My Bigby List
Throughout 2008 I will be taking part in Bigby, the The Big Green Big Year birding challenge.
The idea is to record the maximum number of bird species whilst keeping your carbon emissions to a minimum.
I have signed up for The Public Transport Bigby, so my list can only include birds that I see whilst out birding on foot, or on sites to which I have travelled by bus or train.
As of 23rd June 2008 my Bigby total stands at 124:
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Greater Canada Goose (Canada Goose) Branta canadensis
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Gadwall Anas strepera
- Eurasian Teal (Teal) Anas crecca
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Shoveler/Shoveler Aythya clypeata
- Common Pochard (Pochard) Aythya ferina
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Goldeneye/Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Goosander Mergus merganser
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Willow Ptarmigan (Red Grouse) Lagopus lagopus scotica
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Common Pheasant (Pheasant) Phasianus colchicus
- Little Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Great Crested Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Northern Fulmar (Fulmar) Fulmarus glacialis
- Northern Gannet (Gannet) Morus bassanus
- Great Cormorant (Cormorant) Phalacrocorax carbo
- European Shag (Shag) Phalacrocorax aristotelis
- Great Bittern (Bittern) Botaurus stellaris
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey Heron (Heron) Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Spoonbill (Spoonbill) Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Marsh Harrier (Marsh Harrier) Circus aeruginosus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Sparrowhawk) Accipiter nisus
- Common Buzzard (Buzzard) Buteo buteo
- Common Kestrel (Kestrel) Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Hobby (Hobby) Falco subbuteo
- Common Moorhen (Moorhen) Gallinula chloropus
- Common Coot (Coot) Fulica atra
- Eurasian Oystercatcher (Oystercatcher) Recurvirostra avosetta
- Pied Avocet (Avocet) Haematopus ostralegus
- Northern Lapwing (Lapwing) Vanellus vanellus
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eurasian Curlew (Curlew) Numenius arquata
- Common Redshank (Redshank) Tringa totanus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Ruddy Turnstone (Turnstone) Arenaria interpres
- Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus
- Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Guillemot (Guillemot) Uria aalge
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Atlantic Puffin (Puffin) Fratercula arctica
- Feral Pigeon Columba livia
- Stock Pigeon (Stock Dove) Columba oenas
- Common Wood Pigeon (Woodpigeon) Columba palumbus
- Eurasian Collared Dove (Collared Dove) Streptopelia decaocto
- Rose-ringed Parakeet (Ring-necked Parakeet) Psittacula krameri
- Common Cuckoo (Cuckoo) Cuculus canorus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Common Swift (Swift) Apus apus
- Common Kingfisher (Kingfisher) Alcedo atthis
- Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Barn Swallow (Swallow) Hirundo rustica
- House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail (Pied or White Wagtail) Motacilla alba
- White-throated Dipper (Dipper) Cinclus cinclus
- Winter Wren (Wren) Troglodytes troglodytes
- Hedge Accentor (Dunnock) Prunella modularis
- European Robin (Robin) Erithacus rubecula
- Common Redstart (Redstart) Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Northern Wheatear (Wheatear) Oenanthe oenanthe
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Common Blackbird (Blackbird) Turdus merula
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian Reed Warbler (Reed Warbler) Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
- Common Whitethroat (Whitethroat) Sylvia communis
- Common Chiffchaff (Chiffchaff) Phylloscopus collybita
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Wood Nuthatch (Nuthatch) Sitta europaea
- Eurasian Treecreeper (Treecreeper) Certhia familiaris
- Eurasian Jay (Jay) Garrulus glandarius
- Black-billed Magpie (Magpie) Pica pica
- Red-billed Chough (Chough) Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Eurasian Jackdaw (Jackdaw) Corvus monedula
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Common Raven (Raven) Corvus corax
- Common Starling (Starling) Sturnus vulgaris
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- European Greenfinch (Greenfinch) Carduelis chloris
- European Goldfinch (Goldfinch) Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Siskin (Siskin) Carduelis spinus
- Common Bullfinch (Bullfinch) Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
The taxonomic order and names are those used in the The British List: A Checklist of Birds of Britain (7th edition).
