2014 brought many highlights and I am hoping for many more in 2015. I won't be pursuing my 264 year list total but will be maintaining a record out of interest. I'll continue my interest in an odd cheeky twitch but I will be spending more time at the Gravel Pits and trying for fine some hidden gems there. I will continue to visit good sites around the Midlands including the normal regular spots of Upton Warren and Arrow Valley Lake.
I've drawn up a list of target birds from the life list that remain outstanding :-
1) Wryneck
2) Wood Lark
3) White-Tailed Eagle
4) Storm Petrel
5) Short-toed Eagle
6) Pallid Harrier
7) Honey Buzzard
8) Corncrake
9) Cream-coloured Courser
10) Spotted Sandpiper
11) Red Phalarope
12) Wilson Phalarope
13) Ivory Gull
14) Franklins Gull
15) Caspian Tern
16) Great Spotted Cuckoo
17) Long-eared Owl
18) Bee-eater
19) Roller
20) Shore Lark
There are many more birds I could include but need to be realistic in terms of percentage chance that species will visit UK. Cost and be able to go are also major factors.
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