Black-head

Black-headed Gull, Helston Boating Lake, Cornwall, October 2003. Surprisingly difficult to get really nice pictures of.

Ringer

Ring-billed Gull, Helston Boating Lake, Cornwall, October 2003. Twitched on our way on to Scilly for a week.

Red-foot

I bloody love these birds! And this is a carbon-copy of the Rookery bird from a couple of years ago too - it even looks similar. Red-footed Falcon at Coronation ClP, Beds, 13th May.

Fudge Duck

Female Ferruginous Duck, Elstow clay pits, Beds, 2005

Rose-breasted Grosbeak mk2

This is how you should really see Rose-breasted Grosbeak! This one wintered at Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Ecuador in 2005. Stunning, isn't he?

Green-crowned Woodnymph

Green-Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania fannyi, Mindo, Ecuador, January 2005

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Ecuador, September 2004

Taken digiscoping using a mirror!

Pacific Parrotlet

Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis, Ayampe, Ecuador, October 2004

Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet on a nest

Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus on a nest, Canande, Ecuador, August 2004

Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant

Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis atricapillus, Canande, Ecuador, August 2004

This is the smallest passerine in the world!

Turquoise Jay

Turquoise Jay Cyanolyca turcosa, Guango Lodge, Ecuador, September 2004

Andean Emerald

Andean Emerald Amazilia franciae, Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Ecuador, November 2004

Fawn-breasted Brilliant

Fawn-breasted Brilliant Heliodoxa rubinoides, Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Ecuador, November 2004

Golden-breasted Puffleg

Golden-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis mosquera, Yanacocha, Ecuador, November 2004

Chestnut-breasted Coronet

Chestnut-breasted Coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii, San Isidro, Ecuador, October 2004

Two Sylphs

Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingi (above) photographed at San Isidro on the east slope, Violet-tailed Slyph Aglaiocercus coelestis (below) at Tandayapa Bird Lodge on the west slope.

Velvet-purple Coronet

Velvet-purple Coronet Boissonneaua jardini, Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Ecuador, July 2004

Sparkling Violetear

Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans, Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Ecuador, July 2004

Slaty-backed Chat-tyrant

Slaty-backed Chat-tyrant Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris, Old Nono-Mindo Road, Ecuador, August 2004

Many-banded Aracari

Many-banded Aracari Pteroglossus pluricinctus, Sacha Lodge, Ecuador, December 2004