Patchwork Challenge

I thought I would take part in the patchwork challenge http://patchworkchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ next year to try and get me out on the patch more often and to add the records to Birdtrack. The map below shows the patch and I will keep you posted on how I am doing. To be honest outside of the migration period I rarely visit the patch, so it will be interesting to see what I can discover, and add to the patch list. Over the past few years I have averaged around 140 species a year. how many will I see next year? Why not take up the challenge!!

Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll

Just a few images of "Bird of the Year" for me and one I have longed to see. To say it was confiding is an understatement with the bird so close at one point I could not focus on it with my bins, and it kept on getting closer!