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The Queens List Won’t Stop Growing

10,000 Birds

Snowy Owl – This winter turned out to be horrible for birders hoping to see Bubo scandiacus but pretty good for the birds themselves. Short-eared Owl – Finally, a bird that I saw! Black-headed Gull – A surprise pick-up, seen on the same day as my Short-eared Owl. Snow Bunting – Yes!

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My Year so Far – Modest but Satisfactory

10,000 Birds

Pinkfooted Geese in North Norfolk – winter visitors from Iceland My British list is, in fact, merely an East Anglian list, as I haven’t (so far) ventured out of the counties of Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex. Always a good bird to see: a Short-eared Owl. They bred here in both 2021 and 2022, though none were found last year.

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