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 3/

The sound of a cuckoo over Snape Warren, in May 4/

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/

A complete double rainbow over farmland near Snape, in June. 7/

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 8/

A family of stoats playing on the path beyond the fence (zoom in for this one) in Snape, in June. 9/

A rare sighting of noctilucent clouds in Snape, in July. 10/

The call of a muntjac deer at dusk in Snape, in July 11/

Epic sounds of long-awaited rain and thunder in Snape after the August heatwave 12/

A skein of geese flying over Snape one evening, in September. Love this sound! 13/

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