.....Well, a New Year beckons. ...... and as for 2020, good riddance ! ....... I haven't a clue about my 2020 Year List, I don't "do" that any more. ........ but in times past, when I was a sprightly youth, I was more geeky. .........and therefore I can show you what January can provide ... ......... so, here's my haul of rare and rare-ish stuff in my Januarys in the past ... ........... a pretty sparse collection .... Jan 1st 1985 Black Redstart + Snow Bunting ( not exactly rare ...but good stuff) 2000 A single Waxwing at Arnside ( ditto) Jan 2nd 1984 Franklin's Gull .. Martin Mere WWT, Lancs. 2000 Green-winged Teal, m, at Cockersands. Jan 3rd 1988 Ring-billed Gull, Seaforth, L'Pool Jan 4th 1994 Little Bunting, Ecclestone Mere, St. Helens. 2001 Ivory Gull, 1st Winter, Montrose ( Crikey !) + 3 Surf Scoters and 5 Slav Grebes Jan 5th Nowt. Jan 6th 2002 Red Kite, Trough of Bowland. Jan 7th-9th ......Zilch. Jan 10th 1987 Spotted Sandpiper, Lower Rivington, Lancs. 1987 Red-crested Pochard, Seaforth Jan 11th 1993 Pied-billed Grebe, Druridge Pools, Newcastle. 1993 Lapland Buntings, Ryehope, Sunderland. 2003 Water Pipit, Leighton Moss. 2004 American Robin, Grimsby Industrial Estate. Jan 12th 1992 Red-breasted Goose, Caerlaverock + Ring-necked Duck. Jan 13th,14th,15th ... oh, the emptyness ! Jan 16th 2000 White-tailed Eagle, Southwold + a dodgy-ish Red-breasted Goose. Jan17th 1997 American Wigeon, Heysham outfalls, Lancs. Jan 18th-22nd Zero. Jan 23rd Black-throated Diver, Heysham. Jan 24th A barren waste of nothingness. Jan 25th 1998 1998 Dark-eyed Junco, 27, Queen St, Chester. What a bird !!!!! 1987 Red-necked Grebe Jan 26/27/28/29 Nothingness, nothingness .. Jan 30th 1999 Cattle Egret, Martin Mere. Jan 31st Absolutely devoid of anything. Actually, it wasn't too bad really. And ,of course, lots of those jaunts had ups and down of their own. Some of which I have written about in the deep darkness of this blog. 88-white-tailed-eagles-and-me.html 188-the-dark-eyed-junco-experience.html There's more of them ... but the "linky-thing" has stopped working. So ..straight to the music ..and don't worry, dear readers ... I'm alright ... ... and I hope you are too.... There's an old saying " Growing old is like being punished for something you haven't done".
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