How's Your 2012 Year List Going?

[Jynx_69]

I started a thread like this on another forum a few years ago and it was very popular so I thought I'd see how it went down here.
Think of it as a(nother) place to keep track of your yearlist, if you're keeping one, and to let others know how you're getting on.

My list, as of 3rd of January is 61, with highlights being Red Kite, Siskin and Goldeneye

[Twitcheruth]

New Years Day was a washout here but before the rain as I was pegging out my washing I had 3 Redpoll in the garden....what a start to the year!!
Then yesterday at our local NR got Kingfisher,Bittern,Tawny Owl and Goldcrest!

[JONNY74]

Not sure of my total so far but i've already had some good birds, the highlights being European white-fronted Goose, Green-winged Teal, Scaup and Glaucous Gull. So I am quite pleased with the first couple of days of the year and I hope it continues.

[Jungle Jim]

A hard fought 53 so far. Even dipped on a Robin at Conwy on New Years Day. Looks like being a long year

[astafjevs]

I've made it to 12 so far

[PeterB]

55 for me so far and I got all of them on the 1st and 2nd, none since.

I did say to myself that I wouldn't bother keeping a year list this year but look what you lot have got me doing!! I wish I could tell gulls apart, add a few there.

Blackbird
Blackheaded Gull
Blue Tit
Buzzard
Canada Goose
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
Coal Tit
Collared Dove
Coot
Cormorant
Crossbill
Dark Bellied Brent Goose
Dunnock
Feral Pigeon
Field Fare
Gadwall
Goldfinch
Great Cersted Grebe
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Greenfinch
Grey Heron
Grey Wagtail
Greylag Goose
House Sparrow
Jackdaw
Jay
Kestrel
Lapwing
Little Owl
Magpie
Mallard
Moorhen
Mute Swan
Pheasant
Pied Wagtail
Pochard
Raven
Red Kite
Red Legged Partridge
Redwing
Robin
Rook
Shoveler
Siskin
Snow Bunting
Sparrowhawk
Starling
Stock Dove
Teal
Wigeon
Wood Pigeon
Wren
Yellowhammer

[alanjns]

I've not started yet!!! - Work, work, work and now I have 2 lovely weeks off and the weather is bol.......well, you all know what the weather is like!

I'm hoping to get out in the next day or two - there is an Iceland gull hanging about the mere all week!

I suppose I could start with:

1. Pigeon

[Jynx_69]

Originally Posted by alanjns

I've not started yet!!! - Work, work, work and now I have 2 lovely weeks off and the weather is bol.......well, you all know what the weather is like!

I'm hoping to get out in the next day or two - there is an Iceland gull hanging about the mere all week!

I suppose I could start with:

1. Pigeon

Come on Alan, surely you've seen more than that? unless you work underground, live in a house with absolutely no windows and are transported everywhere in a sound and lightproof bubble?

I reckon you've actually also seen Black Headed Gull, Carrion Crow and/or Rook, Starling, Woodpigeon and heard if not seen Dunnock, Blackbird and Robin!!

[Jynx_69]

Well, I've had nothing new since the second, due to the gales, but I'm hoping (against hope) that I'll be able to add not only a year tick but a patch and hometown tick this (extended) lunchtime in the shape of a Great Grey Shrike........watch this space as they say

EDIT:

YAY! 62! The GGS showed well, down to 50-60 feet, even when the gale force winds were driving rain, horizontally, into my back and it's face!
This is not only a year tick, but also a new patch and home-town tick (yes, I'm a list addict!)

[Jynx_69]

A short walk for a couple of specific targets this morning before the rest of the family surfaced netted me two more year ticks

63. Greenfinch
64. Goldcrest

Ringing tomorrow, with a potential for 3 or 4 more additions........