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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gill Osborne" data-source="post: 1361757" data-attributes="member: 143965">The only one of those that I've had this year has been Waxwings :smoke:       It's been a pretty quiet year birdwise for me as I was looking after a friend's young dog from May right up until mid-November so I didn't really have a chance to get out and about as much as I had originally planned this time last year!!! :smoke:    So........I'm racking my brain as hard as I can but just cannot come up with anything that really sticks out this year! |:S|     I did enjoy superb views of an otter swimming in the river in front of Alnwick Castle in early July as I walked the dog over the Pastures.  I absolutely LOVED having dozens of Ringlet and Meadow Brown butterflies flitting around me around the same time :t:  Simple I know but the highlight of the year for me :-O    And salmon jumping in early November - that's something I've always wanted to see o<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />    I'm looking forward to 2009 now and getting out a lot more than I have this year :t:</blockquote>