Ten memorable birds from 2017
3 years ago - By 10,000 Birds
It is incredibly hard to choose the “best birds of 2017” and so this post has to be about the most memorable birds from 2017. Although we had trip lists, garden lists and various other lists we had not started the “Year List” until 2012. Somehow I got convinced by others on this website in 2012 to do one and have continued ever since and I have no regrets! We had always done a New Year's Day list and so it was just a continuation of the list for a further 364 days! It is always exciting at the beginning of the New Year and when you go on a trip, but towards the end of the year you do...
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