Having enjoyed self finding a great bird, patch and county tick, and then getting double the value from predicting it, would it be too much to share a list of predictable species? I may have already done so before, but an updated perspective won't hurt.
Who cares, I'm fine with making mistakes and learning there is solid rationale to my ponderings;
Great Northern Diver - Berkshire's most frequent visitor never seen on DP, or over for that matter
Storm Petrel - Tricky species, but the randomness of the last 2 make it just as possible we can get one
Little Bittern - This sits in my Top 5 most likely due to the same reasons I already predicted Night Heron
American Bittern - It's not for fun that I include this, as Berkshire's best Bittern site we are tops for one
Spoonbill - This one is just for me having missed the 14th May 2007 pair, I reckon in the next 2 years
American Wigeon - We haven't had a big winter for Eurasian Wigeon since 2010, but I'm not convinced it's about flock size anyway, Top 3
Green-winged Teal - This sits in my top 3 most likely, our Teal count keeps rising and with the new marsh we could easily hit 500+ and score in the next 2-3 years, Top 3
Blue-winged Teal - Not high on the list, but nonetheless as possible as many other things
Ring-necked Duck - I am amazed we haven't had one already, Top 5 for sure
Long-tailed Duck - Perhaps on time span alone we should probably have had another, the only record was 1983
Lesser Scaup - Never say never, enough records for us to stand a good chance
Black Kite - We have a pretty good record for raptors, so why not
Baillon's Crake - A bit on the hopeful side, but no reason why not
Waders, waders, waders, surely nothing is off the table?
Black-winged Stilt - Records nearby over the last 2-3 years, we're next right!?
Stone Curlew - Random, but always possible and almost certainly flew over already at night
Kentish Plover - How they would come running and again why not us
American or Pacific Golden Plover - I only thought of this due to our fly over this Eurasian this week, was it Eurasian though? We can never be sure can we?
Curlew Sandpiper - Assuming the Oct 2nd 1988 record isn't complete shite (oops) then we are overdue one big time
Pectoral Sandpiper - It's amazing what hasn't made an appearance, this is quite a shocking situation, surely it's about to change this year? Top 5
Lesser Yellowlegs - Oxon had one, why not?
Marsh Sandpiper - Oxon had one, why not?
Spotted Sandpiper - It's got to be a good candidate
Red-necked Phalarope - They do like bigger waters on the whole, but Moor Green had one
Arctic Skua - Fly over flock of 2005 will haunt me forever, maybe a sick bird will stay long enough one day?
Sabine's Gull - 1987 will haunt me longer, could it happen again?
White-winged Black Tern - Good old random will produce one not far from now
Caspian Tern - Just because I want it to happen
Whiskered Tern - Moor Green had one...
Long-eared Owl - Perhaps we've had it in modern times, but we should have worked harder 15 years ago when they wintered nearby
Bee-Eater - Come on, it's sunny the wind is from the South, tomorrow please
Hoopoe - What fun to be had with one on the golf course, then behind Lavell's
Red-rumped Swallow - I've had this in my top 5 for about 10 years, soon my friends, soon
Citrine Wagtail - I saw one at Fleet and with that in mind, I'm not convinced having Yellow's makes a difference...hopefully
Bluethroat - We got marshes and reeds
Great Reed Warbler - It was on my list before the Green Park bird and it remains in my good chance list
Savi's Warbler - Oxon had one this spring
River Warbler - I like them, what more do you need
Fan-tailed Warbler - Seems unlikely, but what the heck
Dartford Warbler - Should have had one already, random stuff
Marsh Warbler - Tricky expecting another, but it's never impossible
Aquatic Warbler - When it happens it's most likely going to be pulled out of a net, but maybe someone will get luckier than that?
Snow Bunting - Somewhere at Lea Farm, or just minutes at the DAC beach
Serin - Fly over always possible
Ortolan Bunting - Fly over always possible
Little Bunting - Feeding station bird of course
Lapland Bunting - feeding station bird?
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