0500 : Post 500 : 500 Photos

Grey Partridge

Somehow I've managed to keep this blog going since I started it way back on 31st December 2013 and now this is the 500th post. Most of that 499 have been reports of the birding I've done though some earlier ones were more general birding in their nature. As this is the 500th, I should probably mark the milestone in some way.

Firstly, thanks again to everyone who has helped me along the way with my birding, whether that has been offering/giving me a lift somewhere, pointing out something I'm struggling to get onto, let me see through their scope, offered tips on ID or improving my birding in general, or even just chatted away about birds during a quiet time in a hide on a slow day. Also, big thanks to those who have made compiling and typing up the 499 blog posts that have come before this one worthwhile. Knowing I have a regular audience is what keeps me, and this blog, going. It can be easy to not feel like typing one up as there is a lot of work goes into each post (not always obvious) but I always get round to it because there are folk out there (seemingly all around the world!) who do take the time to read it. Thanks again.

Out of curiosity, I'd appreciate some feedback on what catches your attention and is likely to make you want to read the post. Photo? Title? Something else?
On a related theme, what do you like/dislike about the posts?
What could I do better?
What would you prefer changed?
How did you find out about the blog in the first place?
Where in the world are you?

Once again, thanks for reading. I hope you enjoy the next 500 posts.....
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Twite

Curlew

Peregrine

Grey Plover

Little Gull & Sanderling

Goosander

Goldeneye

Waxwing

Buzzard

House Martin

Shelduck

Mallard


Wheatear

Mallard

Shag

Cormorant

Gannet

Guillemot

Linnet

Shorelark

Snow Bunting

Reed Bunting

Goosander

Treecreeper

Rock Pipit

House Sparrow

Starling

Goldfinch

Yellow Browed Warbler

Gannet

Mediterranean Gull

Redshank

Pied Wagtail

Jack Snipe

Reed Bunting

Dipper

Meadow Pipit

Wigeon

Pochard

Gadwall

Yellowhammer

Blackcap

Long Tailed Tit

Great Northern Diver

Great Skua

Eider

Greenfinch

Blackbird

Redwing

Little Egret

Bullfinch

Lesser Redpoll

Coal Tit

Lapwing

Razorbill


Grey Plover

Song Thrush

Sand Martin

Hooded Crow

Golden Plover

Jack Snipe

Collared Flycatcher

Scaup & Tufted Duck

Crane

Red Necked Phalarope

Greenfinch

Ruddy Duck

Rook

Long Tailed Skua

Great Grey Shrike

Long Tailed Duck

Tree Pipit

Hobby

Red Crested Pochard

Merlin

Radde's Warbler

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler

Honey Buzzard

Sparrowhawk

White Tailed Eagle

Smew

Green Woodpecker

Slavonian Grebe

Golden Eagle

Red Backed Shrike

Garganey

Red Necked Grebe

Pectoral Sandpiper

Red Breasted Flycatcher

Buff Breasted Sandpiper

Brown Shrike

Sardinian Warbler

Red Flanked Bluetal

Yellow Browed Warbler

Snow Goose (& Pink Footed Goose)

