The year-list hits 280.

Above - Coton Lakes, Warwickshire - Leach's Oasis!


Since my last load of incoherent drivel on here, I've managed to add another four species to my list of birds seen this year...

• Arctic Warbler - Holme, Norfolk - (277)


• Western Bonelli's Warbler - Bempton, East Yorkshire - (278)


• Wilson's Phalarope - Gibralter Point, Lincolnshire - (279)


• Leach's Petrel - Coton Lakes, Warwickshire - (280)

Below are a series of images of characters 'papped' during the above excursions: