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2005

Turnstone, feeding metres away in seaweed at Dawlish Warren Nature Reserve, Devon - September

 Juvenile ringed plover sleeping, in a sandstorm at Dawlish Warren, Devon - September

One of twelve curlew sandpipers on the beach at Dawlish Warren, Devon - September

 
Oystercatchers at Dawlish Warren, Devon - September

Kestrel at Lizard Point, Cornwall - 2 July

Goldfinch, Lizard Point, Cornwall - 2 July

Male whitethroat showing incredibly well at the Lizard Point, Cornwall - 1 July

 Adult and juvenile great black backed gull at Lizard Point, Cornwall - 1 July

Male stonechat at Lizard Point, Cornwall - 29 June

Male wheatear on the cliffs of south west Cornwall at the Lizard Point - 28 June 

Cornish choughs at the Lizard Point, Cornwall- 27 June

One of many black eared wheatears seen and photographed in and around Altinkum, Turkey - 12 June

Crested larks were seen throughout the Altinkum region, Turkey - 12 June

 We only saw a pair of black headed buntings once in the scrubland surrounding Altinkum. This a male hence the elaborate plumage - 12 June

Two of five whimbrel, who flew into Bowling Green Marsh, Devon on migration - 20 April

Male wigeon, Bowling Green Marsh, Devon - 20 April

Summer plumage little grebe, Bowling Green Marsh, Devon - 20 April

Little Egret on the River Exe, Devon - 20 April

Two spoonbill in summer plumage at Bowling Green Marsh, Devon. They offered great views of an ever increasing species in the south west - 20 April

Starlings in breeding plumage at Topsham - 20 April

Teal preening at Bowling Green Marsh, Devon - 20 April

A fox at Bowling Green who is totally oblivious to the moorhen! - 20 April

 Willow warbler on my local patch, Hankridge Farm LNR. The bird was singing from the same tree on numerous visits in Children's Wood, Somerset - April

Male blackcap at Hankridge LNR, Somerset - April

A Mole at Hankridge LNR, Somerset - February

Some of the sixty-five waxwings that visited Hankridge LNR. They were surprisingly approachable and an account of their apperance to Taunton can be found on the Hankridge Farm mini site pages - 31 January

Kingfisher at Hankridge Farm LNR - 31 January

Male pintail at Slimbridge WWT (wild) - 2 January

Barnacle geese at Slimbridge WWT (feral) - 2 January

One of the hundreds of Bewick's swans that migrate to Slimbridge WWT for the winter (wild) - 2 January

Mute swan with dripping water from its beak at Slimbridge WWT (wild) - 2 January

Ruff and lapwing at Slimbridge WWT - 2 January

Red Crested Pochard with unclipped wings so presumed wild although it was seen at Slimbridge WWT! - 2 January