Purple Sandpiper

Grey Phalarope

Swift

Temminck's Stint

Little Auk

Glaucous Gull

Water Pipit

Brambling

Marsh Harrier

Pied Flycatcher

Lesser Yellowlegs

American Wigeon

Mealy Redpoll

Common Tern

Cuckoo

Icterine Warbler

Lapland Bunting

Brunnich's Guillemot

Sooty Shearwater

Dipper

Pomarine Skua

Shorelark

Hooded Merganser

Pintail

Mandarin Duck

Ptarmigan

Velvet Scoter

Siberian Chiffchaff

Manx Shearwater

Green Winged Teal

Avocet

Sabine's Gull

Black Guillemot

Puffin

Great White Pelican

Hooded Crow

Black Throated Diver

Barnacle Goose

Hooded Merganser

Ruddy Duck

Snow Goose

Common Rosefinch

Gannet & Storm Petrel

Great Skua

Arctic Skua

Spoonbill

Ring Necked Parakeet

Short Toed Lark

Hen Harrier

Long Eared Owl

Rough Legged Buzzard

House Martin

Dusky Warbler

Collared Flycatcher

Bullfinch



Redwing

Little Grebe

Bullfinch

Fieldfare

Mediterranean Gull

Twite

King Eider & Eider

Red Breasted Merganser

Raven

Siskin

Water Rail

Snow Bunting

Great Northern Diver

Redwing

Goshawk

Iceland Gull

Dipper

Hawfinch

Red Kite

Red Kite

Mediterranean Gull

Tufted Duck

Ring Billed Gull

Magpie

Glossy Ibis

Firecrest

Peregrine

Wheatear

Iceland Gull

Redwing

Carrion Crow

Red Grouse

Meadow Pipit

Black Grouse

Carrion Crow & Marsh Harrier

Redshank

Mediterranean Gull

Glossy Ibis

Glossy Ibis

Little Ringed Plover

Little Ringed Plover

Lesser Whitethroat

Blackcap

Song Thrush

Ringed Plover

Common Sandpiper

Woodcock

Meadow Pipit

Garden Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Swallow

Jackdaw

Red Legged Partridge

Tawny Owl

Sedge Warbler

Common Scoter

Whitethroat

Grey Wagtail

Blackcap

Sandwich Tern

Wood Sandpiper

Wheatear

Little Ringed Plover

Red Backed Shrike

Corn Bunting

Wren

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Carrion Crow

King Eider

Little Tern

Arctic Tern

Blue Winged Teal

Little Tern

Feral Pigeon

Sedge Warbler

Great Crested Grebe

Jay

Spotted Flycatcher

Lesser Redpoll

Wheatear

Magpie

Common Sandpiper

Blue Tit

Rock Pipit

Corn Bunting

Ringed Plover

Goldfinch

Whimbrel

Sandwich Tern

Dunlin

Crossbill

Yellowhammer

Osprey

Kingfisher

Greenshank

Ruff

Rock Pipit

White Wagtail

Turnstone

Arctic Tern

Whitethroat

Wheatear

Redshank & Spotted Redshank

Peregrine

Jay

Spotted Redshank

Tree Pipit

Yellow Wagtail

Ringed Plover

Dunlin

Knot

Curlew Sandpiper

Canada Goose

Ringed Plover

House Sparrow

Roseate Tern

Roseate Tern & Common Tern

Sandwich Tern

Meadow Pipit

Dunnock

Stonechat

Wheatear

Kingfisher

Kingfisher

Greenshank

Little Egret

Sanderling

Greenshank

Black Tailed Godwit

Spotted Flycatcher

White Billed Diver

Red Throated Diver

Crested Tit

Water Rail

Sparrowhawk

Sparrowhawk

Osprey

Whooper Swan

Redshank

Robin

Buzzard

Red Kite


Lesser Redpoll

Blackcap

Buzzard

Pink Footed Goose

Yellowhammer

Black Headed Gull

Gadwall

Jay

Black Grouse

Arctic Tern

Razorbill

Spotted Flycatcher

Ring Ouzel

Swallow

Grey Heron

Carrion Crow

Gannet

Puffin

Spoonbill

Turnstone

Storm Petrel

Swift

Bullfinch

Canada Geese

Black Tern

Wheatear

Red Grouse

Grey Heron

Eider

Long Tailed Skua

Firecrest

Canada Geese & Bar Headed Goose

White Tailed Eagle

Tundra Bean Geese

Hen Harrier

White Tailed Eagle

Grey Partridge

Short Eared Owl

Great Grey Shrike

Bewick's Swan (also Wigeon, Whooper Swan, Shoveler, Herring Gull, Coot)

Smew

European and Greenland White Fronted Geese

Hawfinch

Sanderling

Bar Tailed Godwit
Red Footed Falcon

Harlequin Duck

Blackbird

Mallard

Waxwing

Black Redstart

Stock Dove

Brent Goose

Snipe

Hawfinch

Goosander

Bittern

Red Legged Partridge

Goldcrest

Lesser Black Backed Gull

Woodpigeon

Blue Tit

Pheasant

Black Grouse

Black Grouse

Nuthatch

Moorhen

Hooded Crow x Carrion Crow

Osprey

Greylag Goose

Canada Goose

Great Crested Grebe

Coot

Curlew

Teal

Meadow Pipit

Whimbrel

Grasshopper Warbler

House Sparrow

Marsh Harrier

Goldfinch

Swallow

Redstart

Woodcock

Snipe

Greylag Goose

Tree Pipit

Ring Ouzel

Meadow Pipit

Common Sandpiper

Lesser Whitethroat

Starling

Blackcap

Pied Flycatcher

Wigeon

Barn Owl

Willow Warbler

Shelduck

Golden Plover

Dotterel

Dotterel

Little Egret

Guillemot

Kittiwake

Sparrowhawk

Corn Bunting

Treecreeper

Sedge Warbler

Cuckoo

Wood Warbler

Spotted Flycatcher

Short Eared Owl

Shoveler

Garganey

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Yellowhammer

Spotted Flycatcher

Mistle Thrush

Stonechat

King Eider

Wren

Little Gull

Great White Egret

American Wigeon

Skylark

Snipe

Common Sandpiper

Raven

Whinchat

Marsh Harrier

Coal Tit

Jay

Linnet

Tufted Duck & Smew

Temminck's Stint

Willow Warbler

Swift

Reed Bunting

Linnet

Surf Scoter & Velvet Scoter

Ringed Plover

Ringed Plover

Sparrowhawk & Kestrel

Oystercatcher

Stonechat

Yellow Wagtail

Dunlin

Pied Wagtail

Cuckoo

Short Eared Owl

Cormorant

Lapwing & Ruff

Robin

Little Stint

Ruff

Great White Egret

Hooded Crow & Carrion Crow

Black Stork

Great White Egret

Willow Warbler

Garden Warbler

Redstart

Lesser Whitethroat

Dunlin

Sparrowhawk

Grey Heron

Great Black Backed Gull

Pied Wagtail

Bar Tailed Godwit

Whimbrel

Whitethroat

Spotted Redshank & Mallard

Pectoral Sandpiper

Dunlin & Curlew Sandpiper

Red Footed Falcon

Mandarin Duck

Grey Wagtail

Kingfisher

Mute Swan

Sandwich Tern

Red Breasted Merganser

Merlin

Greenshank

Tree Sparrow

Chiffchaff

Barred Warbler

Chiffchaff

Crossbill

Pochard

Brambling

Black Redstart

Goshawk

Buzzard

Ring Necked Duck

Great White Egret & Lapwing

Canada Goose

Bittern

Bittern

Long Tailed Tit

Great Crested Grebe

Greylag Goose

Greylag Goose

Snow Bunting

Common Gull

Mistle Thrush

Goldeneye

Whooper Swan