2017 Highlights 31st December 2017
2017 Highlights
A few photos from each month - each month titled but no individual captions.
Not all are rarities - often just an image I liked.
Test yourself to see if you can identify them all!
JANUARY
Great White Egret
Glaucous Gull
Great Northern Diver
Rock Pipit
Short-eared Owl
Smew
White-billed Diver
Fieldfare
Black-necked Grebe
Black Redstart
Crane
Black Grouse
FEBRUARY
Mandarin
Bluethroat
Pintail
Black Swan
Gadwall
Next one's a bit tricky!
Goshawk
Great Northern Diver
MARCH
Velvet Scoter
Lapland Bunting
Snow Bunting
Dipper
Mediterranean Gull
Corn Bunting
Kingfisher
APRIL
This one's a bit tricky too!
Montagu's Harrier
Cetti's Warbler
Garganey
Osprey
Might make you scratch your head!
Black Duck
Redpoll
Scottish Crossbill
Red Squirrel
Black-throated Diver
MAY
Ptarmigan
Hooded Crow
White-tailed Eagle
Green Tiger Beetle
Swallow
Early Purple Orchid
Dotterel
Little Tern
Iceland Gull
Reed Warbler
Nuthatch
Duke of Burgundy
Small Blue
JUNE
Marsh Fritillary
Broad-bordered Bee Hawkmoth
Rose-coloured Starling
Marsh Harrier
I'm no reed warbler!
Marsh Warbler
Grasshopper Warbler
Tawny Owl
Bittern
Bee-eaters
Careful!
Sabine's Gull
Spoonbill
JULY
White-winged Black Tern
Common Blue Damselfly
Large Skipper
Marbled White
Emperor Dragonfly
Wood Sandpiper
Roe Deer
Little Grebes
Spotted Redshank
Ruff
Heron
Spoonbill
AUGUST
Little Owl
Clouded Yellow
Purple Heron
Willow Warbler
Sandwich Tern
Hawker Dragonfly
SEPTEMBER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Another tricky chap!
White-rumped Sandpiper
Wryneck
Chough
Wheatear
Little Gull
Spotted Flycatcher
Lesser Whitethroat
Barred Warbler
Hobby
Yellow-browed Warbler
Little Stint
Red-necked Phalarope
Curlew Sandpiper
Bearded Tit
Little Egret
Scops Owl
Long-tailed Skua
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Red-backed Shrike
Rose-coloured Starling
OCTOBER
Red-backed Shrike
Slavonian Grebe
Long-tailed Duck
Stonechat
Whhopers near Loch of Strathbeg
Eider
Ptarmigan
Capercailie
Crossbill
NOVEMBER
Bullfinch
Hawfinch
Wren
Green-winged Teal
Tree Sparrow
Shovelers
Green Sandpiper
Water Pipit
Twite
Long-eared Owl
Kestrel
Kestrel
Shore Lark
DECEMBER
Red-breasted Mergansers
Curlew
Purple Sandpiper
2017 The Verdict
Overall it was a wonderful year for photos and that has led to me producing 2 photobooks this year - over 350 pages of photos all together. In terms of year ticks [all UK] I reached 273 which is exactly the same as last year - disappointing as I was well ahead of last year right until late September.
As for my targets - the only reason I have them is that they spur me on, make me go out when I'm in two minds...