Original PaulE
Well-known member
Hi All
2019 has been a pretty good year birding wise, although didn't get out as much as usual for various reasons still managed a few good trips, absolute highlight was our 2 week holiday on the Uists, Eagles and Hen Harriers, numerous sightings, every day, Short-eared Owls, Corncrake,Divers, Long-tailed Ducks, Hoodies,Waders etc etc , fantastic place!! We also had a nice Autumn trip to Wales , Great views of Red Kites Goosanders and Choughs were the highlights.
I had 5 lifers for the year, taking me to 365,although the Whistling Ducks were certainly dodgy
and the Pied Crow may have been a bit ship assisted, the Squacco Heron, Eastern Olivacious Warbler and Semi-palmated Sandpiper were all good So my actual list that would be widely accepted is 353 !!
Had quite a few Seawatches this year mainly from Splash Point with one exceptional day of Pom Skuas coming through, Several trips to Dungeness, Oare Marshes and all 5 Grebes at Cliff Pools were good trips into Kent, The EOW and Semi P were my only trips to Hampshire although both were awesome. The rest of my highlights were Sussex based and most of them either Seaford Head or the Pagham area, with a couple of trips up to Ashdown.
Anyway a fewish pics, of varying quality, of most of the birds mentioned above at the link below (the Merlin is my Favourite)
https://onedrive.live.com/?id=6356FB2BA7828F28!25274&cid=6356FB2BA7828F28
Cheers
2019 has been a pretty good year birding wise, although didn't get out as much as usual for various reasons still managed a few good trips, absolute highlight was our 2 week holiday on the Uists, Eagles and Hen Harriers, numerous sightings, every day, Short-eared Owls, Corncrake,Divers, Long-tailed Ducks, Hoodies,Waders etc etc , fantastic place!! We also had a nice Autumn trip to Wales , Great views of Red Kites Goosanders and Choughs were the highlights.
I had 5 lifers for the year, taking me to 365,although the Whistling Ducks were certainly dodgy
and the Pied Crow may have been a bit ship assisted, the Squacco Heron, Eastern Olivacious Warbler and Semi-palmated Sandpiper were all good So my actual list that would be widely accepted is 353 !!Had quite a few Seawatches this year mainly from Splash Point with one exceptional day of Pom Skuas coming through, Several trips to Dungeness, Oare Marshes and all 5 Grebes at Cliff Pools were good trips into Kent, The EOW and Semi P were my only trips to Hampshire although both were awesome. The rest of my highlights were Sussex based and most of them either Seaford Head or the Pagham area, with a couple of trips up to Ashdown.
Anyway a fewish pics, of varying quality, of most of the birds mentioned above at the link below (the Merlin is my Favourite)
https://onedrive.live.com/?id=6356FB2BA7828F28!25274&cid=6356FB2BA7828F28
Cheers
