Steve Swinney: Europe Life List AERC, All records Record(s) 1 to 76 of 76 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 26/08/2014 France, Between Metz & Nancy seen from E21 motorway during a car trip to Switzerland 2 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/09/2014 Switzerland 3 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/09/2014 Switzerland - Lake Thun, Merligen 4 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Switzerland - Lake Thun, Unterseen winter ski trips 5 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 28/09/2014 Switzerland - Lake Thun, Beatenberg 6 Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia 30/08/2014 Switzerland - Howhald, Beatenberg 1 heard in Pines nr climbing path 7 Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 02/09/2014 Switzerland, Neiderhorn, Beatenberg 3 seen in boulder field 8 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 31/08/2014 Switzerland - Lake Thun, Unterseen 1 seen 9 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus Guernsey Ferry 10 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 26/08/2014 Switzerland, Biel/Bienne see distantly in fields by road 11 Black Kite Milvus migrans 26/08/2014 France, nr Metz seen over fields during a road trip to Switzerland 12 Red Kite Milvus milvus 26/08/2014 Switzerland, Jura Close to Border from E27 road on way to Beatenberg; Also 2 flew by Beatenberg terrace on 27/8/14 13 Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus 01/09/2014 Switzerland, Mannlichen Lammergeier - seen on a number of occasions inc ski holidays over Grindelwald and Murren 14 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/09/2014 Switzerland, Merligen 1 over seen in Gronbach Valley 15 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo 26/08/2014 Switzerland, Biel/Bienne 16 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 27/08/2014 Switzerland, Beatenberg Numerous sightings of up to 3 over holiday in Beatenberg 17 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/09/2014 Switzerland 18 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 31/08/2014 Switzerland, Unterseen 2 seen Over Beatenberg west interacting 19 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 26/08/2014 France, Between Metz & Nancy seen during a car trip to Switzerland 20 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 08/09/2014 Dunkerque 21 Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus 07/09/2014 Switzerland, Gimmenalp 22 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 08/09/2014 Dunkerque 23 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 08/09/2014 Dunkerque 24 Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus 31/08/2014 Switzerland, Unterseen, Lake Thun Over lake 25 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 26 Mew Gull Larus canus 02/09/2014 Switzerland, Unterseen, Lake Thun Confirm from photos/video 27 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 31/08/2014 Switzerland, Unterseen, Lake Thun 28 European Herring Gull Larus argentatus 28/08/2014 Switzerland, Unterseen, Lake Thun confirm by photo/video 29 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 31/08/2014 Switzerland, Unterseen, Lake Thun 30 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Calais, France 31 Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 26/08/2014 France, Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle 32 Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 03/09/2014 France, Nice 33 Common Swift Apus apus 26/08/2014 France, Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle Also 100c Nice awaiting favourable conditions to cross the Med and c200 Monoco - ditto 34 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 02/09/2014 Switzerland, Unterseen fishing edge of Lake Thun, - seen from Weissenau 35 Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius 01/09/2014 Switzerland, Merligen Numerous Calls, flight glimpse 36 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 26/08/2014 France, Thionville seen during a picnic stop on car trip to Switzerland 37 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/09/2014 Beatenberg, Switzerland check photo/video 38 Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris 01/09/2014 Switzerland, Sigriswil viewed from Gronbach Valley 39 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 27/08/2014 Switzerland, Beatenberg 10+ migrating through in 2'3 n 3's late morning; 10 past middle lift station 30/8 similar time 40 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum 28/08/2014 Switzerland, Beatenberg check notes 41 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 02/09/2014 Switzerland, Beatenberg Gimmenalphorn climbing path 42 Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/09/2014 Switzerland 43 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris 02/09/2014 Switzerland, Beatenberg 1 seen on Gimmenalphorn 44 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 26/08/2014 France, Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle Road Trip to Switzerland; super common around Beatenberg but first found around a hillside farm 45 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 01/09/2014 Switzerland 46 Common Blackbird Turdus merula 03/09/2014 Nice 47 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 28/08/2014 Switzerland, Beatenberg From road above Hohwald cable station 48 Redwing Turdus iliacus 28/08/2014 Switzerland, Beatenberg From road above Hohwald cable station 49 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 28/08/2014 Switzerland, Beatenberg 50 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli 27/08/2014 Switzerland, Beatenberg numerous secretive in pines 51 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 26/08/2014 France, Thionville seen during a picnic stop on car trip to Switzerland 52 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 02/09/2014 Switzerland, Beatenberg 2 alongside valley path to Hohwald 53 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 29/08/2014 Switzerland 54 European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 28/08/2014 Switzerland, Beatenberg 3 in back grounds of Bibleschule 55 Willow Tit Parus montanus 28/08/2014 Switzerland, Beatenberg check photos 56 European Crested Tit Parus cristatus 02/09/2014 Switzerland, Howhald 2 seen along Valley path to Howhald 57 Coal Tit Parus ater 02/09/2014 Switzerland 58 Eurasian Blue Tit Parus caeruleus 26/08/2014 France, Thionville seen during a picnic stop on car trip to Switzerland 59 Great Tit Parus major 02/09/2014 Switzerland 60 Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 26/08/2014 France, Thionville seen during a picnic stop on car trip to Switzerland 61 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 26/08/2014 France, Between Metz & Nancy Road Trip to Switzerland 62 Common Magpie Pica pica 26/08/2014 France, Between Metz & Nancy seen during a car trip to Switzerland 63 Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes 26/08/2014 Switzerland 64 Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus 29/08/2014 Switzerland, Beatenberg 10 Feeding nr Neiderhorn View point; 25 Feeding on mountainside Gimmenalphorn 2/9/14 65 Rook Corvus frugilegus 26/08/2014 Switzerland, Jura Road Trip to Beatenberg 66 Northern Raven Corvus corax 27/08/2014 Switzerland, Beatenberg 2 seen from Balcony 67 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 26/08/2014 Switzerland, Jura Road Trip to Beatenberg 68 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 26/08/2014 France, Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle 69 White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis 02/09/2014 Switzerland, Beatenberg Flock of 6 over boulder field along ridge from Niederhorn 70 Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/09/2014 Switzerland 71 Citril Finch Serinus citrinella 02/09/2014 Switzerland, Beatenberg Among sporadic pines along climbing patch to Gimmenalphorn 72 European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris 26/08/2014 France, Thionville seen during a picnic stop on car trip to Switzerland 73 European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 08/09/2014 France, Dunkerque 74 Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus 02/09/2014 Switzerland, Beatenberg Among pines along climbing patch to Gimmenalphorn 75 Common Linnet Carduelis cannabina 08/09/2014 France, Dunkerque 76 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 28/08/2014 Switzerland