NON-STOP BIRDING REVIEW 2010

It was Non-Stop all year with developments and events on all fronts.- local patch project, foreign patch project and music/art project.

BEDDINGTON FARMLANDS
On the Beddington Farmlands Front a record 164 bird species were recorded with highlights including Pacific Golden Plover, Common Cranes, Gannets and mass winter migrations. The restoration programme progressed well with landscaping and reed bed planting. Beddington birders took part in London wide bird races, skycraper city birding and led plenty of bird tours welcoming more and more visitors to the farmlands. In 2011 new tours, workshops and activities are in the pipeline. Watch this space. Beddington Farmlands review here:
http://peteralfreybirdingnotebook.blogspot.com/2010/12/beddington-farmlands-2010-review.html

Top to bottom: Beddington farmlands, Willow Warbler and Gannets

More on Beddington here:

http://www.beddingtonfarmlands.org.uk/

THE AZORES

Winter, spring and autumn expeditions produced many highlights including the Western Palearctic's first Lincoln's Sparrow.

Azores review here: http://peteralfreybirdingnotebook.blogspot.com/2010/12/azores-nature-2010-review.html

Above: Lincoln's Sparrow and the recently described Monteiro's Petrel.

More on the Azores here:

http://www.birdingazores.com/

THEE BRYANS

All good on Thee Bryans front too. Review here: http://peteralfreybirdingnotebook.blogspot.com/2010/12/thee-bryans-2010-review.html

More on Thee Bryans here:

http://www.theebryans.com/