My Bird Bucket List Challenge 2022

Two years ago, I was trying to do a challenge in which I wanted to photograph as many species of bird that I've never gotten a photo of before. Due to the lockdowns, that challenge was sadly cut short. It started well too as I managed to get a photo of a tawny owl in the day at Ipswich and a great grey shrike in the Forest of Dean just to name a few. A few extras have been added since then, of course. However, I want this year to be the one I really have a good go in finding some others to my photo collection book that I have made for myself. I have started this challenge already with an Iceland gull at Cley (you can read all about it later this month) and this has me hyped into finding more new birds.

So, what is on my bucket list? Which birds do I still need a photo of? Well, let's have a look...

Black-throated diver 

Great northern diver

Sooty, Balearic & Cory's shearwaters

Leach's petrel

Storm petrel

Black guillemot

Little auk

Roseate tern 

Black tern

Arctic skua

Pomarine skua

Long-tailed skua

Great skua (basically all the sea birds as I find them tough to photograph)

Dotterel

Red-necked phalarope

Woodcock (during the day)

Quail

Long-eared owl

Nightjar

Hen harrier

Montagu's harrier

Goshawk

Merlin

Lesser spotted woodpecker

Ring ouzel 

Nightingale

Lesser whitethroat

Wood warbler

Yellow-browed warbler

Pied flycatcher

Willow tit

Not only this but also any rare migrants that may show up.

I want at least one decent photo of any these birds a month. It would be impressive to get all of them, but I'll be more satisfied if I'd get just a few of them. If you want to help me out, let me know. I've also got something big planned in May if things go to plan which will definitely boost my list with birds not even on this list. Finger's crossed we don't get any more lockdowns or any other bad thing that could possibly force me to abandon this challenge like in 2020.