Species Update: The Conclusion

[drplokta]

I've knocked off a few birds and one butterfly about which I am now skeptical.


Birds:
1. Great Crested Grebe


2. Mute Swan


3. Coot


4. Lesser Black-Backed Gull


5. Blue Tit


6 Tufted Duck


7 Blackbird


8. Black-Headed Gull


9. Canada Goose


10. Pied Wagtail


11. Cormorant


12. Magpie


13. Carrion Crow


14. Mallard


15. Moorhen


16. Common Gull


17. Feral Pigeon


18. Grey Wagtail


19. Woodpigeon


20. Robin


21. Great Spotted Woodpecker


22. House Sparrow


23. Goldfinch


24. Starling


25. Great Tit


26. Greylag Goose


27. Long-Tailed Tit


28. Wren


29. Herring Gull


30. Chaffinch


31. Kingfisher


32. Greenfinch


33. Great Black-Backed Gull


34. Dunnock


35. Siskin


36. Grey Heron


37. Jay


38. Mistle Thrush


39. Sparrowhawk


40. Blackcap


41. Sedge Warbler

42. Swallow

43. Swift

44. Common Tern


45. House Martin


46. Reed Warbler


47. Green Woodpecker


48. Willow Warbler

49. Reed Bunting

50. Black Swan


51. Redwing


Butterflies:

1. Small White


2. Speckled Wood


3. Common Blue

4. Brimstone

5. Large White

6. Comma


7. Red Admiral


8. Holly Blue

9. Tortoiseshell

10. Meadow Brown


11. Gatekeeper



Mammals:

1. Grey Squirrel


2. Fox


3. Pipistrelle

4. Daubenton's Bat

5. Brown Rat


Amphibians:

1. Common Frog


2. Common Toad



Reptiles:

1. Red-Eared Terrapin


2. Smooth Soft-Shell Turtle



So the final score is 51 birds, 11 butterflies, 5 mammals, 2 amphibians and 2 reptiles, for a grand total of 71 species. The winner of this poll is thus, ahem, drplokta.

Comments

[bohemiancoast.livejournal.com]

Quite an impressive haul. Though up in sunny Walthamstow, I have at least beaten you on mammals. Within 100 yards of here I have seen fox, mouse, rat, grey squirrel and hedgehog; plus at the nearest point to here in Epping Forest I saw both species of pipistrelle and Daubenton's bat. For a total of 8.

I've also seen some other small rodents this year but not with the local focus; we've disturbed field mice and some small vole-like things at festivals.

[animoose.livejournal.com]

Am I the only person who feels the urge to sing "capercaillie, lammergeyer, cassowary" in a high pitched voice while reading this list?

Yes, I thought so.