Black Guillemot, Portpatrick, Scotland, August 2007 (Mark Rigby)

Black Guillemot, Port Patrick, Dumfries and Galloway, April 2008 (Pete Berry)

taken without any lenses such is the close proximity of these fantastic birds

Black Guillemot, Holyhead, Anglesey, June 2009 (Steve Collins)

Black Guillemot, Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway, 10.06.10 (Jon Taverner)

Black Guillemot, Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway, 10.06.10 (Jon Taverner)

Black Guillemot, Port Patrick, Dumfries and Galloway, 26.07.11 (Martin Gillingham)

Black Guillemot, Port Patrick, Dumfries and Galloway, 26.07.11 (Martin Gillingham)

Black Guillemot, Port Patrick, Dumfries and Galloway, 26.07.11 (Martin Gillingham)

Oriental Turtle Dove, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, 18.02.11 (Rob Adderley)

First winter bird

Oriental Turtle Dove, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, 18.02.11 (Rob Adderley)

First winter bird

Oriental Turtle Dove, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, 26.02.11 (Rob Smallwood)

Oriental Turtle Dove, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, 26.02.11 (Rob Smallwood)

Oriental Turtle Dove, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, 26.02.11 (Rob Smallwood)

Oriental Turtle Dove, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, 26.02.11 (Rob Smallwood)

Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Spurn, East Yorkshire, 27.10.78 (Mike Passant)

In the hands of then Spurn warden, Barry Spence.

Eagle Owl, Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, 03.06.07 (Adrian Dancy)

Eagle Owl, Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, 03.06.07 (Adrian Dancy)

Long-eared Owl, Marton Mere, Lancashire, 13.02.08 (John Raynor)

Long-eared Owl, Marton Mere, Lancashire, 13.02.08 (John Raynor)

Long-eared Owl, Farlington Marshes, Hampshire, February 2009 (Ian McKerchar)

Long-eared Owl, Marton Mere, Lancashire, 23.01.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Digiscoped shots from a distance to avoid disturbance

Long-eared Owl, Marton Mere, Lancashire, 23.01.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Digiscoped shots from a distance to avoid disturbance

Long-eared Owl, Marton Mere, Lancashire, 06.03.10 (Peter Welch)

Long-eared Owl, Marton Mere, Lancashire, 06.03.10 (Peter Welch)

Long-eared Owl, Marton Mere, Lancashire, 15.01.11 (Steve Bostock)

Long-eared Owl, Fairburn Ings, West Yorkshire, 29.01.11 (Dennis Atherton)

Long-eared Owl, Blacktoft Sands, East Yorkshire, 27.02.11 (Dennis Atherton)

Short-eared Owl, Kimnel Bay, North Wales, 09.02.09 (Steve Collins)

Short-eared Owl, Kimnel Bay, North Wales, 09.02.09 (Steve Collins)

Short-eared Owl, Parkgate, Cheshire, 16.01.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Short-eared Owl, Parkgate, Cheshire, 13.02.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Short-eared Owl, Parkgate, Cheshire, 13.02.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Short-eared Owl, West Yorkshire (site withheld), 02.04.10 (Stuart Herring)

Short-eared Owl, West Yorkshire (site withheld), 02.04.10 (Stuart Herring)

Short-eared Owl, Worlarby Carrs, Lincolnshire (Ivan Ellison)

Short-eared Owl, Worlarby Carrs, Lincolnshire (Ivan Ellison)

Short-eared Owl, Worlarby Carrs, Lincolnshire (Ivan Ellison)

Short-eared Owl, Worlarby Carrs, Lincolnshire (Ivan Ellison)

Short-eared Owl, Worlarby Carrs, Lincolnshire, 22.02.11 (Adrian Dancy)

Short-eared Owl, Worlarby Carrs, Lincolnshire, 22.02.11 (Adrian Dancy)

Short-eared Owl, Worlarby Carrs, Lincolnshire, 22.02.11 (Adrian Dancy)

Short-eared Owl, Worlarby Carrs, Lincolnshire, 22.02.11 (Adrian Dancy)

Short-eared Owl, Worlarby Carr, Lincolnshire, 27.03.11 (Dennis Atherton)

