onto a huge bay, which can be interesting & certainly has had its moments since we have been here.
Species which are always present include: White Tufted Grebe; Great Grebe & Silvery Grebe. All three species can be incredibly close into the shore, just where the waves break.
Flying over the sea are the ever present Brown hooded & Kelp Gulls, with Royal & Snowy crowned Terns. Other tern species are more unusual close inshore. One of the great frustrations are the large number of terns feeding well out in the bay, which are too far away to identify. Both Manx Shearwaters & Arctic Skuas are regular, although erratic visitors to the bay. We have observed up to 600+ of the former & 19 of the latter species. But they are too far out to get any photographs.
So far the sea has produced our only mammals: Southern Bottle nosed Dolphin & South American Sea Lion.
The next habitat is the shoreline with its mixture of wave cut platforms & smaller sandy & muddy zones. This is a terrifically rich habitat for us & throws up surprises on a regular basis.
Ever present & common species include:
Adult Kelp Gull
Immature Kelp Gull
Royal Tern
Snowy crowned Tern, with Brown hooded Gulls
in the background.
Crested Duck; Neotropic Cormorant; American Oystercatcher; Two banded Plover; Baird's Sandpiper; White rumped Sandpiper; Greater Yellowlegs; Brown hooded & Kelp Gulls & Royal & Snowy crowned Terns.
To the south of us are some nice sand dunes, which are home to Burrowing Parakeets & Long tailed Meadowlarks.
Once you enter the garden proper one sees a mixture of lawn & tended shrubs with a couple of nice trees. You can also partially look over into neighboring gardens, especially if you are on the first floor terrace.
Ever present species here include:
Buff winged Cinclodes; Great Kisadee; Tropical Kingbird; Southern House Wren; Austral Thrush; Rufous Hornero; Chalk browed Mockingbird; Rufous collared & House Sparrows.
Then there is the street behind us where I empty the garbage each day. This has proved to be unexpectedly productive.
Ever present species here include:
Rock (Feral) Pigeon; Spot-winged Pigeon; Eared Dove; Rufous Hornero; Austral Thrush; Chalk browed Mockingbird; Rufous collared & House Sparrows & Shiny Cowbird.
Patagonian Mockingbird
Female Yellow-winged Blackbird
Rufous collared Sparrow
White-crested Elaenia
The buff wing coverts make it an
immature chilensis.
Finally we have our first floor terrace where we spend quite a large amount of our time sky watching. This has proven to be a rich source of species indeed!
Ever present & common species include:
Neotropic Cormorants flying over the garden.
Green barred Woodpecker (2nd record)
Male Blue & Yellow Tanager
Female
Greater Wagtail-Tyrant in the magic tree!
Plain mantled Tit-Spinetail
Southern House Wren
Long-tailed Meadowlark
Southern Caracara
On 23rd April we found a Gannet in the bay.
This is either Australian or Cape Gannet.
We believe that this is a first record for the country
of either species.
Upland Goose
Migrating north.
Black-faced Ibis
Peregrine
Upland Goose
Chilean Flamingo
Tufted Tit-Tyrant
Winter is coming!
Harris's Hawk
Chimango Caracara
Southern Bottle-nosed Dolphin
Buff-winged Cinclodes
Dark-faced Ground Tyrant
Juvenile Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle
Brown-hooded Gull
Two-banded Plover
Crested Duck
An un-described species of Siskin!
American Kestrel
Southern Caracara
Chimango Caracara
Black-browed Albatross
Sooty Shearwater
Southern Lapwing; Turkey Vulture; Chimango Caracara; Rock Pigeon; Spot-winged Pigeon; Eared Dove; Burrowing Parakeet; Blue & White Swallow; Southern Martin; Brown chested Martin & Chilean Swallow.
Garden bird list:
Black-browed Albatross
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
Giant Petrel sp.
Southern Giant Petrel
White-chinned Petrel
Magellanic Penguin
Looking across the bay.
Looking slightly north at high tide.
Thought I would take you through the various habitats that we can view from our little patch. First is the sea. We look out onto a huge bay, which can be interesting & certainly has had its moments since we have been here.
Great Grebe
Silvery Grebe
This is the Patagonian race,
which is highly migratory.
which is highly migratory.
Please note these photos were taken from the area
opposite the apartment, but before the restrictions
were in place.
opposite the apartment, but before the restrictions
were in place.
Species which are always present include: White Tufted Grebe; Great Grebe & Silvery Grebe. All three species can be incredibly close into the shore, just where the waves break.
Royal Tern
Flying over the sea are the ever present Brown hooded & Kelp Gulls, with Royal & Snowy crowned Terns. Other tern species are more unusual close inshore. One of the great frustrations are the large number of terns feeding well out in the bay, which are too far away to identify. Both Manx Shearwaters & Arctic Skuas are regular, although erratic visitors to the bay. We have observed up to 600+ of the former & 19 of the latter species. But they are too far out to get any photographs.
Part of a super pod of around 110
Southern Bottle nosed Dolphins
We obtained good views through the telescope.
They look larger than the ones in Europe/Middle East,
being much paler grey & more light grey wash on the sides
So far the sea has produced our only mammals: Southern Bottle nosed Dolphin & South American Sea Lion.
The view at low tide.
The next habitat is the shoreline with its mixture of wave cut platforms & smaller sandy & muddy zones. This is a terrifically rich habitat for us & throws up surprises on a regular basis.
Ever present & common species include:
Adult Neotropic Cormorant
Immature
American Oystercatcher
Greater Yellowlegs
in the background.
Surprisingly common here.
Brown hooded Gulls, with several Tern species.
Neotropic Cormorant & Great Egret
Southern Giant Petrel
What a garden tick!
You can actually see the colour of the bill tip.
Male Cinereous Harrier
We have noted this individual several times
flying past the garden.
flying past the garden.
Crested Duck; Neotropic Cormorant; American Oystercatcher; Two banded Plover; Baird's Sandpiper; White rumped Sandpiper; Greater Yellowlegs; Brown hooded & Kelp Gulls & Royal & Snowy crowned Terns.
Burrowing Parakeet
This is the star bird in Las Grutas.
It is common & seen &
heard every day.
Long tailed Meadowlark
I have never thought of this species being a town bird.
But it is here!
But it is here!
To the south of us are some nice sand dunes, which are home to Burrowing Parakeets & Long tailed Meadowlarks.
Our apartment is on the first floor, on the right.
Once you enter the garden proper one sees a mixture of lawn & tended shrubs with a couple of nice trees. You can also partially look over into neighboring gardens, especially if you are on the first floor terrace.
Ever present species here include:
Buff winged Cinclodes
This Austral Thrush stole the insect prey
from the Cinclodes
Tropical Kingbird
Great Kiskadee
Southern House Wren, a pair are in the garden
virtually all of the time.
Austral Thrush
Rufous Hornero
A Rufous Hornero's nest on our balcony.
This is why they are called "Ovenbirds"
Chalk browed Mockingbird
Patagonian Mockingbird
An unexpected visitor in the town.
White tipped Plantcutter
Female, very unexpected visitor to our balcony!
Blue & Yellow Tanager
Male
Great Kisadee
This is why they are called "Ovenbirds"
Buff winged Cinclodes; Great Kisadee; Tropical Kingbird; Southern House Wren; Austral Thrush; Rufous Hornero; Chalk browed Mockingbird; Rufous collared & House Sparrows.
Me, trying to increase the
garden bird list!
This is my view!
Green barred Woodpecker, very unexpected!
Then there is the street behind us where I empty the garbage each day. This has proved to be unexpectedly productive.
Ever present species here include:
Spot winged Pigeon
Eared Dove
Rufous collared Sparrow
White Monjita
Startling wing pattern.
Austral Thrush
Rock (Feral) Pigeon; Spot-winged Pigeon; Eared Dove; Rufous Hornero; Austral Thrush; Chalk browed Mockingbird; Rufous collared & House Sparrows & Shiny Cowbird.
Great Kisadee
immature chilensis.
Burrowing Parakeet, is a common garden bird here.
Another common garden bird,
Chalk browed Mockingbird
Screaming Cowbird
Our sky watching spot!
See that tiny patch of sea?
There is a Great Grebe on it!
There is a Great Grebe on it!
Finally we have our first floor terrace where we spend quite a large amount of our time sky watching. This has proven to be a rich source of species indeed!
Ever present & common species include:
Immature Turkey Vulture, they come really close,
skimming the roof tops!
Chimango Caracara
Burrowing Parakeet
Seen every day, several times a day.
of either species.
