So here it is, the 2011 year list as it happens. You can use this forum to report your sightings this year, or email them to: strathbeg@rspb.org.uk and let us know what you've seen.
1. Whooper Swan
2. Greylag Goose
3. Pink-footed Goose
4. Wigeon
5. Teal
6. Blackbird
7. Carrion Crow
8. Jackdaw
9. Blue Tit
10. Tree Sparrow
11. Great Black-backed Gull
12. Buzzard
13. Chaffinch
14. Mute Swan
15. Grey Heron
16. Mallard
17. Tufted Duck
18. Coot
19. Goldeneye
20. Curlew
21. Common Gull
22. Black-headed Gull
23. Shoveler
24. Herring Gull
25. Cormorant
26. Kestrel
27. Red-breasted Merganser
28. Merlin
29. Pintail
30. Pheasant
31. Woodpigeon
32. Greenfinch
33. Dunnock
34. Great Tit
35. Gannet
36. Gadwall
37. Magpie
38. Brambling
39. House Sparrow
40. Collared Dove
41. Lapwing
42. Dunlin
43. Moorhen
44. Rook
45. Canada Goose
46. Great Spotted Woodpecker
47. Reed Bunting
48. Bullfinch
49. Goldfinch
50. Sanderling
51. Shag
52. Oystercatcher
53. Redshank
54. Eider
55. Long-tailed Duck
56. Sparrowhawk
57. Pochard
58. Wren
186 Pomarine Skua - from Birdguides yesterday but hey its new for the year
Dom
187 Twite (on 1st oct found by Cain)
188 Yellow-browed Warbler
189 Redstart
190 Lesser Whitethroat
191 Barred Warbler
192 Spotted Flycatcher
193 Sabine's Gull (seen by Cain- who may now have more entries on the year list than I do!)
194 Long-eared owl (heard by Mark on 4th Oct)
195 - Fieldfare (found by Cain..who now has more entries on the year list than me!!)
196 Wood Warbler - only second reserve record last one in 1998!
197 - Bearded tit
198 White Billed Diver