Shropshire Birder: Image of 2016

Congratulations to the Kingfishers! - voted most popular Shropshire and together with the Whoopers and Hen Harrier, they can now do battle with another assortment from throughout the UK! I make no excuse for including plenty of images from the Isles of Scilly, my favourite destination where great birds and images just kept coming....

You will find an voting box to the right, to keep things simple, select the FIVE pictures you like most! (click thumbs to open a larger image) As ever it's FIVE votes maximum only please

This poll will run until December 31st and YOUR No 1 Picture of the Year will bring 2017 in....

Have a fantastic Christmas everyone and here's wishing everyone great birding in 2017!

Picture 1 - Whooper Swans - Edgerley, Shropshire (January)

Picture 2 - Ring-necked Duck - Ham Wall (April)

Picture 3 - Kentish Plover - Audenshaw Reservoir (April)

Picture 4 - Cuckoo - Laggan, Scotland (May)

Picture 5 - Kingfishers - Venus Pool (July)

Picture 6 - Western Swamphen - Minsmere (August)

Picture 7 - European Storm Petrel - Scilly Pelagic (August)

Picture 8 - Icterine Warbler - St Mary's (August)

Picture 9 - Cory's Shearwater in big sea - Scilly Pelagics (August)

Picture 10 - Great Shearwater - Scilly Pelagics (August)

Picture 11 - Dalmatian Pelican - Restronguet Creek (August)

Picture 12 - Buff-breasted Sandpiper - St Mary's (October)

Picture 13 - American Golden Plover - St Mary's (October)

Picture 14 - Caspian Tern - St Mary's (October)

Picture 15 - Jack Snipe - St Mary's (October)

Picture 16 - Grey Heron - St Mary's (October)

Picture 17 - Yellow-browed Warbler - St Marys (October)

Picture 18 - Western Subalpine Warbler - St Mary's (October)

Picture 19 - Eastern Yellow Wagtail - St Mary's (October)

Picture 20 - Wryneck - St Marys (October)

Picture 21 - Snow Bunting - St Mary's (October)

Picture 22 - Eastern Black Redstart - Skinningrove (November)

Picture 23 - Lesser Yellowlegs - Cheddar Reservoir (November)

Picture 24 - Hen Harrier - Shropshire (November)

Picture 25 - Dusky Thrush - Beeley (December)

*** Well done to the Kingfishers, they were the popular choice for Shropshire bird of the year ***

It's that time again - the annual end of year picture accumulation from Shropshire. It's been an another great year locally with three Shropshire ticks for me (two of which feature here!!). In fact November will go down as one of the most memorable ever, for what can be one of the quietest months of the year!

I've selected below a selection - twenty of my favourite pictures (in chronological order) taken in Shropshire during 2016. A local rarity will always (for me) have a bearing on what constitutes a 'favourite picture' but I've sneaked in some common birds too! You can simply select your favourite photos from the assembly - it's always interesting for me to see which is the most popular!

There is a voting box to the right - for this first round simply check the FIVE pictures you like most! (click thumbs to open a larger image) Five votes maximum only please! (Only one voter is possible per PC sorry!)

I will let this poll run until December 18th and then, the top three pictures will be included with more photos taken elsewhere in the UK during 2016. Voting will then begin again until New Years Eve with YOUR No 1 Picture of the Year being declared on 1st January 2017....

Picture 1 - Whooper Swans - Edgerley (January)