Southern Lapwing; Turkey Vulture; Chimango Caracara; Rock Pigeon; Spot-winged Pigeon; Eared Dove; Burrowing Parakeet; Blue & White Swallow; Southern Martin; Brown chested Martin & Chilean Swallow.
Garden bird list:
Black-browed Albatross
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
Giant Petrel sp.
Southern Giant Petrel
White-chinned Petrel
Magellanic Penguin
Crested Duck
White-cheeked Pintail
Yellow-billed Pintail
Speckled Teal
Red Shoveler
Chiloe Wigeon
Coscoroba Swan
Black-necked Swan
Upland Goose
White-cheeked Pintail
Yellow-billed Pintail
Speckled Teal
Red Shoveler
Chiloe Wigeon
Coscoroba Swan
Black-necked Swan
Upland Goose
White-tufted Grebe
Great Grebe
Silvery Grebe
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Snowy Sheathbill
Snowy Sheathbill
Chilean Flamingo
Australian/Cape Gannet
Australian/Cape Gannet
Neotropic Cormorant
Imperial Cormorant
Imperial Cormorant
Rock Cormorant
Snowy Egret
Great White Egret
Cattle Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black faced Ibis
Great White Egret
Cattle Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black faced Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle
Cinereous Harrier
Haris's Hawk
Variable Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Red-gartered Coot
Southern Lapwing
Two-banded Plover
Rufous-chested Dotterel
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle
Cinereous Harrier
Haris's Hawk
Variable Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Red-gartered Coot
Southern Lapwing
Two-banded Plover
Rufous-chested Dotterel
American Oystercatcher
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Sanderling
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Sanderling
White rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Brown Skua
Chilean Skua
Pomarine Skua
Chilean Skua
Pomarine Skua
Arctic Skua
Long tailed Skua
Andean Gull
Long tailed Skua
Andean Gull
Brown-hooded Gull
Grey-headed Gull
Kelp Gull
South American Tern
Arctic Tern
Arctic Tern
Snowy-crowned Tern
Cayenne Tern
Black Skimmer
Rock Dove
Black Skimmer
Rock Dove
Picazuro Pigeon
Spot winged Pigeon
Eared Dove
Picui Ground Dove
Southern-crested Caracara
Picui Ground Dove
Southern-crested Caracara
Chimango Caracara
Aplomado Falcon
Aplomado Falcon
American Kestrel
Peregrine
Peregrine
Burrowing Parakeet
Campo Flicker
Campo Flicker
Rufous Hornero
Scale-throated Earthcreeper
Chaco Earthcreeper
Scale-throated Earthcreeper
Chaco Earthcreeper
Buff-winged Cinclodes
Plain mantled Tit-Spinetail
Short-billed Canastero
Dark-faced Ground Tyrant
Plain mantled Tit-Spinetail
Short-billed Canastero
Dark-faced Ground Tyrant
Tufted Tit-Tyrant
White-crested Elaenia
White-crested Elaenia
Great Kisadee
Tropical Kingbird
Greater Wagtail-Tyrant
Greater Wagtail-Tyrant
Blue & White Swallow
Chilean Swallow
Southern Martin
Brown-chested Martin
Southern House Wren
White-tipped Plantcutter
White-tipped Plantcutter
Austral Thrush
White Monjita
White Monjita
Chalk-browed Mockingbird
Patagonian Mockingbird
Correndera Pipit
Grassland Yellowfinch
Patagonian Mockingbird
Correndera Pipit
Grassland Yellowfinch
Long-tailed Meadowlark
Blue & Yellow Tanager
Yellow-winged Blackbird
Screaming Cowbird
Shiny Cowbird
Greyish Baywing
Rufous collared Sparrow
Mourning Sierra Finch
Common Diuca Finch
Saffron Finch
Hooded Siskin
Black-chinned Siskin
Blue & Yellow Tanager
Yellow-winged Blackbird
Screaming Cowbird
Shiny Cowbird
Greyish Baywing
Rufous collared Sparrow
Mourning Sierra Finch
Common Diuca Finch
Saffron Finch
Hooded Siskin
Black-chinned Siskin
House Sparrow
114 species so far.
Readers please note: this is a dynamic page as people send me their photos etc ad hoc. It will be sorted out properly eventually. Please scroll down for World Garden Bird List. Hopefully this will increase daily.
Hernan Pastore, Bariloche, Rio Negro Argentina.
Hernan is a keen birder living in a very beautiful place in the Andes of Argentina. Avian diversity it low at such altitudes, but just look at the quality!
29 species:
American Barn Owl; Chilean Flicker; Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail; Tufted Tit-Tyrant; Black-crowned Night-Heron; Southern House Wren; Black-chinned Siskin; Rufous collared Sparrow; Austral Blackbird; Andean Condor; Chucao Tapaluco; Fire-eyed Diucon; Patagonian Sierra-Finch; Picazuro Pigeon; Common Diuca-Finch; Austral Thrush; Chimango Caracara; Green-backed Firecrown; Kelp Gull; Black-faced Ibis; Austral Parakeet; House Sparrow; Thorn-tailed Rayadito; Southern Caracara; Buff-winged Cinclodes; Dark-bellied Cinclodes; White-crested Elaenia; Ringed Kingfisher; Southern Lapwing.
Andrew Deacon, Malelane, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Garden list to date: 114 species.
Blacksmith Lapwing
Trumpeter Hornbill
Warthog
Ian & Sharon, Kilnsea; East Yorkshire:United Kingdom.
Garden list to date: 151 species.
Ed: Ian is the first person to get to 100 species on this WGB! This is a testament to his location, the amount of effort he puts in birding & his abilities. Congratulations Ian!
Mute Swan, Bewick's Swan, Whooper Swan, Pink-footed Goose, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Barnacle Goose, Dark bellied Brent Goose, Pale bellied Brent Goose, Black Brant, Shelduck, Wigeon, Gadwall, Teal, Mallard, Pintail, Garganey, Shoveler, Tufted Duck, Eider, Long-tailed Duck, Common Scoter, Goldeneye, Red-legged Partridge, Grey Partridge, Pheasant, Red-throated Diver, Fulmar, Manx Shearwater, Gannet, Cormorant, Little Egret, Great White Egret, Grey Heron, Spoonbill, Red Kite, Marsh Harrier, Hen Harrier, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Osprey, Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine , Moorhen, Crane, Oystercatcher, Avocet, Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Lapwing, Knot, Sanderling, Dunlin, Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Redshank, Kittiwake, Black headed Gull, Little Gull, Common Gull, Lesser Black backed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Sandwich Tern, Arctic Tern, Guillemot, Razorbill, Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon, Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Cuckoo, Barn Owl, Little Owl, Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl, Swift, Skylark, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, Red-rumped Swallow, Richard's Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Black Redstart, Stonechat, Wheatear, Ring Ouzel, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Redwing, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Goldcrest, Firecrest, Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Hooded Crow, Starling, House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Chaffinch, Serin, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Siskin, Linnet, Mealy Redpoll, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting, Corn Bunting, Spotted Flycatcher; European Bee-eater; Wood Sandpiper; Great Skua; Lesser Whitethroat; Great Northern Diver; Ruddy Turnstone Grey Wagtail; Mediterranean Gull; Atlantic Puffin; European Hobby; Western Red-footed Falcon; European Turtle Dove; Egyptian Goose.
Readers please note: this is a dynamic page as people send me their photos etc ad hoc. It will be sorted out properly eventually. Please scroll down for World Garden Bird List. Hopefully this will increase daily.
Hernan Pastore, Bariloche, Rio Negro Argentina.
The view!
Yes Andean Condor is on his garden list!
Hernan birding in his garden.
Hernan is a keen birder living in a very beautiful place in the Andes of Argentina. Avian diversity it low at such altitudes, but just look at the quality!
29 species:
American Barn Owl; Chilean Flicker; Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail; Tufted Tit-Tyrant; Black-crowned Night-Heron; Southern House Wren; Black-chinned Siskin; Rufous collared Sparrow; Austral Blackbird; Andean Condor; Chucao Tapaluco; Fire-eyed Diucon; Patagonian Sierra-Finch; Picazuro Pigeon; Common Diuca-Finch; Austral Thrush; Chimango Caracara; Green-backed Firecrown; Kelp Gull; Black-faced Ibis; Austral Parakeet; House Sparrow; Thorn-tailed Rayadito; Southern Caracara; Buff-winged Cinclodes; Dark-bellied Cinclodes; White-crested Elaenia; Ringed Kingfisher; Southern Lapwing.
