Your Top Ten 'Would love to see' birds.

[tufftie]

Originally Posted by Rob_D

Is Albert alive? He seemed to have disappeared for a while recently, but there was a sighting in Argyll last week.

I certainly recommend trips to N or NW Scotland for birding. As a Southerner, it was great to see so many different birds and especially ones I'd never see down here.

Ooo - I'm not sure the one I was thinking of was the one that used to live in Hermaness, Shetland back in the late '80's. Could it be the same one, i know they live a long time?

[Hedge Witch]

1. Long-eared owl
2. Short-eared owl (I'm a bit of an owl fetishist)
3. Waxwing
4. Dartford Warbler
5. Hoopoe
6. Hawfinch
7. Nightjar
8. Wryneck
9. Corncrake
10.Lesser-spotted Woodpecker

Actually, there are loads more. These where just off the top of my head.

[Adam Cheeseman]

Originally Posted by tufftie

Ooo - I'm not sure the one I was thinking of was the one that used to live in Hermaness, Shetland back in the late '80's. Could it be the same one, i know they live a long time?

You could always try for the one on Sula Sgeir if it comes back again. I was lucky enough to see one on the water coming back from Denmark on a ferry in 2003.

Cheers,

Adam

[KeenTeen17]

1) waxwing
2) dartford warbler
3) cettis warbler (seen it last year but wasn't a great sight)
4) short eared owl
5) red throated diver
6) black throated diver
7) great northern diver
8) slav grebe

[Gill Catton]

hmmm tricky.
Many of mine are rather interational (esp as I am unlikely to twitch!) - Stella's Sea eagle is top. Harlequin duck not far behind, nutcracker too..

but british birds....

Top would probably be hawfinch - if they even exist
Crested Tit because I missed out when I went to Scotland this year
golden eagle
displaying woodcock
displaying Goshawk
displaying red throated diver
displaying black throated diver
lekking black grouse
Chough
little auk

[LynM]

In no particular order:

1. Snowy Owl
2. Eagle Owl (as someone else said, seen captive, but not in the wild.)
3. Hoopoe
4. Wryneck
5. Waxwing (missed them locally in '05)
6. Bearded Tit (Should only need to go to Radipole to get that one.)
7. Firecrest
8. Crossbill
9. Bittern
10. Great Bustard.

[Pete Collins]

Great idea for a thread sunnydale!

Golden eagle (seen abroad)
White Tailed Eagle
Eagle Owl (seen in captivity)
Goshawk
Hoopoe
Chough (seen abroad)
Corncrake
Hawfinch
Ptarmigan
Crested Tit

[sunnydale]

Originally Posted by Gill Catton

Top would probably be hawfinch - if they even exist

They do exist Gill, honestly! I had my first good sighting of a small flock in some scattered bushes earlier in the year. I was sat on a bank high above Cressbrook Dale and the hawthorn bushes were about 30ft below me. At first glance, I saw what I thought were Chaffinches but the more I looked, the more I knew they weren't! Out came the bino's and bingo!
My brother lives about 13 miles away from me and sees them every year....or so he tells me!

Don't give up!

[Jez]

Bearded Tit
Waxwing
Hawfinch
Crossbill
Spoonbill
Puffin
Capercaillie
Cuckoo
Dartford Warbler
Wryneck

[Vectisbirder]

My most want to see UK-occurring birds:

Hoopoe
Shrike (any)
Golden Eagle
Brambling
Hawfinch
Bittern
Capercaillie
Puffin - have seen them flying past the coast plenty of times, but I would like to see them on their breeding grounds one day
Goshawk
Pallas' Warbler