Martin Mere for the NW England Birdwatching Festival

Martin Mere for the NW England Birdwatching Festival:
Whooper, Bewick and Mute Swans
Pintail
Garganey
Gadwall
Tawny Owl
Buzzard
Kestrel
Shelduck
Pink Footed Geese
Greylag Geese
Barnacle Geese
Pochard
Reed Bunting
Blue, Great and Long-Tailed Tits
Robins
Blackbirds
Fieldfares (not seen properly by me but another in the party)
Magpie
Wood Pigeon
Goldfinch
Chaffinch
Starling

Falconry Gift Experience

For my birthday in June I received a voucher for an "Owl Experience" at Gauntlet Birds of Prey Centre. I used it in November after returning from Finland,  I didn't get to handle the Snowy or European Eagle Owls that I had been hoping for but there were still some amazing birds:
Tawny Owl
Long Eared Owl (Eric, now fully grown who I had handled at my first Experience Day when he was six months)
Russian Scops Owl (noisy!!)
Chaco Owl
Barn Owl (American)
Great Grey Owl
Little Owl (preferred running!!)
African Eagle Owl

Helsinki 1st Nov 2014

Away with work in various parts of Finland for the week and I got chance for a couple of hours birding on Saturday morning on the way home whilst waiting for my connecting flight in Helsinki. I was staying in the Radisson Blu which was only a few minutes walk from the botanical garden and parliament square, both of which had plenty of birds (albeit mostly birds I could find at home but still!). I did see an interesting squirrel though!

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