Once again, it's time to reflect on the highlights of a year's birding: where did the last twelve months go?
It looks like the ongoing bad weather and the decision to restrict my birding within the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk will prevent me reaching 200 species this year: the first time since I started the blog ten years ago. However, as is increasingly the case, there have been some super avian encounters in an otherwise poor year. Expected species I missed include Redstart, Yellow-browed Warbler, Pied Flycatcher, Bonxie, Temminck's Stint and Puffin!
Linda and I didn't take any out-of-county birding breaks - no Bempton Cliffs, Farnes or Pembrokeshire this year - and the Autumn winds were generally in the wrong direction. Covid has meant that our businesses - meteorites and space-themed jewellery - have all been online, as have the twenty or so lectures I've given: this has kept our travel to a bare minimum.
However: the following photos are a reflection of the fact that Norfolk (and Suffolk!) can still be relied on to produce terrific birds...
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| Grasshopper Warbler, Strumpshaw Fen |
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| Bee-eaters: Gt Yarmouth |
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| Glossy Ibises: Hickling |
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| Pacific Golden Plover, Cley |
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| Roseate Terns, Cley |
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| Roller, Icklingham |
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| Black-winged Stilt, Hickling |
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| Long-billed Dowitcher, Potter Heigham |
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| Caspian Tern: Potter Heigham |
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| Ring Ouzel, Blakeney |
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| Garganey: Strumpshaw Fen |
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| Short-toed Lark, Weybourne |
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| Honey Buzzard: Hemblington Church |
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| Black Guillemot: Cley |
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| Iceland Gull, Cley |
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| Barred Warbler: Cley |
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| Cattle Egrets: Martham |
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