Andrew Deacon, Malelane, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Garden list to date: 114 species.
Andrew
Andrew's house is on a large plot,
surrounded by mature trees.
He is adjacent to the Crocodile River, which is
the southern boundary of Kruger National Park.
Looking from his garden into the river!
Egyptian Goose
Saddle billed Stork
Western Cattle Egret, with a very large beasty!
Little Egret
African Fish Eagle is resident here.
Immature Martial Eagle
Helmeted Guineafowl
Natal Francolin
Reed Cormorant
Grey Heron
Hammerkop
Hadeda Ibis
African Green Pigeon
Laughing Dove
Grey go-away Bird
Purple crested Turaco
Burchell's Coucal
Brown hooded Kingfisher
Black collared Barbet
Green Woodhoopoe
Kurrichane Thrush
White-browed Robin-Chat
Black headed Oriole
Fork tailed Drongo
African Paradise Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Speckled Mousebird
African Pied Wagtail
Dark capped Bulbul
Black backed Puffback
Arrow-marked Babbler
Green backed Camaroptera
Yellow breasted Apalis (male)
Red faced Cisticola
Scarlet chested Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Cape White-eye
Village Indigobird
Holub's Golden Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Cut - throat Finch
Bronze Mannikin
African Elephant & Waterbuck
Hippo! From his garden, not in his garden!
Impala
Chacma Baboon
Vervet Monkey
Black Rat
Nile Crocodiles killing & eating
a young male Cape Buffalo.
Greater leaf-folding Frog.
What a cracker!
Tinker Reed Frog
Hadeda Ibis
Crowned Lapwing
African Grey Hornbill
Laughing Dove
Crested Barbet
Black collared Barbet
Speckled Mousebird
Dark capped Bulbul
Southern Boubou
White bellied Sunbird
Cape White-eye
a young male Cape Buffalo.
What a cracker!
Niel & Marina van Wyk, Murrayfield, Pretoria, South Africa.
Marina & Niel
33 species.
We live in the Pretoria suburb of Murrayfield. We have a fairly large vegetated garden, unfortunately most of the vegetation is exotic.
Neels & Rentia Kleynhans,
Hadeda Ibis
Cape White-eye
41 species.
Reed Cormorant, Brown hooded Kingfisher, Cape Robin Chat, Olive Thrush, Hadeda, African Sacred Ibis, Grey Heron, Cattle Egret, Blackbacked Puffback, Southern Boubou, Red winged Starling, African Grey Hornbill, Water Thick-knee, Crowned Plover, Grey-headed Bushshrike, Paradise Flycatcher, European Bee-eater, Glossy Starling, Laughing Dove, Red-eyed Turtle Dove, Cape Turtle Dove, Black-collared Barbet, Crested Barbet, Cardinal Woodpecker, Black eyed Bulbul, Grey Lourie, African Green Pigeon, Egyptian Goose, Pied Crow, Redfaced Mousebird, Helmeted Guineafowl, House Sparrow, Southern Grey-headed Sparrows, Cape Sparrow, Lesser Masked Weaver, Southern Red Bishop, White-winged Widowbird, White-bellied Sunbird, Cape White-eye, Bronze Mannikins, Indian Myna
Alice Moller, Darling, Western Cape, South Africa.
29 species.
Spotted Eagle Owl
Barn Owl
Cape Robin Chat
Southern Masked Weaver
Cape Weaver
Southern Red Bishop
Kelp Gull
Hadeda Ibis
Crested Francolin
Double-banded Sandgrouse
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Grey Go-away Bird
Speckled Pigeon
Cape Turtle Dove
Laughing Dove
Namaqua Dove
Emerald Spotted Wood-dove
Bearded Woodpecker
Crested Barbet
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
European Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
Orange-breasted Bush-shrike
White-crested Helmet-shrike
Southern Boubou
Black-backed Puffback
Groundscraper Thrush
White-throated Robin-chat
Barn Swallow
Fork-tailed Drongo
Southern Black Flycatcher
Black-headed Oriole
Cape Glossy Starling
Spotted Flycatcher
Chinspot Batis
Grey-backed Camaroptera
Southern Masked Weaver
Lesser Masked Weaver
Male Red-headed Weaver
Female
Green-winged Pytilia
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
Streaky-headed Seed-eater
Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
Blue Waxbill
Red-billed Firefinch
Beth & Rob Myers, Chinsta East, Natal, South Africa
30 species
Beth & Rob's house is set in dune vegetation on the coast. They have fine sea views.
Plenty of indigenous bush around the property.
Notice the feeder.
Knysna Lourie, one of the
avian stars of this area.
Southern Boubou
Red-capped Robin-Chat
African Dusky Flycatcher
Often very confiding.
Greater Double-collared Sunbird
Dusky Indigobird
Cape White-eye
Cardinal Woodpecker; Trumpeter Hornbill; Crowned Hornbill; Knysna Turaco; Speckled Mousebird; Speckled Pigeon; Red-eyed Dove; Laughing Dove; Kelp Gull; Hadeda Ibis; Fork-tailed Drongo; Southern Boubou; Grey-headed Bush-shrike; Dark capped Bulbul; Cape White-eye; Bronze Mannikin; Dusky Indigobird; African Firefinch; Cape Canary; Brimstone Canary; Thick billed Weaver; Collared Sunbird; Greater Double banded Sunbird; Red-winged Starling; African Dusky Flycatcher; Chorister Robin-chat; Red-capped Robin Chat; Red-fronted Tinker Barbet; Southern Black Tit; Little Sparrowhawk.
Chris Brewster, Crocodile Pools, Gaborone, Botswana
98 species.
Chris lives in an extensive plot, approximately 15 kms south of Gabarone. The walled garden around the house is 2,800 sq. m. & includes natural woodland, as well as lawns, cultivated areas etc. Surrounding this is natural broad-leaved woodland/acacia woodland.
African Hoopoe; Arrow-marked Babbler; Acacia Pied Barbet; Crested Barbet; Chinspot Batis; European Bee-eater; Little Bee-eater; Swallow-tailed Bee-eater; Southern Boubou; Red eyed Bulbul; Golden breasted Bunting; Grey-headed Bush-shrike; Orange-breasted Bush-shrike; Grey-backed Camaroptera; Yellow Canary; Yellow-fronted Canary; Long-billed Crombec; Pied Crow; Black Cuckooshrike; Cape Turtle Dove; Emerald-spotted Wood-dove; Laughing Dove; Namaqua Dove; Red-eyed Dove; Speckled Pigeon; Fork-tailed Drongo; White-faced Whistling Duck; Cut-throat Finch; Jameson's Firefinch, Red-billed Firefinch; Spotted Flycatcher; Crested Francolin; Grey Go-away Bird; African Grey Hornbill; White-crested Helmetshrike; Greater Honeyguide; Southern Red-billed Hornbill; Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill; Hadeda; Purple Inidgobird; Brown-hooded Kingfisher; Red-faced Mousebird; Common Myna; Fiery-necked Nightjar; Black-headed Oriole; Yellow-throated Petronia; Black-backed Puffback; Green-winged Pytilia; Red-billed Quelea; White-browed Scrub-robin; White-throated Robin-chat; Double banded Sandgrouse; Common Scimitarbill; Streaky-headed Seedeater; Crimson-breasted Boubou; Southern White-crowned Shrike; Southern Grey-headed Sparrow; White-browed Sparrow-weaver; Natal Spurfowl; Cape Starling; Violet-backed Starling; Amethyst Sunbird; Marico Sunbird; White-bellied Sunbird; Red breasted Swallow; African Palm Swift; Groundscraper Thrush; Karoo Thrush; Kurrichane Thrush; Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird; Southern Black Tit; Chestnut-vented Tit-babbler; Black-faced Waxbill; Blue Waxbill; Violer-eared Waxbill; Lesser Masked Weaver; Red-billed Buffalo-weaver; Red-headed Weaver; Southern Masked Weaver; Village Weaver; Long-tailed Paradise-whydah; Bearded Woodpecker; Cardinal Woodpecker; Bennett's Woodpecker, Red-billed Oxpecker; Marabou Stork; Brown-crowned Tchagra: Speckled Mousebird; African Fish Eagle; Burnt-necked Eremomela; Pearl spotted Owlet; Green Woodhoope; Brown-backed Honeybird; Lesser Honeyguide; Black Sparrowhawk.
House.
Gary Douglas, Mutare, Zimbabwe
Gary is both co-owner & partner of Douglas & Francis Safaris. He conducts personalized birding & wildlife safaris throughout Africa & Madagascar. Please click on his web page for further details & contact information.
http://dfsafaris.com/
56 species.
