As 2020 draws to a close, I’m taking a different approach to my year in review. Like so many, I’ve spent most of my time at home so I thought I’d share some of the best moments in nature I’ve enjoyed over the last 12 months... 1/
Starting with this seal pup at Horsey, Norfolk, in January. The only part of this thread that isn’t in Suffolk! 2/
Black-tailed godwits on the mudflats along the river Alde at low tide, Snape, in April. Sound on for this one
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The sound of a cuckoo over Snape Warren, in May
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Possibly my favourite and most breathtaking moment. A barn owl in the evening light at Snape Marshes, in May. 5/
First time seeing the sea since the first UK lockdown began. An evening visit to Aldeburgh Beach, in June. 6/
On what would have been the opening weekend of the Aldeburgh Festival at @BrittenPears, a different kind of music on an uncharacteristically still morning in June
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A family of stoats playing on the path beyond the fence (zoom in for this one) in Snape, in June. 9/
The call of a muntjac deer at dusk in Snape, in July
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Epic sounds of long-awaited rain and thunder in Snape after the August heatwave
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A skein of geese flying over Snape one evening, in September. Love this sound!
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A murmuration over farmland in Snape, in October. Strong contender for the top spot and a good place to end. Hope you’ve enjoyed if you’ve read, watched or listened this far! 14/14