Summary of 2017

This year, I have seen 144 species of bird.  I have seen 10 new species, including long-tailed duck, snow bunting, whooper swan, whinchat, whimbrel, sanderling, great skua, woodcock, puffin and razorbill.  I have seen 3 species that I’d never seen in Britain before, including arctic tern, crossbill and red-breasted merganser.