31 Dec 2009
It’s been a good birding year for me. These are the species that I have added to my Life List during 2009.| Tundra Bean Goose | Welney WWT | 
| Brent Goose (Dark Bellied) | Titchwell | 
| Black Brant | Titchwell | 
| Ferruginous Duck | Old Hall Marshes, Essex | 
| Velvet Scoter | Titchwell (Offshore) | 
| Red-throated Diver | Cley (offshore) | 
| Night-heron | Etang Ricot, Brenne, France | 
| Great White Egret | Pymoor, Cambridgeshire | 
| Purple Heron | Etang Ricot, Brenne, France | 
| White Stork | Ponts Douve, Normandy, France | 
| Greater Flamingo | San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain | 
| Black Kite | Cherine, Brenne, France | 
| Egyptian Vulture | Near Torrevieja, Spain | 
| Short-toed Eagle | Brenne National Park, France | 
| Booted Eagle | Etang Ricot, Brenne, France | 
| Montagu's Harrier | Near Azay-le-Feron, Brenne, France | 
| Rough-legged Buzzard | Coveney, Cambridgeshire | 
| Merlin | Old Hall Marshes, Essex | 
| Black-winged Stilt | Cherine, Brenne, France | 
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Keyhaven | 
| Kittiwake | Cley (offshore) | 
| Glaucous Gull | Cley Marshes NWT | 
| Whiskered Tern | Brenne National Park, France | 
| American Black Tern | Farmoor | 
| White-winged Black Tern | Farmoor | 
| Hoopoe | Brenne National Park, France | 
| Black Woodpecker | Forét de Lanscosme, Brenne, France | 
| Crested Lark | Champ d'Oeuf, Brenne, France | 
| Crag Martin | Near Torremendo Lake, Spain | 
| Fan-tailed Warbler | Beaugillot NR, Normandy, France | 
| Marsh Warbler | Otmoor | 
| Sardinian Warbler | Parc Natural de la Mata-Torrevieja, Spain | 
| Western Bonelli's Warbler | Brenne National Park, France | 
| Crested Tit | Forét de Lancosme, Brenne, France | 
| Golden Oriole | Forét de Lancosme, Brenne, France | 
| Red-backed Shrike | Etang de la Mer Rouge, Brenne, France | 
| Spotless Starling | Parc Natural de la Mata-Torrevieja, Spain | 
| Serin | Parc Natural de la Mata-Torrevieja, Spain | 
| Cirl Bunting | Etang Ricot, Brenne, France | 
