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| Red-eyed Vireo- St Agnes, Scilly. Gave me the run-around before popping up next to me. Top of my most wanted list. |
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| Convolvulus Hawk-moth- St Agnes, Scilly. Trapped in our garden. Enormous! |
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| Small Copper (form Schmidtii)- St Agnes, Scilly. Stunning and well twitched. |
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| Red-flanked Bluetail- St Agnes, Scilly. A mad dash from the boat to beat the crowds. |
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| Radde's Warbler- St Mary's, Scilly. Thanks to a local for the lift and to Andy for the photo. |
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| Short-eared owl- St Mary's, Scilly. Flushed from the golf course. |
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| Jack Snipe- St Mary's, Scilly. This is how they show on Scilly! |
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| Blyth's Pipit- St Mary's, Scilly. An excellent catch-up after not going for the Yorkshire bird. |
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| Hudsonian Whimbrel- Tresco, Scilly. Cracking bird, that posed for the camera. |
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| Clouded Yellow- St Mary's, Scilly. Always good to see. |
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| Yellow-browed Warbler- St Martin's, Scilly. Not many on Scilly this year. |
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| Olive-backed Pipit- St Martin's, Scilly. Gave cracking views once the crowds had gone. |
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| Short-toed Lark- St Mary's, Scilly. A birthday find for me. |
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| Richard's Pipit- St Mary's, Scilly. Showing well on the air field. |
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| Minke Whale- St Mary's, Scilly. Whale tick! |
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| Ortolan Bunting- St Martin's, Scilly. Another big gap in my list filled. Eventually showed down to a few feet. |
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| Common Dolphin- Scillonian. Goodbye to Scilly for the year. |
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| Ferruginous Duck- Washington WT. Looking wild! |
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| Arctic Warbler- Marsden. It's not over till it's over. |
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| Long-billed Dowitcher- Cresswell. Close, but in near darkness. |
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| Crag Martin- Chesterfield. Wow! A great pull-back after dipping in Yorkshire in 2014 |
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| Surf Scoter- Hartlepool. In a howling gale. |
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| Waxwing- Team Valley. One of five to give a late addition to the Gateshead year list. |
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| Short-eared Owl- Cresswell. Gave cracking views. |
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| Egyptian Goose- Ladyburn Lake. Still rare up here. |
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| Glaucous Gull, Whitburn. If only it all came this close! |
Also loads of seawatching from Whitburn, with some cracking birds, too distant for photos. The day of the record-breaking 17 Great Northern Divers was superb.
A canny year.
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