NEW YEARS DAY

The slate is finally wiped clean and because things work in that kind of way, one of the early highlights was a juvenile peregrine.

Target bird Ruddy duck was ticked off early, but no sight nor sound of the bearded tits or Cettis.

After racking a decent score up in the pouring rain, we headed back to the hide where I picked up an Egyptian Goose flying in to join the Canada geese in front of the hide. Great bonus as although it was on the list last year, it was only due to the fact a visitor photographed one. None of the listers had it, so I was well chuffed to find this one.

We finished the day on 73 species, with some easy ones still to get :)