For once my mad pre-Christmas rush to get the calendars made and ready for printing was slightly less hectic than usual. Not that I was organised for a change but just that I got my act together earlier for once. Instead of planning for the calendar throughout the year, once again I left everything until almost the last minute. I rank all of my photos from 4-5 stars after processing, the real rubbish (less than 4 star) gets binned, so I only have to trawl through the 5 star photos for the best ones but that still amounted to nearly 5000 images this year! Choosing my own favourite images from those is never an easy task either and for calendars, consideration has to be made of the aspect of the photos, portrait frames just don't work. I actually produce four different calendars to dot around the house, a best pics, a rare birds, a garden birds and a desk calendar.
Anyway here are the images that made it onto the main Old Caley 2022 calendar and a few others that should have but couldn't because they just didn't "fit" or there just aren't enough months in the year. There was only one bird that I wanted for the cover, the Black-browed Albatross was an easy pick for my bird of the year, and the half hour I spent taking frame after frame as it zoomed around, at times only feet from the end of the lens, was not just the highlight off the year but of a lifetime and will never be forgotten.
Cover
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| Black-browed Albatross, Bempton Cliffs, 04/09/2021 |
January
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| Snow Bunting, Cleeve Common, 28/11/2021 |
February
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| Common Snipe, Otmoor, 03/10/2021 |
March
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| Lapwing, Frampton Marsh, 20/08/2021 |
April
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| Cirl Bunting, Labrador Bay, 01/04/2021 |
May
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| juvenile Swallows, Marsh Gibbon, 14/07/2021 |
June
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| European Roller, Icklingham, 25/06/2021 |
July
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| Purple Heron, Summer Leys NR, 29/05/2021 |
August
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| Razorbill, Burghead, 14/09/2021 |
September
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| Dunlin, Farmoor Reservoir, 23/04/2021 |
October
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| Great Egret, Otmoor, 10/10/2021 |
November
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| Two-barred Greenish Warbler, Spurn, 20/10/2021 |
December
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| Red Kite, Linkey Down, 27/03/2021 |
Best of the rest
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| Northern Mockingbird, Exmouth, 01/04/2021 |
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| Bittern, Otmoor, 15/08/2021 |
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| Black-browed Albatross, Bempton Cliffs, 04/09/2021 |
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| juvenile Chough, South Stack, 18/06/2021 |
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| Guillemot, Burghead, 14/09/2021 |
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| Dartford Warbler, Greenham Common, 22/03/2021 |
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| Elegant Tern, Cemlyn Lagoon, 17/07/2021 |
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| Gannet (3cy), Bempton Cliffs, 16/07/2021 |
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| Grasshopper Warbler, Boddington Reservoir, 30/04/2021 |
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| Great Egret, Otmoor, 10/10/2021 |
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| Hoopoe, Warwick, 26/10/2021 |
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| Little Auk, Pinkhill Lock, 30/11/2021 |
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| Little Owl, Mixbury, 26/08/2021 |
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| Redwing. Oxford University Parks, 13/02/2021 |
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| European Roller, Icklingham, 25/06/2021 |
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| Sanderling, Farmoor Reservoir, 08/05/2021 |
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| Snow Bunting, Carsington Water, 09/10/2021 |
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| Stonechat, South Stack, 18/06/2021 |
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| juvenile Swallow, Marsh Gibbon, 14/07/2021 |
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| Common Swift, Farmoor Reservoir, 09/05/2021 |
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| Tree Pipit, Forest of Dean, 14/04/2021 |
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| Turnstone, Farmoor Reservoir, 08/05/2021 |
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| Turtle Dove, Snettisham, 24/07/2021 |
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| Two-barred Greenish Warbler, Spurn, 20/10/2021 |
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| Wheatear, Spey Bay, 17/09/2021 |
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| Whinchat, Worlds End, 17/06/2021 |
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| Whiskered Tern, Longham Lakes, 14/05/2021 |
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| Wood Warbler, Wyre Forest, 23/05/2021 |
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| Yellow-browed Warbler, Aylesbury, 03/01/2021 |
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| Cattle & Little Egrets, Otmoor, 15/08/2021 |
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