Dec 31 2014
The tail end of 2013 had seen some great birds (Ross’ Goose, Long-tailed Duck, Two-barred and Common Crossbill, Hoopoe, American Buff-bellied Pipit and Siberian Chiffchaff) but 2014 was not without its great birding days either. We managed twenty life ticks in 2014 and our annual UK list stood at 193 species.
Dec 31 2014
Birding Group Days Out
The first birding group day of December was to Moore Nature Reserve and whilst there was a reasonable smattering of birds, the day was pretty average with one exception, a Tawny Owl – my first ! How strange that, the very next week, at a full day out to WWT Martin Mere we should see another ! Extraordinary, ‘though the second bird was ever better hidden than the first. Nevertheless two Tawny Owls in eight days ! The second Tuesday was also the last birding day of the term so we had our usual post-lunch meeting to knock up a program for the new year.