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SueÕs Challenge
Hi everyone. Thank you for all the fantastic photos for the 2024 Events Calendar. I hope you enjoyed the selections that Eva and I made.
It is not too early to start planning for the 2025 Calendar and I thought I’d set you all a challenge. There are lots of birds that have not featured in the Calendar for the past 8 years - you may have sent photos of them but they didn’t get into the final selection. My challenge is for you to get some great shots of these birds so they can feature in the 2025 calendar. You may have old photos but my challenge is for you to take new shots this year.
Below is a list of many of the birds not included - it is not comprehensive but will give you more than enough to watch out for.
Barnacle Goose Bean Goose
Brent Goose Blackbird
Carrion Crow
Cirl Bun􏰀ng
Coal Tit
Collared Dove Common Crane Common Gull Common Redshank Common Sandpiper Common Scoter Coot
Corn Bun􏰀ng Do􏰁erel Eider Fieldfare Fulmar
Gadwall
Garden Warbler Garganey
Glossy Ibis Goldeneye
Golden Oriole Golden Pheasant Great Black-backed Gull
Great Bustard
Great Grey Shrike Great Northern Diver Great Tit
Greater Scaup Greenshank
Grey Partridge
Grey Plover Guillemot
Hobby
House Mar􏰀n Lapwing
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Whitethroat Li􏰁le Auk
Li􏰁le Gull
Li􏰁le S􏰀nt Long-tailed Duck Magpie
Mute Swan Nightjar
Norther Wheatear Peregrine Falcon Pied Wagtail Pink-footed Goose Ptarmigan
Quail Raven
Red-legged Partridge Redstart
Rook
Sand Mar􏰀n
Serin
Shag
Shelduck
Smew
Spoonbill
Swi􏰂
Teal
Tree Pipit
Twite
Tu􏰂ed Duck Water Rail
Willow Tit Woodpigeon Yellow-legged Gull
Any eagles, buzzards, harriers, petrels, shearwaters and skuas (Except Pomerine)
During your pursuit of the perfect picture, you must be mindful of the welfare of the birds which has to be paramount. Do not cause disturbance. No photograph taken at a nest will be included.
Look out for the deadline for sending photos for the Events Calendar which will be published in August Out Birding.
Thank you and good luck.
Sue Crane and Eva Crouch, Events Co-ordinators
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