During a typical calendar year, I usually manage to record between 210 and 230 species. My best years were 2010 and 2017 when I recorded 234 species in both years.
At the time of creating this blog, my 2020 year to date total was 144 species following some very successful New Year and winter birding but in advance of the spring migration and arrival of summer migrants.
My UK life list currently stands at 352 species.
I am also trying to collate my records from my trips to Europe and my Western Palaearctic list (UK and Europe) probably stands at over 450 species.
A typical year starts with January visits to several of my regular Essex sites plus a weekend trip to Norfolk. In the last 2 years, I have also taken January trips to the west of England to include Gloucestershire, Somerset, Devon and Dorset.
For many years now, I have taken trips to Wales in May and the Scottish Highlands in June.
At various points throughout the year, I usually have day trips within Essex and to Kent and weekend trips to Suffolk and Norfolk and occasionally Lincolnshire. A second and sometimes even a third trip to Scotland is squeezed in.
I generally take a trip of between 1 and 3 weeks to Europe each year and these have included the following:
January and February 2020 - Republic of Ireland
December
2019 - Netherlands
June
and July 2019 - north Finland and north Norway
January 2019 - north east Poland
May
and June 2018 - Bulgaria and Romania
May and June 2017 - Hungary,
Slovakia and south Poland
May 2016 - Estonia and
north east Finland
June 2015 - Iceland
May 2015 - north Greece
September
2013 - south Spain
May 2013 - north east
Poland
April and May 2012 - south and
west Spain
March 2012 - north Norway
September 2010 - south and
north west Spain
April 2010 - north Finland
and north Norway
November 2009 - north east
Spain
May and June 2009 - north and
east Finland and north Norway
February 2009 - north Norway
September
2008 - Bay of Biscay
Reports on my trips within the UK and to Europe can be found on my website.
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Stay safe, stay well, stay strong, stay connected with nature
Stay safe, stay well, stay strong, stay connected with nature
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