The Birds of 2021 // December

 

As of this year, 2022, I am now into my 10th year of taking part in Project 365 which is taking a photo every day of my life. 10 years!! Over those years nature, wildlife and in particular, birds have featured heavily throughout my project and so last year I shared quarterly blog posts showing the birds I had captured the previous year (check them out below). 
I really enjoyed looking back at those photos and totting up my total of birds photographed therefore I am doing the same again, except this time I am posting them monthly. Here we have all the birds I photographed for my daily photos in December 2021.

The Birds of 2020:
January - March
April - June
July - September
October - December

The Birds of 2021:
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November

Species Photographed This Month:

Blue Tit
Wood Pigeon
Carrion Crow
White Pigeon
Herring Gull (juvinille)

Total: 5

Yearly Total: 38

A full year of birds! Perhaps not every beautiful bird I saw throughout the year of 2021, but every bird I photographed at least. 38 species in total, many seen and photographed multiple times, making a total of 4 more than 2020.
You can check out the 2020 posts by clicking here > The Birds of 2020 to see the difference in species I photographed between 2020 and 2021. Knowing what I have photographed this year is exciting to think of too and I can't wait to continue this monthly birdy post tradition. 

Find below the full list of all the birds I photographed in 2021, alphabetically:
Blackbird
Black-Backed Gull
Black-Headed Gull
Blue Tit
Bullfinch 
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
Coal Tit
Collared Dove
Cormorant
Dunnock
Embden Goose
Fulmar
Goldfinch
Great Tit
Heron
Herring Gull
House Sparrow
Jackdaw
Magpie
Mallard
Mistle Thrush
Mute Swan
Oyster Catcher

Pink-Footed Goose
Redshank
Release Dove (white rock dove)
Robin

Rock Dove (Common Pigeon)
Rock Pipit
Sand Martin
Song Thrush
Starling
Sussex Bantam Chicken

Swallow

Turkey 
Welsummer Rooster
Wood Pigeon

Until next time...

The Birds of 2021 // November

 

As of this year, 2022, I am now into my 10th year of taking part in Project 365 which is taking a photo every day of my life. 10 years!! Over those years nature, wildlife and in particular, birds have featured heavily throughout my project and so last year I shared quarterly blog posts showing the birds I had captured the previous year (check them out below). 
I really enjoyed looking back at those photos and totting up my total of birds photographed therefore I am doing the same again, except this time I am posting them monthly. Here we have all the birds I photographed for my daily photos in November 2021.

The Birds of 2020:
January - March
April - June
July - September
October - December

The Birds of 2021:
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October

Species Photographed This Month:

House Sparrow

Heron

Oyster Catcher

Curlew

Carrion Crow

Rock Pipit

Herring Gull

Red Shank

Rock Dove (common pigeon)

Black-Headed Gull

Dunnock

Robin

Total: 12

Yearly Total: 38

A wonderful month for bird photo taking! Such a nice variation of garden and water species - Autumn/Winter seems a great time for a walk on the beach in terms of bird spotting!

Only one month to go to see what I saw throughout the whole year of 2021...

Until next time!

The Birds of 2021 // February

 

As of this year, 2022, I am now into my 10th year of taking part in Project 365 which is taking a photo every day of the year. 10 years!! Over those years nature, wildlife and in particular, birds have featured heavily throughout my project and so last year I shared quarterly blog posts showing the birds I had captured the previous year (check them out below). 
I really enjoyed looking back at those photos and totting up my total of birds photographed therefore I am doing the same again, except this time I am posting them monthly. Here we have all the birds I photographed for my daily photos in February 2021.

The Birds of 2020:
January - March
April - June
July - September
October - December

Species Photographed This Month:

Redshank

Carrion Crow

Herring Gull

Wood Pigeon

Blackbird (male)

Mallard

Bullfinch (female)

Blackbird (female)

Magpie

Jackdaw

Black-Backed Gull

Fulmar

Oyster Catcher

Black-Headed Gull

Total:14

Yearly total: 16

Taking into account the 6 species photographed in January and the 14 in February, I'm now at a total of 16 different species overall. That's only 2 shy of half my 2020 total. I wonder if I managed to photograph another 18 species or more in 2021...

Until next time!

The Birds of 2021 // January

 

As of this year, 2022, I am now into my 10th year of taking part in Project 365 which is taking a photo every day of my life. 10 years!! Over those years nature, wildlife and in particular, birds have featured heavily throughout my project and so last year I shared quarterly blog posts showing the birds I had captured the previous year (check them out below). 
I really enjoyed looking back at those photos and totting up my total of birds photographed therefore I am doing the same again, except this time I am posting them monthly. Here we have all the birds I photographed for my daily photos in January 2021.

The Birds of 2020:
January - March
April - June
July - September
October - December

Species photographed this month:

Rock Dove (Common Pigeon)

Herring Gull

Carrion Crow

Black Bird

Starling

Mistle Thrush

House Sparrow

Total: 6

Having looked at last years total number of species photographed, I was quite confident that 2021 was going to include more seeing as we managed to go out on a few more walks later in the year. However, it seems the mere 6 species spotted this month was outdone in January 2020 with a total of 15 species! 

We'll see how the months compare as the year progresses, but as of this year I am aiming for a 'Big Year'* fingers crossed I can beat both 2020 and 2021!

*See 'The Big Year' movie!