Short-eared Owl, Worlarby Carr, Lincolnshire, 27.03.11 (Dennis Atherton)

Short-eared Owl, Kimnel Bay, Conwy, 18.12.11 (Joe Wynn)

Short-eared Owl, Kimnel Bay, Conwy, 18.12.11 (Joe Wynn)

Short-eared Owl, Burton Marsh, Cheshire, 13.11.11 (David Wilson)

NEW! Short-eared Owl, Lindisfarne, Northumberland, 27.01.12 (Peter Welch)

NEW! Short-eared Owl, Lindisfarne, Northumberland, 27.01.12 (Peter Welch)

Bee-eater, North Ronaldsay, 29.05.09 (Paul Brown)

Wryneck, Land's End, Cornwall, September 2010 (Pete Berry)

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Moore NR, Cheshire, 04.04.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Moore NR, Cheshire, 04.04.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Moore NR, Cheshire, 02.04.11 (John Tymon)

Male

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Moore NR, Cheshire, 02.04.11 (Dennis Atherton)

Male

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Moore NR, Cheshire, 02.04.11 (Dennis Atherton)

Male

Shore Lark, Weld Road, Southport, Lancashire, 14.11.09 (Rob Adderley)

Shore Lark, Weld Road, Southport, Lancashire, 14.11.09 (Rob Adderley)

Short-toed Lark, Fleetwood, Lancashire, 25.04.11 (Rob Adderley)

Short-toed Lark, Fleetwood, Lancashire, 25.04.11 (Rob Adderley)

Richard's Pipit, Spurn, East Yorkshire, 18.10.77 (Mike Passant)

American Buff-bellied Pipit, Lands End, Cornwall, 05.11.07 (Henry Cook)

Buff-bellied Pipit, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, October 2008 (Paul Brown)

Buff-bellied Pipit, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, October 2008 (Paul Brown)

Buff-bellied Pipit, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, October 2008 (Paul Brown)

Buff-bellied Pipits, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, 22.09.11 (Paul Brown)

The first British record of two individuals together.

Buff-bellied Pipit, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, 22.09.11 (Paul Brown)

Buff-bellied Pipit, North Ronaldsay, Orkney, 22.09.11 (Paul Brown)

Water Pipit, Leighton Moss, December 2007 (Les Steele)

Water Pipit, Farlington Marshes, Hampshire, February 2009 (Ian McKerchar)

Water Pipit, Blacktoft Sands, Yorkshire, 07.11.09 (Rob Adderley)

Water Pipit, Neston Old Quay, Cheshire, 20.02.10 (Rob Adderley)

Citrine Wagtail, Conway RSPB, Caernarfonshire, 30.04.08 (Rob Smallwood)

Citrine Wagtail, Nanquidno, Cornwall, September 2010 (Pete Berry)

First winter

Citrine Wagtail, Nanquidno, Cornwall, September 2010 (Pete Berry)

First winter

Waxwings, Warrington, Cheshire, 03.02.09 (John Tymon)

Waxwing, Warrington, Cheshire, 03.02.09 (John Tymon)

Waxwing, Warrington, Cheshire, 03.02.09 (John Tymon)

Waxwing, Barrow, Lancashire, 31.10.10 (Peter Welch)

First winter

Waxwing, Barrow, Lancashire, 31.10.10 (Peter Welch)

Adult female

Waxwing, Barrow, Lancashire, 31.10.10 (Peter Welch)

Adult male

Waxwings, Barrow, Lancashire, late October 2010 (Mike Killelea)

Waxwing, Barrow, Lancashire, late October 2010 (Mike Killelea)

Waxwing, Barrow, Lancashire, late October 2010 (Mike Killelea)

Waxwing, Barrow, Lancashire, 06.11.10 (Adrian Dancy)

First-winter

Waxwing, Barrow, Lancashire, 06.11.10 (Adrian Dancy)

Waxwing, Barrow, Lancashire, 06.11.10 (Adrian Dancy)

First-winter

Waxwing, Barrow, Lancashire, 06.11.10 (Adrian Dancy)

First-winter

Waxwing, Leighton Moss, Lancashire, 26.12.10 (Adrian Dancy)