2011 Target Birds

[jcyprus]

With the year now beginning , i was wondering what bird/birds everyone wants to see this year . Mine would be a tree sparrow as havent seen one for several years and a small dwindling population near me seems to have vanished !!!

[Kreacha]

I would love to see a kingfisher.

[pammosley]

I`d like to see anything I haven`t seen before, especially the Bitterns at our local reserve who we always manage to miss

[actionfinch]

i would also like to see birds i have not seen before....i know thats a broad reply , but i think im getting greedy now...i started birdwatching late last year and would like to appreciate the whole year of watching the birds in the back garden...

[C J Smallman]

Well I could say Waxwing as everyone else seems to have one or more perched near them

But I would make do with the good old Chaffinch not seen or heard one in well over a year

Chris.

[earthdragon64]

Kingfisher, Ptarmigan and Dotterel are my three targets birdwise for this year locally. I'm going to Uist in May and hope to see plenty of different birds there too.

Regards, Audrey.

[thebeard]

2010 was an incredible year for me, being my first year properly recording everything, keeping a list, etc... I really tried to see as much as i could, within reason, without going as far as 'twitching'! This resulted in me seeing 147 species which was incredible (including a few feral/escapees). This year i would like to simply do it all again, mainly by continuing to record on my local patches and throughout the local area.

if there were any target birds for this year it would be county rarities which i missed last year, such as Smew, Great white egret, Great Northern diver and Great Grey shrike (lots of 'greats' there).

hoping to see nesting lesser spotted woodpeckers again too, it would be great to see an increase of this species again in nottinghamshire.

[counterlady]

I would love to see the Wren back in my garden. Use to be a few a couple of years ago but no sight nor sound of any in 2010 so hopefully 2011 will bring them back!!

Looking forward to starting gardening as well and watching my faithful Robin coming up close to steal the disturbed insects and worms

[Michelleatiisis]

I have just started feeding the birds in my garden and twitching, although I did used to be interested in birds as a kid.
Seen quite a few species already but got it in my head that I would like to see a Bullfinch and a Redstart this summer.