Sunday 31 December 2017

Some of the highlights of my birding year 2017.

 Male Blue Rock Thrush ,Stow on the Wold ,January.
 First winter male Eastern Black Redstart,Mousehole ,January.
 Third calendar year Caspian Gull ,Hayle estuary , January.
 Second winter Caspian Gull ,Hayle estuary ,February.
 First winter Iceland Gull ,Hayle estuary , March.
 First winter Bonapartes Gull ,Helston ,March.
 Ring  Billed Gull ,Hayle March.
 Osprey ,Hayle ,April.
 Little Tern ,Marazion ,April.
 Turtle Dove ,Lands End ,April.
 Bee-eater ,Conner Downs ,May.
 Temmincks Stint,Hayle,June.
 First summer female Amur Falcon ,Polgigga ,July.
 First calendar year Yellow Legged Gull ,Hayle estuary ,August.
 Yellow Legged Gull ,Hayle ,June.
 Cedar Waxwing ,Isles of Scilly ,October.
 Spoonbill ,Hayle estuary.
 Little Bunting Isles of Scilly ,October.
 Yellow Browed Warbler IOS ,October.
 Male Bluethroat,IOS,October.
 Olive Backed Pipit ,IOS October.
 Red Throated Diver ,Penzance ,October.
 Red Breasted Flycatcher IOS October.
 Raddes Warbler ,IOS November.
 Hawfinch ,IOS ,November .
 Wilsons Snipe IOS, November.
 Male Firecrest.
 Adult Ring Billed Gull , Hayle estuary.
Last but not least what better way to finish than another Caspian Gull this is a first winter bird ,Hayle estuary.

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