Birds of the Heath: Review of the year Part 1: it's not all about rarity-chasing (But that's fun too!)

Wednesday, 30 December 2015

Review of the year Part 1: it's not all about rarity-chasing (But that's fun too!)

Although it's been a great year in Norfolk for photographing the more elusive species such as Shrikes, Calidrids, rare warblers and chats, my favourite moments in 2015 have often involved more common plants, animals and astronomical events. This was the year of the eclipsed 'Super Moon', a succession of conjunctions and occultations, the first Lizard Orchid in Norfolk for fifty years and twin Harbour Seals born at Winterton...

It's also been the year I retired from space memorabilia dealing and public music performance, after fifteen years in the first case and fifty in the second! On the plus side, though, my third book was published and the meteorite sales and lectures continue to flourish.

I was looking through Twitter the other day in an attempt to find the contact details of an old friend when I noticed my name on the tweet (?) of someone I have never met, as far as I'm aware. He described me as 'notorious'! Intrigued, I cross-linked and scrolled about a bit and discovered other adjectives I've attracted have included bizarre, dubious, infamous and questionable! Isn't it amazing that my little private blog invokes such strong reactions among a few individuals?

Anyhow: here are a few of my favourite photos of 2015: thanks to those of you who follow (and hopefully enjoy) this blog - Happy New Year, and don't forget to say hello!