Pochard at Cullaloe

Nice addition to the year list, which is slowly creeping up - should be about half way to expected total by end of January!

INK + 3

Linnet, Siskin and Long-tailed Tit onto the 2014 list for Inverkeithing. Went hoping the Black-throated Diver which has been at Dalgety Bay might drift into view, but no luck.

Scores on the doors 2014

Patch latest totals, last update 16th April

Patch targets 2014

Cullaloe - 66 species, 73% of target (90)

Cullaloe bonus birds: (Gadwall, GBB Gull)
Bonus birds missed: ()

Inverkeithing - 73 species, 61% of target (120)

Inverkeithing bonus birds: (Pheasant!)
Bonus birds missed: ()

Hill of Beath - 35 species, 41% of target (85)

Hill of Beath bonus birds: ()
Bonus birds missed: ()

New List additions for 2014

2014 New additions to Western Palearctic List

2014 New additions to Turkish List

2014 New additions to British List

2014 New additions to Scottish List

2014 New additions to Fife List:

2014 New additions to Inverkeithing List

2014 New additions to Hill of Beath List

2014 New additions to Cullaloe List

Hill of Beath square totals (all time)
Square - species
Total - 90 (only 87 on birdtrack, which is missing three spp)
NT1289 - 29 (Halbeath N)
NT1389 - 63 (Hill of Beath SW)
NT1390 - 47 (Hill of Beath NW)
NT1489 - 47 (Hill of Beath SE)
NT1490 - 53 (Hill of Beath NE)
NT1590 - 69 (Cowdenbeath SW)
NT1591 - 35 (Cowdenbeath NW)

Scores on the Doors 2013

THE FINAL TOTALS

Cullaloe - 89 species, 89% of target (PW points: 96)

Cullaloe bonus birds: Dipper, Merlin, Pochard, Crossbill,
Black-Tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, Gadwall, Whimbrel,
Pectoral Sandpiper, Shoveler, Golden Plover, Goldeneye
Bonus birds missed: (Kingfisher)

Inverkeithing - 113 species, 90% of target (PW points: 134)

Inverkeithing bonus birds: Long-tailed Duck, Moorhen, Slavonian Grebe,
Grey Phalarope, Whimbrel, Lesser Whitethroat, Ringed Plover,
Pomarine Skua, Little Gull, Kingfisher, Pintail, LittleEgret, Hawfinch
Bonus birds missed: (Scaup, Garganey!)

Hill of Beath - 82 species, 82 % of modified  target

Hill of Beath bonus birds: Whooper Swan, Pochard, Waxwing, Raven,
Ringed Plover, Spot Fly (breeding)

My other numbers, updated 13th Dec

2013 Birdtrack complete lists:500
2013 Birdtrack records: 11,669

Site	lists	records	species
INK	181	5414	113
CUL	100	2452	89
HOB	176	2995	82
(HOB lists chopped up by OS grid)

Dalbeath Marsh: 78 lists, 1502 records, 69 species
Masterton Rd, 30 lists, 522 records, 57 species

2013 Fife list (OS squares NT18, NT19 only):136
(Non-patch: Temminck's Stint - Letham Pools 23/6, Spoonbill - Eden 24/6)

2013 New additions to Western Palearctic List
Turkey: Pallas's Gull, Slender-billed Gull, Caspian Gull
Inverkeithing: Grey Phalarope
Turkey: Red-footed Falcon, Steppe Eagle
Switzerland: Alpine Chough, Spotted Nutcracker
Spain: Audouin's Gull, Rock Bunting

2013 New additions to Turkish List
Bewick's Swan, Whooper Swan, Pintail, Wigeon, RC Pochard, Smew, Goosander, WH Duck, Velvet Scoter, Peregrine Falcon, Spotted Redshank, Pallas's Gull, Slender-billed Gull, Caspian Gull (Jan 19-25)

Gannet, Little Bittern, Steppe Eagle, Montagu's Harrier, Red-footed Falcon,  Scops Owl (h), Golden Plover, Little Tern, Black Tern, WWB Tern, Ortolan Bunting (Apr 27-May 7)

2013 New additions to British List
Grey Phalarope

2013 New additions to Scottish List
Grey Phalarope

2013 New additions to Fife List:
Grey Phalarope - St.David's Bay
Temminck's Stint - Letham Pools, 23/6

Spoonbill - Eden, 24/6
Hawfinch, Inverkeithing, 30/10

2013 New additions to Inverkeithing List
Slavonian Grebe (24/03)
Grey Phalarope (25/03)
Ringed Plover (03/07)
Arctic Tern (16/07)
Little Gull (23/08)
Little Egret (10/10)
Hawfinch (30/10)
Little Auk (31/12)

2013 New additions to Hill of Beath List
Tufted Duck, Moorhen, GBB Gull, Lesser Redpoll, Stock Dove, Teal, Little Grebe, Pochard, Grasshopper Warbler, Tree Sparrow, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Grey Wagtail, Ringed Plover, Sand Martin 

2013 New additions to Cullaloe List
GBB Gull - 23/4,
Whimbrel


Hill of Beath square totals (all time)
Square - species
Total - 90 (only 87on birdtrack, which is missing three spp)
NT1289 - 29 (Halbeath N)
NT1389 - 63 (Hill of Beath SW)
NT1390 - 47 (Hill of Beath NW)
NT1489 - 47 (Hill of Beath SE)
NT1490 - 53 (Hill of Beath NE)
NT1590 - 69 (Cowdenbeath SW)
NT1591 - 35 (Cowdenbeath NW)

4th Jan - ticking along

Nothing exciting, but a few more species thrown onto the pile at low tide this morning. Three Turnstones pottering about the strand lines was nice to pick up

Patch targets 2014

Inverkeithing
Total list: 157
Personal List: 140
2012 list: 125, probably 110 "safe" (164 patchlist points)
2013 list: 113
2014 target: 120 (inc. 2 new spp.)

Cullaloe
Total list: 136
Personal List: 119
2012 list: n/a
2013 list: 89
2013 target: 90 (inc. 1 new sp.)

Hill of Beath
Total list: unknown
Personal List: 90
2012 list: n/a
2013 list: 82
2014 target: 85 (inc. 2 new spp.)

2014, Day 1

Not time to review past year's targets and totals yet, but I know I managed 500 complete lists on birdtrack, 100 of which were from Cullaloe, and almost double that for the Divit.

Started off new year with a Gannet - weird bird for Jan 1st! NO Little Auk though, nor Fulmar, RT Diver ... anyway, fot the year started at least. Planning to spend not as much time on the Divit this year, but I think picking up the trail at the end of the summer for vismig I won't finish far off the same total anyway.

Other notable species today? Armchair

armchair trying to get ashore

super high tide almost at the pier height