Wednesday 21 December 2011

Image of 2011 (final Poll)

Here are a final 'Top Twenty' selections, a few favourite pictures (in no particular order) taken during 2011. This includes the top three Shropshire birds - congratulations to the WAXWING struggling to swallow that rose hip with a Lapwing, Dotterel and Hobby three way tie behind.
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! (Only one voter is possible per PC sorry!)

I will let this poll run until December 31st and then YOUR No 1 Picture of the Year will be declared on New Years Day....

Have a fantastic Christmas and here's wishing everyone great birding in 2012!


Picture 1 - Waxwing - Shrewsbury (January)





Picture 2 - Mediterranean Gull - Mumbles (February)





Picture 3 - Mealy Redpoll - Rainton Meadows (March)





Picture 4 - Cirl Bunting - Broadsands Bay (March)





Picture 5 - Lapwings - Venus Pool (March)





Picture 6 - Common Sandpiper - Lochindorb (May)





Picture 7 - Red Grouse - Lochindorb (May)





Picture 8 - Dunlin - Chanonry Point (May)





Picture 9 - Sandwich Tern - Cemlyn Bay (May)





Picture 10 - Dotterel - Longmynd (May)





Picture 11 - Red footed Falcon - Ledbury (June)





Picture 12 - White-throated Robin - Hartlepool Headland (June)





Picture 13 - Red-footed Falcon - Horsey (June)






Picture 14 - Bittern - Titchwell (June)





Picture 15 - Hobby eating Dragonfly - Chelmarsh (September)





Picture 16 - Sabine's Gull - Belvide (September)





Picture 17 - American Black Tern - Covenham Reservoir (September)



Picture 18 - Arctic Skua - Titchwell (September)





Picture 19 - Black-tailed Godwit - Cley Marshes (September)





Picture 20 - Squacco Heron - Attenborough (October)