Gary is both co-owner & partner of Douglas & Francis Safaris. He conducts personalized birding & wildlife safaris throughout Africa & Madagascar. Please click on his web page for further details & contact information.
http://dfsafaris.com/
Gary's house & garden, with Cecil Kop
in the background.
56 species.
Ed: Mutare is a tremendous place for both variety of birds & it also has a set of very special birds which are hard to beat. I lived here between 1986-1989 & loved every minute of it.
Hammerkop, Long-crested Eagle; African Goshawk; Little Sparrowhawk; Black Sparrowhawk; Red-eyed Dove; Blue spotted Wood-dove; Purple crested Turaco; Western Barn Owl; African Palm Swift; Little Swift; Speckled Mousebird; Brown hooded Kingfisher; European Bee-eater; Silvery-cheeked Hornbill; Whyte's Barbet; Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird; Black collared Barbet; Cardinal Woodpecker; Black backed Puffback; Southern Fiscal; African Paradise Flycatcher; Pied Crow; White-necked Raven; Dark capped Bulbul; Black Sawing; Barn Swallow; Willow Warbler; African Yellow Warbler; Bar throated Apalis; African Yellow White-eye; Common Myna; Red-winged Starling; Ashy Flycatcher; White-browed Robin Chat; Collared Sunbird; Olive Sunbird; Amethyst Sunbird; Miombo Double-collared Sunbird; Variable Sunbird; House Sparrow; Southern Grey-headed Sparrow; Spectacled Weaver; Holub's Golden Weaver; Red-collared Widowbird; Green Twinspot; Red-billed Firefinch; Blue Waxbill; Common Waxbill; Bronze Mannakin; Pin-tailed Whydah; Yellow-fronted Canary; Streaky-headed Seedeater. Peregrine; Chinspot Batis; Little Bee-eater.
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Great to have these as resident in your garden!
Red-eyed Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-dove,
a rarely photographed species!
Brown hooded Kingfisher
Little Bee-eater
a rarely photographed species!
Connie & Arthur Scholz, Tsumeb, Namibia
African Scops Owl
Crested Barbet
Red-faced Mousebird
Ian & Sharon, Kilnsea; East Yorkshire:United Kingdom.
Garden list to date: 151 species.
Ed: Ian is the first person to get to 100 species on this WGB! This is a testament to his location, the amount of effort he puts in birding & his abilities. Congratulations Ian!
Mute Swan, Bewick's Swan, Whooper Swan, Pink-footed Goose, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Barnacle Goose, Dark bellied Brent Goose, Pale bellied Brent Goose, Black Brant, Shelduck, Wigeon, Gadwall, Teal, Mallard, Pintail, Garganey, Shoveler, Tufted Duck, Eider, Long-tailed Duck, Common Scoter, Goldeneye, Red-legged Partridge, Grey Partridge, Pheasant, Red-throated Diver, Fulmar, Manx Shearwater, Gannet, Cormorant, Little Egret, Great White Egret, Grey Heron, Spoonbill, Red Kite, Marsh Harrier, Hen Harrier, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Osprey, Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine , Moorhen, Crane, Oystercatcher, Avocet, Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Lapwing, Knot, Sanderling, Dunlin, Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Redshank, Kittiwake, Black headed Gull, Little Gull, Common Gull, Lesser Black backed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Sandwich Tern, Arctic Tern, Guillemot, Razorbill, Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon, Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Cuckoo, Barn Owl, Little Owl, Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl, Swift, Skylark, Sand Martin, Swallow, House Martin, Red-rumped Swallow, Richard's Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Black Redstart, Stonechat, Wheatear, Ring Ouzel, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Redwing, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Goldcrest, Firecrest, Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Hooded Crow, Starling, House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Chaffinch, Serin, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Siskin, Linnet, Mealy Redpoll, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting, Corn Bunting, Spotted Flycatcher; European Bee-eater; Wood Sandpiper; Great Skua; Lesser Whitethroat; Great Northern Diver; Ruddy Turnstone Grey Wagtail; Mediterranean Gull; Atlantic Puffin; European Hobby; Western Red-footed Falcon; European Turtle Dove; Egyptian Goose.
Ian on his observation platform.
Looking cold mate!
Spring is in the air!
Looking over the garden.
One may see The North Sea in the distance.
Looking out over the front of the property,
open fields & the Humber Estuary.
The elevated viewing platform
Great Cormorant
Black Brant, with Brent Geese
Please note: Black Brant is not recognized as a
full species by some authorities.
Nice comparison photo here.
Common Buzzard
Red Kite
Who would have thought 30 years ago that this
would be a garden bird in the UK?
Hen Harrier
Red Knot
Common Snipe
Meadow Pipit
Hedge Accentor (Dunnock)
Western Jackdaw
Little Friarbird
Noisy Miner
Great Bowerbird (male)
Female.
Leaden Flycatcher
Male
Female
Blue faced Honeyeater
Immature
Singing Honeyeater
This is to prove that Angie &
Ryan really are in Oz!
Black Flying Fox (Fruit Bat)
Graham Talbot, South Island: New Zealand
Moorepork
full species by some authorities.
would be a garden bird in the UK?
Fortunately, we live next to Spurn Point & 300 yards from the bird observatory, so quite an enviable position to be in lockdown for most UK birders.
As we get quite a bit of visible migration here, I have a viewing deck on top of the dining room & bathroom, which gives excellent views over the Humber Estuary & with the Swaro set to full magnification a bit of sea-watching is possible, when the heat shimmer & wind allows.
I spent the last three years converting 1.5 acres of barren farmers field into a bird rich habitat, but the project probably needs another five years before it comes to fruition. This will hopefully keep me occupied over the coming weeks/months.
Firecrest
A much wanted garden species for Ian!
Goldcrest
Kittiwake
European Marsh Harrier
Bird wise since the lockdown we have had a fly over Red Kite, Common Buzzard & Little Ringed Plover. Sharon managed a Firecrest in the front garden (whilst on the cross trainer), but failed to tell me, as I was in the back garden! Suppression in the household now! It was only the second record in the garden in eleven years!
Clive Temple, Spilsby, Lincolnshire: United Kingdom.
47 species
Clive lives in a village in Lincolnshire. This county is not exactly known for its avian diversity! However, he has quite a good list, taking into account his location.
Grey Lag Goose; Mallard; Common Pheasant; Stock Dove; Common Woodpigeon; Collared Dove; Black headed Gull; Lesser Black backed Gull; Great Cormorant; Common Buzzard; Eurasian Sparrowhawk; Common Kestrel; Barn Owl; Green Woodpecker; Jackdaw; Rook; Carrion Crow; Common Magpie; Blue Tit; Great Tit; Skylark; Long tailed Tit; Wren; Common Starling; Song Thrush; Blackbird; Robin; Dunnock; House Sparrow; Chaffinch; Greenfinch; Goldfinch; Yellowhammer; Barn Swallow; Grey Heron; Eurasian Curlew;Oystercatcher; Jay; Mistle Thrush, House Martin, Herring Gull, Chiffchaff; Northern Shoveler; Common Swift; Western Yellow Wagtail
Male Common Pheasant
European Robin
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Chaffinch
Robert Quested, Winchester, Hampshire: United Kingdom.
Garden list to date: 19 species.
Red Kite, it is amazing how common
this species is these days.
Common Moorhen
Eurasian Curlews
Male Ring Ouzel
Redwing
Redwing in flight.
Common Redstart
Male
Coal Tit
European Goldfinch
Eurasian Jay
Common Magpie chasing Eurasian Jay
Common Crane
Northern Fulmar
Arctic Tern
Male Sparrowhawk
Female
Merlin
Common Redshank
Western Barn Owl
Common Cuckoo
Pied Wagtail on the garden pond.
Female Northern Wheatear
Great Tit
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Eurasian Spoonbill
This species is an increasingly
regular visitor to the UK.
Male Northern Shoveler
Common Cuckoo
Red-rumped Swallow
This is a rare bird in the UK.
However, the Kilnsea/Spurn area
is the best place to see it.
On the wires next to Ian's house!
Western Yellow Wagtail.
Grey-headed Wagtail
Richard's Pipit
Brent Goose
Western Osprey
Short-eared Owl
Sandwich Tern
Whimbrel
Common Redshank
European Sand Martin
European Tree Pipit
Northern Wheatear
Spotted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Common Starling
Reed Bunting
Hobby
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Curlew
Sand Martins hawking over a rape field.
