I’m writing this Natural Highlights article retrospectively. My Mam died in September 2021 after a series of horrible health problems. I didn’t feel like highlighting anything at the end of that year. So, scanning back through my photo archive for that year, there were some. They’re not all recorded below.
January – Whooper and Bewick’s, Cottenham in numbers.
February – Pintail, Earith.
April – Bearded Reedling Ouse Fen (Over); Nuthatch in the churchyard of All Saints in Cottenham. Rubbish photo did really well on Insta, oddly; Spoonbill at Wells-next-Sea.
May – Barn Owl, Cottenham; Temminck’s Stint etc, Smithy Fen; Turtle Dove, Church Lane; Lots of birds at Titchwell, as ever.
June – Peregrine Falcon, Ely Cathedral.
July – Marsh Tit, Waresley Wood; Great sightings of Purple Emperor at Woodwalton and at Gamlingay (the flyover year, if I remember rightly).
September – Pied Flycatcher and Spotted Flycatcher in Cottenham. Whinchat at RSPB Ouse Fen.
October – Goldcrest in Rampton.
November – Glossy Ibis, Chesterton; Spoonbill at Kingfisher Bridge; Nuthatch and Siskin etc at Lackford Lakes. Observed bird ringing there too.
December – Rosie’s last holiday (north Norfolk, staying in Morston Quay – Snow Bunting, Shorelark, Pink-footed Goose, Red-throated Diver, seals,
A few natural highlights from another year of trying to get a perfect wildlife snap! You can find the photos I took of these highlights littered around the Sciencebase website, in my Imaging Storm galleries, on my Instagram and Mastodon.