Birds Along the Coast to Coast

A day-by day account of species seen along the way (* indicates life bird for Wayne). Eurasian common names used (sometimes with U.S. equivalents in parentheses). We've added mammals for Randy's sake...

Cumulative species seen: 106
Cumulative life birds: 20

15 August

Starling
Grey Heron
Carrion Crow
Mallard
Black-Headed Gull
Wood pigeon
Rook
Magpie (Black-Billed)
Buzzard
Lapwing
Pied Wagtail*
Rock Dove
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Swallow (Barn)
House Martin
English Sparrow
Long-Tailed Tit
Robin (Eurasian)
Goldfinch (Eurasian)
Jackdaw
Wheatear
Kestrel (Eurasian)
Kittiwake (black-legged)
Shag*
Herring Gull
Moor Hen

16 Aug

Oystercatcher (Eurasian)*
Lesser Black-Backed Gull*
Common Gull*
Great Black-Backed Gull
Peregrine
Gannet
Fulmar
Raven
Blue Tit
Meadow Pipet*
Dunnock
Great Tit
Chaffinch
Collared Dove

17 Aug

Swift
Skylark
Red-Breasted Merganser
Great Crested Grebe
Rock Pipet*
Cormorant (Great)
Siskin
Coal Tit
Green Woodpecker
Blackcap
Willow Tit*
Blackbird
Garden Warbler
Jay (Eurasian)
Tree Creeper

18 Aug

Great Spotted Woodpecker
Wren
Grey Wagtail
roe deer

19 Aug

Whinchat* (and bloody little else!)
(maybe a golden eagle)
stoat (a big black tailed weasel)

20 Aug

Tree Pipet*
Nuthatch
Wood Warbler (an old world warbler)
Greenfinch
Spotted Flycatcher
rabbit, cow, sheep, dog, cat, human, horse

21 Aug

red squirrel

22 Aug

Coot (Eurasian)
Tufted Duck
Slovian Grebe (Horned)
White-Fronted Goose
Little Grebe*
Rough-Legged Buzzard (hawk)

23 Aug

Snow Goose (ornamental?)
Song Thrush
Mandarin Duck (ornamental?)
Fieldfare
Dipper*
Mistle Thrush

24 Aug

Blue and Red Macaws (released and breeding)
Cockatiel (released and breeding)
Reed Bunting
badger (road kill)

25 Aug

Curlew*
Twite
Linnet

26 Aug

Pheasant
Ring Ouzel*
Red Grouse

27 Aug

Chiffchaff
Goldcrest
Black Swan (ornamental)
mink (two frolicking in a beck)
Grey squirrel

28 Aug
Goosander (common merganser)
Corn Bunting
Stock Dove

29 Aug

Yellowhammer
Turtle Dove
Grey Partridge

30 Aug

Kingfisher*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Marsh Tit
Sand Martin

31 Aug

1 Sept
Bullfinch

2 Sept
Sandwich Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Redshank*
Turnstone (Ruddy)

After walk, before leaving UK, also saw:

Sparrowhawk*
Little Owl*
Tawny Owl (heard only)