Favourite bird of 2010

[faz]

woodcock i nearley ran over

[thewoose]

Probably the gannet which shattered into the sea next to my boat when I was sailing on Loch Fyne in May. Or the razorbills nearby.

[actionfinch]

mmmmmm
started birding this year have seen many a new bird, but i think the redwings, fieldfares and oyster catcher...( ill add waxwing if i see one before the years out)

[Cowgirl]

The redwings around my village which finally managed to stay still long enough for me to identify, despite nearly crashing the car (on ice) plus an earful from hubby.

Worth it tho

[Blaze3]

In our garden, it has to be the Coal Tit. Always the first to try new things, regardless of the time of year. Direct and purposeful, without the bickering nature of many other birds. A real survivor.

In contrast, robins fighting whilst others eat the bounty of food is always amusing ~ got to love them! When will evolution temper their competitiveness?

[Jennie]

The eight or so Long-tailed Tits that all sat on my washing line for a too-brief moment back in the Autumn.

[SuzieandFlo]

Well, as this is my first year of "proper" bird watching , it has to be every bird that has visited my garden this year . Too many really to list, but I will make a thread sometime about my first year and all I have seen . There are lots of others I have seen in my local area, and further afield.
Highlights of the last few weeks and the bad weather have to be the increasing flock of siskins, and the female brambling.
Yesterday, (Friday 17th Dec), I had a male Reed Bunting drop by for a snack in my garden .

[~T~]

Probably my 3 firsts this year. The reed buntings I've been getting round my feeders daily and the other day when I spotted a small flock of waxwings and redwings in the tiny park across the street from my work.

Also when I was in the US in summer I saw an Ospery, pelicans and loads of turkey vultures.

[FUDGEY]

Waxwings with out a shadow of doubt. Made my year.

[darrenm]

A self found Bee-eater on the Lincolnshire coast at the end of May and managed to get a few birding friends to see it before it was mobbed by Jackdaws and chased out to sea