Grey Wagtail
Female Red-backed Shrike
Spotted Flycatcher
Linnet
regular visitor to the UK.
However, the Kilnsea/Spurn area
is the best place to see it.
Clive Temple, Spilsby, Lincolnshire: United Kingdom.
47 species
Clive lives in a village in Lincolnshire. This county is not exactly known for its avian diversity! However, he has quite a good list, taking into account his location.
Grey Lag Goose; Mallard; Common Pheasant; Stock Dove; Common Woodpigeon; Collared Dove; Black headed Gull; Lesser Black backed Gull; Great Cormorant; Common Buzzard; Eurasian Sparrowhawk; Common Kestrel; Barn Owl; Green Woodpecker; Jackdaw; Rook; Carrion Crow; Common Magpie; Blue Tit; Great Tit; Skylark; Long tailed Tit; Wren; Common Starling; Song Thrush; Blackbird; Robin; Dunnock; House Sparrow; Chaffinch; Greenfinch; Goldfinch; Yellowhammer; Barn Swallow; Grey Heron; Eurasian Curlew;Oystercatcher; Jay; Mistle Thrush, House Martin, Herring Gull, Chiffchaff; Northern Shoveler; Common Swift; Western Yellow Wagtail
The garden!
Robert Quested, Winchester, Hampshire: United Kingdom.
Garden list to date: 19 species.
Signs of Spring here in the UK.
Red Legged Partridge
Andrew Ward, close to Winchester, Hampshire: United Kingdom
Garden list to date: 43 species.
Feral Pigeon
Garden list to date: 43 species.
Some nice woodland surrounding the garden.
Extensive lawn, with hedgerow & fruit trees.
This looks like a good viewpoint for fly-overs.
Some nice mature trees here.
This is Andrew!
My
house is in the Hampshire countryside about 6 miles southeast of Winchester, on
the edge of the South Downs National Park. Being inland (and also because I
lived in Abu Dhabi for ten years till 2017 after moving here), the garden list
is only somewhere between 50 and 60. Both red kite and common buzzard breed
nearby and are daily visitors. Tawny owl has bred in my owl box. Bullfinch is
quite regular. Occasional visitors include peregrine (always a male - I suspect
from the pair which breed on Winchester Cathedral), raven and lesser spotted
woodpecker. Yellowhammer was regular 10 years ago but a very rare visitor now.
On the mammal front, roe deer, badger and brown hare are regular. My pond has
breeding smooth newts and a few dragonfly species.
Garden bird list to date:
Garden bird list to date:
Feral Pigeon
Common
pheasant
Red-legged
partridge
Common
buzzard
Red
kite
Wood
pigeon
Stock
dove
Great
spotted woodpecker
Nuthatch
Blackbird
Song Thrush
European
robin
Dunnock
Wren
Blue
tit
Great
tit
Long-tailed
tit
Willow Warbler
Willow Warbler
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
House
sparrow
Green Woodpecker
Garden mammal list:
Green Woodpecker
Garden mammal list:
Brown hare, passing through.
Brown
hare
Rabbit
Grey Squirrel
Tom Gillon, Ilkley, West Yorkshire.UK
Garden list to date: 28 species.
Robin Willbond
23 species: House Martins are back! Spring is here in central England.
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (taken with a phone)!
Catharina Louw, Longford. Republic of Ireland
Garden list to date: 24 species.
European Tree Sparrow
Hooded Crow
Reed Bunting
Khalifa Al Dhaheri, Jebel Dhana, United Arab Emirates
Jacky Judas, Bidiyah, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
32 species.
Ryan & Angie, Middlemount, Queensland: Australia
50 species
Australian Boobook
Galah
Sulpur crested Cockatoo
Rainbow Lorikeet
Australia has some amazingly
bright coloured birds!
Scaly breasted Parakeet
Red winged Parrot
Pale headed Rosella
Oriental Dollarbird
Crested Pigeon
Peaceful Dove
Blue winged Kookaburra
Laughing Kookaburra
Channel billed Cuckoo
Australian Koel (male)
Female
Rainbow Bee-eater
Sacred Kingfisher
Rabbit
Grey Squirrel
Tom Gillon, Ilkley, West Yorkshire.UK
Garden list to date: 28 species.
Good Morning from a very overcast Ilkley, West Yorkshire, UK.
Gateway to the Yorkshire Dales. We do reasonably well for garden birds considering it’s a small
patch and we are surrounded by housing, but right on the country edge.Even with the restrictions, we are allowed out for one bout of
exercise per day, so we’ve turned that into a 5 mile walk with the camera and
dog. No vehicles used! If you wondered who we are, then that’s us at the Cape Town 7s
last Dec.The dog is Mischka, Siberian Husky who does her best to keep
birds out of her garden.
Jackie & Tom. Definitely not in their garden!
The bird keeper outer!
Eurasian Magpie
Western Jackdaw
Kevin Coetzee & Leanne Gillard, Penicuik, Scotland.
Partial view of the garden with the
Pentland Hills in the distance.
Common Pheasant
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Common Blackbird
Song Thrush
European Bullfinch with Chaffinch
in the foreground.
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Roe Deer
23 species: House Martins are back! Spring is here in central England.
Robin lives in an apartment in this building.
Ed: I accused Robin of not identifying his crows properly! This is what he wrote back!
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9:16 AM (2 hours ago)
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Stone a Crows Steve,
You say I don't know my crows when you probably can't name anywhere near as many fish as I can. It's not on!
So this morning there were two crows chasing each other back and forth between the tops of two adjacent trees. Up and down, in and out, round and around. Was quite entertaining to watch. A circus. Definitely two 'Carry-on (Carrion)' crows.
Not long after the same two trees were full of perched crows, each slightly smaller than the first two. So many. A 'Rook' of them.
Later I went for a walk along the local cliff tops. Was looking for these smaller crows with orange-red bills and legs. Didn't see any. In fact I didn't see any birds at all. Was not 'Chough'ed.
On the way home I saw quite a few crows in the fields with white body markings. Couldn't stop to count them though as I wanted to get back to watch the latest rerun of 'Magpie' on the telly. Great programme that. Loved watching it as a kid.
Then, in the woods, I thought I saw a couple of smallish crows with reddish-brown and blue-and-black body markings. Couldn't really concentrate at this stage though as, having been walking for several hours, I was feeling pretty 'Jay'ded.
Needed a drink when I got home. Four beers and a bottle of red later, whilst standing, swaying, looking out onto the back garden, you just wouldn't believe what I saw. A slightly smaller grey and black crow with black/blue-gloss upperparts, at the garden shed, trying to use a ratchet to 'Jack' open the 'daw' to get at bird seed stored inside. Amazing what one sees after a few.
Started out to scare it away but was spooked myself by a large, mainly grey black headed crow, with it's feathers pulled up over it's head, hiding in a recess. I'm nervous of 'Hooded' crows lurking in dark passageways.
From my bedroom window I can see the castellated top of the local church tower. I could swear that on occasions I've seen a pair of really large crows walking about up there. Don't want to mention it though in case folks think I'm stark 'Raven' mad.
So I don't know my crows. OK, so what? It's nothing to crow over!
Ed: You have obviously been in isolation for quite some time!
Best mammal: European Badger. We need photos Robin!
Nick Whitehouse, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
65 species.
The Bournemouth Bird Observatory!
Catharina Louw, Longford. Republic of Ireland
Garden list to date: 24 species.
The farmhouse
Flooded land
Northern Lapwing
Baby Long-eared Owl
Grey Wagtail
Extensive woodland is adjacent to the house.
Looking towards the gazebo.
With Smudgy the cat!
With Smudgy the cat!
Still waiting for spring here.
Northern Treecreeper
A great vantage point from here.
Eurasian Skylark
Rob Quested, La Brugere, Thiviers, France.
Ed: Rob has moved to his house in central France & had begun another lock down list! He has a river running through his land!
Mallard, Common Buzzard, Tawny Owl, Woodpigeon, Common Swift, Common Cuckoo, Green Woodpecker; Great Spotted Woodpecker, Golden Oriole; House Martin, Dipper; Common Blackbird, Song Thrush, Black Redstart Robin; Great Tit, Blue Tit, Marsh Tit, Grey Wagtail, Melodious Warbler, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff; European Sparrowhawk; House Sparrow; Common Starling; Barn Swallow; Common Stonechat, Common Nightingale; Eurasian Kestrel; Nuthatch; Wren; Collared Dove; Mistle Thrush; Black Woodpecker; Firecrest.
Rob with his wife & son.
The house.
Behind the house is woodland.
