Philip Hack's life list

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SpeciesDateLocation
Red-legged Partridge
Pheasant
Canada Goose
Mallard
Swift
Cuckoo
Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon
Stock Dove
Woodpigeon
Collared Dove
CorncrakeEarly 1980s. Woke up early one morning hearing 'strange' loud bird song outside. Bird was singing from the apex of house roof opposite, before flying over the road and garden to the farmland behind.
Lapwing
Woodcock
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Cormorant
Grey Heron
Osprey
Honey-buzzard
Sparrowhawk
Red Kite
Black Kite
Buzzard
Barn Owl
Tawny Owl
Hoopoe
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Green Woodpecker
Kestrel
Hobby
Peregrine
Golden Oriole14/04/79Adult male seen briefly feeding on top of the field side hedgerow in the back garden. What first got me interested in birdwatching !
Jay
Magpie
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Raven
Waxwing
Coal Tit
Marsh Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Skylark
Sand Martin
Swallow
House Martin
Red-rumped Swallow16/06/20Seen briefly flying over - on my birthday !
Long-tailed Tit
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
Blackcap
Lesser Whitethroat
Whitethroat
Firecrest
Goldcrest
Wren
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Starling
Ring Ouzel17/04/81Seen for a few days on the adjacent farmland.
Blackbird
Fieldfare
Redwing
Song Thrush
Mistle Thrush
Spotted Flycatcher
Robin
Nightingale**********
Redstart
Whinchat
Stonechat
Wheatear
House Sparrow
Dunnock
Yellow Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
Chaffinch
Brambling
Hawfinch
Bullfinch11/01/80According to my diary, the very first sighting.
Greenfinch
Linnet
Lesser Redpoll
Crossbill
Goldfinch
Siskin
Snow BuntingEarly 1980s. Briefly feeding on the front lawn.
Reed BuntingEarly 1980s. Briefly on the patio during a very cold snowy day.