Andrew Self

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Revision as of 13:08, 13 April 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!).

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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 4378 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 (Total 344; 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
Black-necked Grebe 1
Cormorant 1 1
Little Egret 1
Grey Heron 1 1
Bittern 1
Mute Swan 1
Greylag Goose 1
Canada Goose 1
Egyptian Goose 1
Shelduck
Mandarin
Wigeon 1
Gadwall 1
Teal 1
Mallard 1 1
Pintail
Garganey 1
Shoveler 1
Pochard 1
Tufted Duck 1
Scaup
Common Scoter
Goldeneye
Goosander 1
Ruddy Duck 1
Osprey
Sparrowhawk 1 1
Buzzard 1
Red Kite
Kestrel 1
Hobby
Peregrine 1 1
Pheasant 1
Water Rail 1
Moorhen 1
Coot 1 1
Avocet 1
Oystercatcher 1
Lapwing 1
Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover 1
Dunlin
Jack Snipe 1
Snipe 1
Woodcock 1
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Curlew 1
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 1
Yellow-legged Gull
Caspian Gull
Herring Gull 1 1
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Kittiwake
Little Tern
Common Tern 1
Arctic Tern
Black Tern
Feral Dove 1 1
Stock Dove 1
Woodpigeon 1 1
Collared Dove 1
Turtle Dove
Ring-necked Parakeet 1 1
Cuckoo
Tawny Owl 1
Little Owl
Long-eared Owl 1
Short-eared Owl
Swift
Kingfisher 1
Green Woodpecker 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Skylark 1
Sand Martin 1
Swallow 1
House Martin 1
Tree Pipit
Meadow Pipit 1
Rock Pipit 1
Yellow Wagtail 1
Grey Wagtail 1 1
Pied Wagtail 1
Wren 1 1
Dunnock 1
Robin 1 1
Nightingale
Redstart
Black Redstart
Whinchat
Stonechat
Wheatear 1
Ring Ouzel
Blackbird 1 1
Fieldfare 1
Song Thrush 1
Redwing 1
Mistle Thrush 1
Cetti's Warbler
Sedge Warbler 1
Reed Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Common Whitethroat
Garden Warbler
Blackcap 1
Chiffchaff 1
Willow Warbler 1
Goldcrest 1
Firecrest 1
Spotted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Long-tailed Tit 1
Coal Tit 1
Blue Tit 1 1
Great Tit 1 1
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Jay 1
Magpie 1 1
Jackdaw 1
Rook
Carrion Crow 1 1
Starling 1
House Sparrow 1
Chaffinch 1
Brambling
Greenfinch 1 1
Goldfinch 1
Siskin 1
Linnet 1
Lesser Redpoll 1
Bullfinch 1
Yellowhammer
Reed Bunting 1
TOTALS: 95 22

Email

I can be contacted at: a-self [AT] sky.com

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