In front is a piece of land
& then a river.
In front is a piece of land
& then a river.
Common Buzzard
Wood Pigeon
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dipper
Dipper swimming.
Grey Wagtail
Eurasian Blackbird
Black Redstart
Eurasian Robin
Eurasian Blackcap
Melodious Warbler
Common Starling
House Sparrow
Western Jackdaw
Carrion Crow
LOCKDOWN SWEDEN
GARDEN BIRD LIST 96 species
Alan Jones
Röddinge Skåne
Sweden 55°
35' 0" North, 13° 50' 0" East
Start
date: 31 March 2020
This update: 8th May 2020 [2]
1.
Mute swan
2.
Bean goose
3.
Greylag goose
4.
Barnacle goose
5.
Mallard
6.
Common pheasant
7.
Great cormorant
8.
Grey heron
9.
White stork
10. White-tailed
eagle
11. Osprey
12. Golden eagle
13. Red kite
14. Common
buzzard
15. Eurasian
sparrowhawk
16. Common
kestrel
17. Common crane
18. Black-headed
gull
19. Common [Mew]
gull
20. Herring gull
21. Great
black-backed gull
22. Lesser
black-backed gull
23. Feral pigeon
24. Wood pigeon
25. Stock dove
26. Long-eared
owl
27. Tawny owl
28. Green
woodpecker
29. Great Spotted
woodpecker
30. Common
Skylark
31. Meadow pipit
32. White wagtail
33. Dunnock
34. European
robin
35. Song thrush
36. Redwing
37. Fieldfare
38. Common
blackbird
39. Blackcap
40. Common
chiffchaff
41. Goldcrest
42. Winter wren
43. Great tit
44. Blue tit
45. Marsh tit
46. Long-tailed
tit
47. Eurasian
nuthatch
48. Eurasian
treecreeper
49. Common magpie
50. Western
jackdaw
51. Rook
52. Hooded crow
53. Common raven
54. Common
starling
55. House sparrow
56. Eurasian tree
sparrow
57. Common
chaffinch
58. Brambling
59. Common linnet
60. Common
redpoll
61. European
goldfinch
62. European
greenfinch
63. Eurasian
siskin
64. Hawfinch
65. Common
crossbill
66. Yellowhammer
67. Black
woodpecker
68. Woodcock
69. Coal tit
70 Eurasian Hobby
71 Shelduck
72 Eurasian Collared Dove
73 Barn Swallow
74 Mistle Thrush
75 Tree Pipit
76 Willow Warbler
77 Common Redstart
78 Woodlark
79 Pied Flycatcher
80 Oystercatcher
81 Northern Lapwing
82 Lesser Whitethroat
83 Grey Wagtail
84 Wood Warbler
85 Common House Martin
86 Peregrine
87 Common Cuckoo
88 Thrush Nightingale
89 European Marsh Warbler
90 Whinchat
91 Goldeneye
92 Sand Martin
93 Common Swift
94 Icterine Warbler
95 European Honey Buzzard
96 Spotted Flycatcher
70 Eurasian Hobby
71 Shelduck
72 Eurasian Collared Dove
73 Barn Swallow
74 Mistle Thrush
75 Tree Pipit
76 Willow Warbler
77 Common Redstart
78 Woodlark
79 Pied Flycatcher
80 Oystercatcher
81 Northern Lapwing
82 Lesser Whitethroat
83 Grey Wagtail
84 Wood Warbler
85 Common House Martin
86 Peregrine
87 Common Cuckoo
88 Thrush Nightingale
89 European Marsh Warbler
90 Whinchat
91 Goldeneye
92 Sand Martin
93 Common Swift
94 Icterine Warbler
95 European Honey Buzzard
96 Spotted Flycatcher
Ed: Alan lives in SW Sweden, close to the world famous Falsterbo migration watch point. He has some stunning species on this list!
Fyledalen, looking from Alan's land.
Rear garden.
Barnacle Geese
Migrating north.
Common Cranes migrating north.
Common Crane
White Stork bearing a foreign ring.
White-tailed Eagle being mobbed by Red Kites.
Golden Eagle
European Honey Buzzard
Common Buzzard, the local race here
has a very distinctive plumage.
Northern Hawk Owl, taken just before lock down!
Sorry Alan you can't count it!
What about this one?
Common Crane
Great Egret
White-tailed Eagle
Red Kite
Black Kite
Rough-legged Buzzard
European Honey Buzzard
Northern (Hen) Harrier
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Short-eared Owl
Pygmy Owl
Mediterranean Gull
European Golden Plover
Black Woodpecker
Bohemian Waxwing
Spotted Flycatcher
Savi's Warbler
Common Rosefinch
Arthur Geilvoet, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
19 species.
Arthur lives in the middle of the city, so is struggling for species!
Herring Gull; Lesser Black backed Gull; Eurasian Magpie; Carrion Crow; Eurasian Jay; Great Tit; Blue Tit; Eurasian Blackbird; Rose-ringed Parakeet; Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon); Woodpigeon; Eurasian Coot (heard flying over); Eurasian Sparrowhawk; Jackdaw; Mallard; Peregrine.
19 species.
Arthur lives in the middle of the city, so is struggling for species!
Herring Gull; Lesser Black backed Gull; Eurasian Magpie; Carrion Crow; Eurasian Jay; Great Tit; Blue Tit; Eurasian Blackbird; Rose-ringed Parakeet; Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon); Woodpigeon; Eurasian Coot (heard flying over); Eurasian Sparrowhawk; Jackdaw; Mallard; Peregrine.
Arthur!
His view! Anyone for tennis?
Editor: Jos bought 35 hectares of land which he has managed for conservation & it has been a great success. The nature reserve is 70 kms north of the capital Vinnius in eastern Lithuania. Please explore his excellent blog at your leisure. Note the Labanora bird list is 183 species but only the species below have been recorded since lock down & will be counted.
Labanoras Coronavirus Bird List
144 species.
Bittern. Booming male throughout the period, inhabiting 'woodland' opened out by Beavers and invaded by extensive reedbeds.
Grey Heron. Common, a colony of about 15-20 pairs.
Great White Egret. Breeding at the heron colony for the thrid year, 10-12 pairs actively visiting the site from 20 March.
White Stork. Abundant, several nests visible from my land.
Black Stork. One on 5 April.
Mute Swan. Pairs flying over on several occasions.
Whooper Swan. Almost daily in March and April, flying over or settling on flood pools. More noteworthy, a pair were present from 12 April in a reeded area of the open forest, seems they are breeding, first case on my land.
White-fronted Goose. Abundant passage migrant. Daily counts in the hundreds on several occasions in March and early April.
Bean Goose. Common, similar numbers to White-fronted Geese.
Mallard. Common, several on the floodpools and flooded forest.
Garganey. Three pairs on floodpools in late April, one pair from 30 April in the flood forest, liekly to breed
Pintail. First record for my land, a pair on a flood pool in the meadows on 29 March.
Eurasian Wigeon. A pair on 29 March, then three on 9 April, these increasing to five on 10-16 April.
Common Teal. Almost daily, up to 12 on flood pools.
Goldeneye. One or two pairs on the breeding territories in the flood forest, often on the flood pools.
Goosander. A pair on several dates in April showing interest in nesting sites in the flood forest.
White-tailed Eagle. Several records in March to April, both adults and immatures.
Osprey. An early spring bird on 10 April.
Lesser Spotted Eagle. An early returning bird on 5 April, another later in the month.
Marsh Harrier. Arrived back on 5 April, common thereafter. One pair holding territory at their nesting site in the flood forest.
Pallid Harrier. One passage bird on 22 April, female.
Montagu's Harrier. One on 1 May, male.
Rough-legged Buzzard. One on 11 April.
Common Buzzard. Common, seen daily. Light migration in late March and early April.
Sparrowhawk. Several records.
Goshawk. One record on 5 April.
Water Rail. One in flood forest from 4 -10 April 2020, second from 2 May.
Little Crake. One singing inthe flood forest on 30 May.
Moorhen. One on 1-2 May.
Crane. Common through March and April, one pair on their nesting territory in the flood forest, frequently two or three pairs in the meadows.
Lapwing. Up to ten daily around the floodpools.
Green Sandpiper. Breeds in the flood forest, territorial display common from late March. Up to eight also frequently seen on the floodpools.
Wood Sandpiper. Two on the floodpools on 15 April, one next day. Many at the end of the month, peak 32 in one day.
Common Redshank. One on 10-11 April, another later in the month.
Spotted Redshank. Nine passage birds on variuos dates, late April (first records for my land).
