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By Peter Alfrey
Admittedly this plan is primarily focused on the birds that I need for my Beddington List.
However it should also be of use to any Beddington listers. The short list of target species
has been drawn up by referring to the Birds of London (Self 2014), species which there have
been three or more records in the LNHS recording area and I have yet to see at the
farmlands. There are additional notes in the target species for those species which are not
on the London list but Beddington is perhaps at an advantage of attracting (i.e. a vagrant
gull or corvid on the landfill site).
The plan is comprised of a target species/group and strategy section and also a Calendar
model which can be used to identify the birding season and particular week of the year one
is in and the particular target species and tactical birding strategies that can be used for that
particular week.
Strategy
T2.Vagrant Waterfowl
Blue-winged Teal, Lesser Scaup, Eider, Longtailed Duck, Velvet Scoter, Pied-billed Grebe
Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe
T3.Divers
Great Northern, Black-throated Diver
T4. Seabirds
Manx Shearwater, Storm Petrel
Leachs Petrel,
T5.Vagrant Herons
Little Bittern, Night Heron, Squacco Heron
Cattle Egret
T6. Storks
White Stork, Black Stork
T7. Vagrant Raptors
Hen Harrier, Montagus Harrier, Goshawk,
Rough-legged Buzzard,Red-footed Falcon
T8.Vagrant Crakes
Little Crake,Baillons Crake ,Corncrake
T9. Vagrant Waders
Black-winged Stilt, Kentish Plover, Dotterel,
White-rumped Sandpiper, Bairds Sandpiper,
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Great Snipe, Spotted
Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Lesser
T13. Auks
Razorbill, Little Auk, Puffin
T14. Nightjar
T15. Southern/Eastern Vagrant Nonpasserines
European Bee-eater, Roller, Hoopoe, Wryneck
Golden Oriole, Red-backed Shrike, Woodchat
Shrike, Rose-coloured Starling, Alpine Swift
T16. Great Grey Shrike
corner.
S10. Follow weather and news. Maintain regular sky
watching regime.
S11. Regular routine checking of gulls particularly
through winter months
Target (T)
T1 T2 T3 T11 T16 T17
T19
T1 T2 T3 T11 T16 T17
T19
Strategy (S)
S1 S2 S3 S11 S16 S17
S19
S1 S2 S3 S11 S16 S17
S19
FEB 1
MAR 1
2
3
4
APR 1
2
3
T5 T6 T7 T8 T9 T10 T12
T15
T5 T6 T7 T8 T9 T10 T12
T14 T15 T21
T5 T6 T7 T8 T9 T10 T12
T14 T15 T21
T5 T6 T7 T8 T9 T12 T14
T15 T21
T5 T6 T8 T9 T12 T15 T21
JUNE 1
2
3
4
WEEK
JAN 1
2
MAY 1
2
3
JULY 1
2
3
4
AUGUST 1
2
3
4
SEPTEMBER 1
2
3
4
OCTOBER 1
2
3
4
NOVEMBER 1
2
3
4
DECEMBER 1
2
3
4
Colour Code
Winter
Early Spring
Spring
Summer
Early Autumn
Mid Autumn
Late Autumn
Winter Again
T8 T9
T8 T9
T8 T9
T7 T8 T9
T7 T8 T9 T21
T7 T8 T9 T10 T14 T20
T21
T7 T8 T9 T10 T14 T20
T21
T7 T8 T9 T10 T13 T14
T20 T21
T4 T7 T8 T9 T10 T13 T14
T20 T21
T4 T7 T8 T9 T10 T13 T18
T20 T22
T4 T7 T8 T9 T13 T18
T20
T4 T7 (Hen Harrier) T13
T19 T20 T22
T4 T7 (Hen Harrier) T13
T19 T22
T4 T7 (Hen Harrier) T11
T13 T16 T19 T20 T22
T4 T7 (Hen Harrier) T11
T13 T16 T19 T20 T22
T4 T7 (Hen Harrier) T11
T13 T16 T19 T22
T4 T7 (Hen Harrier) T11
T13 T16 T19 T22
T11 T13 T16 T17 T19
T11 T13 T16 T17 T19
T11 T13 T19
T11 T13 T19
S8 S9
S8 S9
S8 S9
S7 S8 S9 S14
S7 S8 S9 S14 S21
S7 S8 S9 S10 S14 S20
S21
S7 S8 S9 S10 S14 S20
S21
S7 S8 S9 S10 S13 S14
S20 S21
S4 S7 S8 S9 S10 S13
S14 S20 S21
S4 S7 S8 S9 S10 S13
S18 S20 S22
S4 S7 S8 S9 S13 S18
S20 S22
S4 S7 S13 S19 S20
S22
S4 S7 S11 S13 S19
S22
S4 S7 S11 S13 S16
S19 S22
S4 S7 S11 S13 S16
S19 S22
S4 S7 S11 S13 S16
S19 S22
S4 S11 S13 S16 S19
T22
S11 S13 S16 S17 S19
S11 S13 S16 S17 S19
S11 S13 S19
S11 S13 S19
Sky-watching Sound Approach: Same as above but amplifying and recording bird sounds to identify
more species. Requires back ground listening and learning calls.
Night Sound Approach:
Weather Watching:
Gulling: