This will be my last post of the year as I look forward to a more successful and bird-rich New Year. In the end I largely gave up birding this year for reasons which earlier in the year were down to my own health issues but from late summer onwards other things curtailed my trips out birdwatching. January 1st beckons and I look forward to the day as I will head, as is traditional, for Hartlepool, Saltholme and the Cleveland area.
However I had the opportunity to get out a week ago to try to catch up with the four waxwings at Port Clarence. There were just four or five birders present and the light was poor so I have boosted the light on the following shots - all taken on a very high ISO rating.






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Merry Christmas
and
A Happy New Year
to you all!