Greenshank. Two on the floodpools on 15-29 April, one additional with them for much of the period.
Ruff. One passage bird.
Curlew. Two in meadows on 16 March.
Black-tailed Godwit. One on 6 April, two on 11-15 April, two at the month's end.
Woodcock. Singles flushed on both 3 April and 4 April, a roding bird every night from 5 April onwards.
Common Snipe. Seen several times, displaying birds om a couple of occasions.
Black-headed Gull. Breeds on an adjacent lake and is commonly seen overhead or on the floodpools.
Common Gull. Not abundant, seen several times.
Herring Gull. Small numbers commonly seen.
Common Tern. Present from 28 April onwards.
Stock Dove. Seen on a couple of dates in March.
Wood Pigeon. From mid-March, common throughout.
Tawny Owl. One pair found at roost, others calling.
Long-eared Owl. Calling bird.
Pygmy Owl. A wintering bird, last heard in mid-March.
Wryneck. First singing bird back at end of April.
Black Woodpecker. Regular, seen every few days.
Grey-headed Woodpecker. Regular, seen of heard every few days. Appears to be breeding just off the edge of my land.
White-backed Woodpecker. A common species on my land, one pair appears to be breeding.
Great Spotted Woodpecker. Common, regular at the feeders.
Middle Spotted Woodpecker. Common, occasionally at the feeders, more at their breeding territories.
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. One pair regularly seen, drumming and display.
Skylark. Abundant, present from the end of February.
Woodlark. One territorial pair from late March, a second pair present on some dates in early April.
Barn Swallow. Present from late April.
House Martin. First at the end of April.
Yellow Wagtail. One at end of April.
White Wagtail. After arrival in early April, becoming common around the floodpools and elsewhere.
Tree Pipit. Heavy passage late April, largest flock 120+, my lagrest ever count on my land. A couple staying to hold territory.
Meadow Pipit. Two pairs breeding.
Wren. Common summer visitor, present throughout.
Dunnock. One on 15 April.
Robin. Common summer visitor, good numbers from early April.
Black Redstart. One on 11 April on open land laid bare by Wild Boars.
Whinchat. Breeders returned at end of April
Wheatear. One passage bird in late April.
Song Thrush. Common passage migrant, becoming abundant in April.
Mistle Thrush. Breeds in nearby pine forests, common on the meadows on my land.
Redwing. Heavy passage this year, hundreds passing through in first three weeks of April.
Fieldfare. Abundant passage migrant, big flocks in late March and April. Several pairs breed, singing birds on territory.
Blackbird. Common summer visitor, many pairs breed within the forest.
Savi's Warbler. Reeling bird from 30 April.
Sedge Warbler. First breeder back on 2 May.
Common Whitethroat. Returned from 1 May.
Lesser Whitethroat. Returned from end of April.
Blackcap. Returned from mid-April.
Wood Warbler. Returned from mid-April.
Chiffchaff. Becoming common in the forest from 5 April.
Willow Warbler. Singing birds from late April.
Goldcrest. Several in pine forest on the edge of my territory.
Pied Flycatcher. Early bird on 8 April, most returness from late April
Great Tit. The most abundant of the tit species, common on territories and at the feeders.
Coal Tit. Several in pine forest on the edge of my territory.
Blue Tit. Common on territories and at the feeders.
Willow Tit. Primarily a winter visitor, but one pair holding territory.
Marsh Tit. Common resident, several pairs on territories and at the feeders.
Long-tailed Tit. A couple of pairs on territories.
Nuthatch. Resident, seen or heard daily.
Treecreeper. Resident, occasionally seen.
Great Grey Shrike. More usual during autumn and winter, one seen on 5-6 April.
Magpie. Relatively common. One pair breeding on the edge of my land.
Jay. Common, birds breeding in the forest and visiting the feeding station.
Jackdaw. Several passage birds in March.
Rook. Surprisingly scarce, one record only - a small flock in late April.
Hooded Crow. Common, many seen daily.
Raven. Common, birds seen daily.
Starling. Common summer visitor, arriving from March.
House Sparrow. Breeds in adjacent territories, pairs seen in early April occupying storks' nest.
Tree Sparrow. Quite common in surrounding gardens, breeding birds seen in storks' nests in early April.
Chaffinch. Summer visitor, first birds from in March, common from April.
Linnet. Summer visitor, several seen from 5 April.
Goldfinch. Moderately commonly seen, birds every few days.
Greenfinch. Occasional birds.
Siskin. Fairly common passage visitor, flocks seen mostly in March.
Bullfinch. Common, pairs and small flocks almost daily.
Hawfinch. Returning spring bird on 10 April, another a week later.
Reed Bunting. One bird at my feeding station on 1-2 April, singing birds in the flood forest from 5 April.
Yellowhammer. Common, many pairs in regenerating scrub areas.
Citrine Wagtail A male on 5th May.
Citrine Wagtail A male on 5th May.
Aditions: Eurasian Hobby; Garden Warbler; Sand Martin; Western Osprey; Black Kite, Merlin, Black Tern, Spotted Crake Eurasian Reed Warbler; Great Reed Warbler; Thrush Nightingale; Grasshopper Warbler; Common Swift; Spotted Flycatcher; Icterine Warbler;Common Crossbill; Golden Oriole: Red backed Shrike; Common Rosefinch; European Nightjar; Rock (Feral) Pigeon: Eurasian Hoopoe; Barred Warbler; Crested Tit; Great Cormorant; Marsh Warbler; Common Quail; Common Redstart; Corncrake; River Warbler.
Khalifa Al Dhaheri, Jebel Dhana, United Arab Emirates
Khalifa's notebook for the day.
Khalifa is a young UAE national birder. He works for ADCO & is presently in an oilfield in the far west of the country. His bird list is what he can see from his compound.
Species from my room view the garden and the seaside.
Not to mention I couldn’t resist watching pair of Cinereous bunting in the tree roosting mid day. Then as a tip I gave them some seed of the fountain grass and they came to the place I wanted them to be. This grass I recommended our team to plant to get some buntings and Rockfinches last year to keep them very close and they did.
Grey Francolin (Francolinus pondicerianus)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Eurasian) (Streptopelia decaocto decaocto)
Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis)
Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)
Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus)
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei)
Heuglin's Gull (Larus fuscus heuglini)
Steppe Gull (Larus fuscus barabensis)
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Socotra Cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
Turkestan Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)
House Crow (Corvus splendens)
Upcher's Warbler (Hippolais languida)
Common House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
White-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin (Rufous-tailed) (Cercotrichas galactotes [galactotes Group])
White-throated Robin (Irania gutturalis)
Common Redstart (Common) (Phoenicurus phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Common Redstart (Ehrenberg's) (Phoenicurus phoenicurus samamisicus)
Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)
Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
Indian Silverbill (Euodice malabarica)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Pale Rockfinch (Carpospiza brachydactyla)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
Cinereous Bunting (Eastern) (Emberiza cineracea semenowi) One day bird. Not more!!
Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)
Notice he has some greenery (he is in the desert) & he can see the sea.
Cinereous Bunting (male)
Ortolan Buntings
Eurasian Blackcap
Orphean Warbler
Maarten Verhage, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Maarten looks over a huge area of small islands & associated mudflats.
Maarten looks over a huge area of small islands & associated mudflats.
Maarten helping a sick
Hawksbill Turtle.
The boat yard!
Maarten's work area.
There are some patches of vegetation,
mostly exotic species.
Arabian Red Fox (taken at long range).
Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphin
Greater Flamingo
White-cheeked Tern
Bridled Tern
This species nests under some kind of cover,
like salt-bush.
Bar-tailed Godwit & Ruddy Turnstone
Grey Plover & Ruddy Turnstone
Crab Plover, with a small crab in its bill!
like salt-bush.
Grey Francolin
With chick.
Red-wattled Lapwing
A clutch of Red-wattled Lapwing.
They breed in an open area close to the boatyard.
They got one chick to fledgling stage.
They breed in an open area close to the boatyard.
Maarten lives in an apartment but because he works for the leader of the country & is allowed to drive to his work, which is a boatyard! These photos & his list is from there.
Alexandrine Parakeet
Little Green Bee-eater
Red vented Bulbul
White eared Bulbul
Willow Warbler
Village Weaver
Indian Silverbill
Peter Hellyer, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Garden list 15 species.
Garden list 15 species.
Peter! How is the lockdown going?
View of the compound.
Exterior of the garden
A mixture of exotic trees.
Front garden.
