Saturday 19 December 2015

Bird / Image of 2015

Here are a few favourite pictures of mine (in no particular order) taken during 2015.  A bit of a mixture - favourite birds and images. For various reasons, its been my quietest year for such a long time!
You will find an voting box to the right, to keep things simple, check the FIVE pictures you like most! (click thumbs to open a larger image) FIVE votes maximum only please- any more wont be counted!  (Only one voter is possible per PC!)

I will let this poll run until December 31st and then YOUR No 1 Picture of the Year will be declared the following day....

Have a fantastic Christmas everyone and here's wishing everyone great birding in 2016! With batteries recharged I shall be out and about in the field a lot more!! Not yearlisting tho :-) 

Picture 1 - Hen Harrier - Venus Pool Shropshire (February)




Picture 2 - Red-throated Pipit - Ludworth Moor (May)



Picture 3 - White-tailed Eagle - Mull (May)



Picture 4 - Corncrake - Iona (May)



Picture 5 - Red Grouse - Lochindorb (May)



Picture 6 - King Eider - Ythan estuary (May)



Picture 7 - Cretzschmars Bunting - Bardsey Island  (June)



Picture 8 - Melodious Warbler - Hampton in Arden (June)



Picture 9 - Puffin - Farne Islands (July)



Picture 10 - Arctic Terns - Farne Islands (July)



Picture 11 - Red-footed Falcon - Chatterley Whitfield (July)



Picture 12 - Great Skua - Isles of Scilly (August)



Picture 13 - European Storm Petrel - Isles of Scilly (August)



Picture 14 - Fea's Petrel - Isles of Scilly (August)



Picture 15 - Great Shearwater - Isles of Scilly (August)



Picture 16 - Pectoral Sandpiper - St Marys (October)



Picture 17 - Red-flanked Bluetail - St Agnes (October)



Picture 18 - Hudsonian Whimbrel - Tresco (October)



Picture 19 - Northern Wheatear - St Marys (October)



Picture 20 - Rose-coloured Starling- Lands End (October)


Picture 21 -  Kingfisher - Venus Pool (November)



Picture 22 -  Brambling - Venus Pool (December)



Picture 23 - Egyptian Goose - Venus Pool (December)