#My200BirdYear 2017 Day 1 1st January

I thought I'd give a go to the Bird Watching magazine #My200BirdYear count for the New Year.
I'm notoriuosly bad at keeping records and as I was helping Dave Thomas lead a walk on the Camel trail on New Years Day morning I thought it might be a good idea.

Anyway I started off with 33 species for Day 1 so only another 167 to go!

It was crappy wet weather so my only photo is "one I took earlier" of a peregrine which put on a great show coosing the group of ravens that looked to have been on a sheep carcass in the fields.

I now know the group of ravens to be "an unkindness" of ravens! Thanks Mike Scawin!

So here are my first birds from 1/1/2017, not necessarily in the order spotted!

Starling,
Blackbird,
Magpie,
Carrion Crow,
Jackdaw,
Raven,
Robin,
Greenshank,
Redshank,
Shelduck,
Mallard,
Wigeon,
Oystercatcher,
Blackcap,
House Sparrow,
Cormorant,
Grey Heron,
Little Egret,
Black headed Gull,
Herring gull,
Great Black backed Gull,
Black Tailed Godwit,
Curlew,
Peregrine Falcon,
Buzzard,
Kingfisher,
Goldfinch,
Lapwing,
Turnstone,
Canada Goose,
Dunlin,
Wood Pigeon,
Mute Swan.
33 and counting........