hellow everyone ,I have been very busy(birding!) recently and not found time to write any blogs.Anyway ,over the last month or two I have been to a load of good birding places like skomer and rutland water , which brought with them a load of good birds like puffins,oystercatcher,fulmar,rock pippit,gannets ,choughs,ospreys,redshanks,greenshanks,lapwings,ho bby,water rail,shovelers,little egret,common tern and common sanpiper.most of which are firsts for me! other firsts include goshawk,perigrine,cuckoo and marsh tit.