Friday 29 December 2017

Image of 2017 (UK)

Congratulations to the Wood Warbler! - voted most popular Shropshire image and together with the Black Tern and Night Heron, 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 (NB on mobile phones, you need to select website view to see the voting boxes. Select the FIVE pictures you like most! (click thumbs to open a larger image)

This poll will run until December 31st and YOUR No 1 Picture of the Year will bring 2018 in....

Have a fantastic Christmas everyone and here's wishing everyone great birding in 2018! 

Picture 1 - Black Tern, Colemere (April)


Picture 2 - Night Heron - Shrewsbury (April)


Picture 3 - Wood Warbler - Clunton Coppice (May)


Picture 4 - Great Crested Grebe - Belvide (May)


Picture 5 - Spotted Sandpiper - Belvide (May)


Picture 6 - Slavonian Grebe - Scotland (May)


Picture 7 - Black-throated Diver -Lochindorb (May)


Picture 8 - Bee eaters - East Leake  (June)


Picture 9 - Manx Shearwater - Scilly Pelagics (August)


Picture 10 - Balearic Shearwater - Scilly Pelagics (August)


Picture 11 - Great Shearwater - Scilly Pelagics (August)


Picture 12 - Cory's Shearwater- Scilly Pelagics (August)


Picture 13 - Great Skua - Scilly Pelagics (August)



Picture 14 - Wilson's Storm Petrel - Scilly Pelagics (August)


Picture 15 - Sabine's Gull - Scilly Pelagics (August)


Picture 16 - Woodchat Shrike - Chipping Sodbury (September)


Picture 17 - American Golden Plover - St Marys (October)


Picture 18 - Cedar Waxwing - St Agnes (October)



Picture 19 - Hawfinch - St Agnes (October)



Picture 20 - Rock Thrush (Pwll Du)  (October)