Back garden
Eurasian Kestrel
Pallid Swift
Pale Crag Martin
Eurasian Collared Dove
White eared Bulbul
Graceful Prinia
Chiffchaff
Male Purple Sunbird
Female
Indian Silverbill
House Sparrow
Jacky Judas, Bidiyah, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
32 species.
The man himself!
Feral Dove
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Columbia livia
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Laughing Dove
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Streptopelia senegalensis
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Common Mynah
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Acridotheres tristis
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House Sparrow
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Passer domesticus
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House Crow
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Corvus splendens
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Indian Roller
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Coracias benghalensis
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Barn Swallow
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Hirundo rustica
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Pale Rock Martin
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Ptyonoprogne fuligula
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Eurasian Stone Curlew
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Burhinus oedicnemus
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White-eared Bulbul
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Pycnonotus leucotis
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Great cormorant
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Phalacrocorax carb
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Bob Garcia, San Francisco Bay Area, California: USA
Looking south
Looking west
Feeders sure help!
Larry Schwab, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
39 species
Larry
Larry lives in an historic farmhouse (built 1866) on a one acre plot, in a residential area of the town. There is a good mixture of native & exotic trees & other vegetation. There are also three feeders permanently up in the garden.
Canada Goose; Turkey Vulture; American Black Vulture; Red-shouldered Hawk; Mourning Dove; Red-bellied Woodpecker; Downy Woodpecker; Northern Flicker; Pileated Woodpecker; Blue Jay; American Crow; Northern Raven; Carolina Chickadee; Black-capped Chickadee; White-breasted Nuthatch; Carolina Wren; American Robin; Northern Mockingbird; Common Starling; Cedar Waxwing; Eastern Towhee; Yellow-rumped Warbler; Song Sparrow; White-throated Sparrow; Dark-eyed Junco; Common Grackle; Brown-headed Cowbird; House Finch; American Goldfinch; Magnolia Warbler; Nashville Warbler; Blue-headed Vireo; Cooper's Hawk; House Wren;Yellow-throated Vireo; Gray Catbird; Yellow-throated Warbler; Swainson's Thrush; Chimney Swift.
Ryan & Angie, Middlemount, Queensland: Australia
50 species
The birding couple.
The house.
Sulphur crested Cockatoo,
having its photo taken!
Ryan in action.
Angie getting close to an Australian Magpie.
Australian Ibis
Straw necked Ibis
Whistling Kite
Australian (Nankeen) Kestrel
bright coloured birds!
Forest Kingfisher
Green Figbird
Male singing.
Female
Helmeted Friarbird
Pied Butcherbird
Grey Butcherbird
Pied Currawong
Australian Magpie
Torresian Crow
Magpie-Lark
White breasted Woodswallow
Apostlebird
Willie Wagtail
Brown Honeyeater
Black faced Cuckooshrike
Striated Pardolate
Double barred Finch
Ryan really are in Oz!
Andrew Gardner & Hazel Broome, Perth Hills, Western Australia.
29 species.
Drew.
View of the forest from the house.
The garden.
Drew & Hazel live in the Perth Hills on a large plot with mature gardens, adjacent to the forest.
White-faced Heron; Red capped Parrot; Australian Ring neck; Rainbow Lorikeet; Little Corella; Carnaby's White-tailed Black Cockatoo; Galah; Australian Raven; Common Bronzewing; Spotted Turtle Dove; Singing Honeyeater; New Holland Honeyeater; Brown Honeyeater; Red Wattlebird; Western Wattlebird; Laughing Kookaburra; Western Spinebill; Grey Fantail; Silvereye; Tree Martin; Grey Butcherbird; Western Whistler; Splendid Fairy Wren; Wedge-tailed Eagle; Willie Wagtail; Rufous Whistler.
White-faced Heron
Carnaby's White-tailed Black Cockatoo
Galah.
Common Bronzewing
Laughing Kookaburra
Western Wattlebird
Brown Honeyeater
New Holland Honeyeater
Western Spinebill female.
Grey Fantail
Toni Gunn, South Golden Beach, NSW: Australia.
Toni & family live in a small town close to the beach in rural New South Wales. She is my daughter so I finally persuaded her to send in a bird list. Hers was the list which got us to the magic 800 species & she added a new family to the list: Australian Brush Turkey!
Australian Brush-Turkey
Pheasant Coucal
Laughing Kookaburra
Blue-faced Honeyeater
I'm marooned in a small, half built house in Arrowtown in
central Ortago South Island New Zealand. ( I only came down for a couple
of days to see the builder and nearly didn't bring my bins or camera). There is
a small garden with a couple of small trees, but there are a number of
larger trees in adjacent gardens and a also I have a good view or a wooded
ridge. As for birds I will be jockeying with Jacky for the least number of
species as NZ is not know for its big list. However Andrew may be a bit jealous
as I have House Sparrows and other once common UK birds in abundance
List so far is:
Tui
Silver-eye
Blackbird
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Chaffinch
Chaffinch
Welcome Swallow
Common Starling
Grey Gerrygone
House Sparrow
Ed: Graham is going to struggle here, as inland New Zealand is not known for its avian diversity!
Ed: Graham is going to struggle here, as inland New Zealand is not known for its avian diversity!
Graham, ready for the action to start!
Welcome Swallow
Eurasian Blackbird
Tui
Silver-eye
Graham went out Owling, but unfortunately he found this individual too far away from his garden, so he can't count it! Life is tough in New Zealand!
Graham Talbot, Hong Kong!
Graham managed to leave NZ & arrive back home in Hong Kong. He has been quick to see a few birds from his home. He is situated in the New territories about 10 kms from Hong Kong Island.
Graham Talbot, Hong Kong!
X marks the spot, or in this case a red circle!
The house!
Looking from the front of the house.
Back of house.
View from the back of the house.
Graham managed to leave NZ & arrive back home in Hong Kong. He has been quick to see a few birds from his home. He is situated in the New territories about 10 kms from Hong Kong Island.
Crested Serpent-eagle
Black Kite
Spotted Dove
Greater Coucal
Black faced Laughingthrush
Black throated Laughingthrush
Oriental Magpie Robin
Chinese Bulbul
Red Whiskered Bulbul
White shouldered Starling
Black necked Myna
Eurasian Magpie
Red billed Blue Magpie
WORLD GARDEN BIRD LIST
Please note the table will be updated as & when.
813 species!
813 species!
Contributors
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Acronym |
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Initials |
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Arg |
Argentina |
South America |
SJD |
Stephen James & Delana Louw |
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HP |
Hernan Pastore |
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Aus |
Australia |
Australasia |
RA |
Ryan & Angie� van Vuuren |
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AG |
Andrew Gardner |
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TG |
Toni Gunn |
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Bo |
Botswana |
Africa |
CB |
Chris Brewster |
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IW |
Ian White |
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Br |
Brazil |
South America |
RF |
Robert Franklin |
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Can |
Canada |
North America |
JM |
John Mayo |
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TP |
Todd Pepper |
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Ei |
Eire |
Europe |
CL |
Anica Louw |
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Fr |
France |
Europe |
RQ |
Robert Questead |
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HK |
Hong Kong |
Asia |
GT |
Graham Talbot |
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Li |
Lithuiana |
Europe |
JS |
Josh Stratford |
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Nam |
Namibia |
Africa |
CA |
Connie & Arthur Scholz |
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EJ |
Erica de Jager |
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Ne |
Netherlands |
Europe |
AG |
Arthur Geilvoet |
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NZ |
New Zealand |
Australasia |
GT |
Graham Talbot |
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SA |
South Africa |
Africa |
AD |
Andrew Deacon |
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AM |
Alice Moller |
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BM |
Beth Meyers |
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NM |
Niel & Marina Van Wyk |
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CR |
Neels & Rentia Kleynhans |
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Sw |
Sweden |
Europe |
AJ |
Alan Jones |
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UAE |
United Arab Emirates |
Asia |
PH |
Peter Hellyer |
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MH |
Maarten Verhage |
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KD |
Khalifa Al Dhahri |
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JJ |
Jacky Judas |
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OC |
Oscar Campbell |
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UK |
United Kingdom |
Europe |
IS |
Ian Smith |
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NW |
Nick Whitehouse |
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RQ |
Rob Questead |
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CT |
Clive Temple |
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RW |
Robin Willbond |
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AW |
Andrew Ward |
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TG |
Tom Gillon |
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USA |
United States of America |
North America |
BG |
Bob Garcia |
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LS |
Larry Schwab |
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Zim |
Zimbabwe |
Africa |
GD |
Garry Douglas |
