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Revision as of 13:10, 10 January 2009

A London Birder since 1984. My local patch is Brent Reservoir and I’m fortunate enough to live adjacent to it. My best finds at Brent include: Great White Egret (a joint find and a first for London), Lesser Scaup (2nd for London but also seen elsewhere), Blue-winged Teal (3rd for London), Ring-billed Gull (10th), White-winged Black Tern (28th), two Yellow-browed Warblers and a Spoonbill (seen from my flat). I also co-found a Black Stork at Cheshunt on a bird race which was a first for London (this proves how luck plays its part in finding rarities as we wouldn't even have been there if we didn't still need Lesser Whitethroat!).

I’m also the London Bird Recorder and Editor of the London Bird Report. I have my own website: [1] When I’m not at Brent I’m probably birding overseas. I have visited every continent and have seen 4340 species.

The best bird I've ever seen is Great Grey Owl - a female on a nest with three well grown young and a male nearby on lookout - stunning! Although an adult male Pied Harrier in Nepal comes a pretty close 2nd!

Apart from birds I'm also interested in butterflies (UK List 48 including Large Tortoiseshell & Monarch), moths (I run a trap) and mammals (I saw 11 Tigers in 2005 and Mountain Gorilla, Wolf, Black Bear & Puma in 2006). And rock music (in the last few years I've been to see UFO twice, Rush & Magnum). My contact details are at #Email

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Here's a photo of me in Australia, more photos and a trip report can be found on my website: [2]


Patchlist Competition 2008 - Species Lists

Species Brent Res Westminster
Little Grebe 1
Great Crested Grebe 1
Cormorant 1 1
Little Egret
Grey Heron 1
Mute Swan 1
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose 1
Egyptian Goose
Shelduck
Mandarin
Wigeon
Gadwall 1
Teal 1
Mallard 1
Pintail
Garganey
Shoveler 1
Pochard 1
Tufted Duck 1
Scaup
Common Scoter
Goldeneye
Goosander
Ruddy Duck 1
Osprey
Sparrowhawk 1
Buzzard
Red Kite
Kestrel 1
Hobby
Peregrine
Pheasant
Water Rail 1
Moorhen 1
Coot 1
Oystercatcher
Lapwing 1
Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Dunlin
Snipe 1
Woodcock
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Curlew
Redshank
Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Mediterranean Gull
Little Gull
Black-headed Gull 1 1
Common Gull 1 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Yellow-legged Gull
Caspian Gull
Herring Gull 1 1
Great Black-backed Gull
Kittiwake
Little Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Black Tern
Feral Dove 1 1
Stock Dove
Woodpigeon 1 1
Collared Dove 1
Turtle Dove
Ring-necked Parakeet 1
Cuckoo
Tawny Owl
Little Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Swift
Kingfisher
Green Woodpecker 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Skylark
Sand Martin
Swallow
House Martin
Tree Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Rock Pipit
Yellow Wagtail
Grey Wagtail 1
Pied Wagtail
Wren 1 1
Dunnock 1
Robin 1
Nightingale
Redstart
Black Redstart
Whinchat
Stonechat
Wheatear
Ring Ouzel
Blackbird 1 1
Fieldfare
Song Thrush 1
Redwing
Mistle Thrush 1
Cetti's Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Reed Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Common Whitethroat
Garden Warbler
Blackcap
Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Goldcrest 1
Firecrest 1
Spotted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Long-tailed Tit 1
Coal Tit 1
Blue Tit 1 1
Great Tit 1
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Jay 1
Magpie 1 1
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow 1 1
Starling 1
House Sparrow 1
Chaffinch 1
Brambling
Greenfinch 1
Goldfinch 1
Siskin 1
Linnet
Lesser Redpoll
Bullfinch 1
Yellowhammer
Reed Bunting
TOTALS: 53 11

Email

I can be contacted by email at: andrewself [@] lineone.net

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