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Ten of my favourite fauna, flora and fungi photos to take in February 2023 and month summary 

The photos are of; Whooper Swan at RSPB Lakenheath Fen, Curlew at RSPB Titchwell in Norfolk, Teal also at Titchwell, Buzzard at Lakeside Country Park in Hampshire, Roe Deer at Lakeside, Muntjac Deer at Holkham in Norfolk, daffodil at Winchester Cathedral, crocuses at Lakeside, snowdrops at Titchwell and scarlet elf cup at Titchwell. 

I have had such a fun and amazing February, and it has been one of my most fantastic second months of the year for birdwatching ever. Headlined by the sensational trip to Norfolk where I saw so many species for the first time this year, ever and generally; I have seen so many species this month with so many incredible ones. It has been joyful and thrilling experience after experience for seeing birds, with species seen gearing up for their breeding season too and ones synonymous with spring seen. I am ending the month with my bird year list again in an extremely pleasing place compared to my previous years due to getting the second highest amount of year ticks I’ve ever got in a February. What a start to the year I’ve had. Hen Harrier, Grey Partridge, Whooper Swan and Skylark proved consistent star birds of my month with them seen and/or heard multiple times, with my first ever Long-eared Owl and Twite, Long-billed Dowitcher, Merlin, Fieldfare, Yellowhammer, Shore lark a star bird for a second month running, Snow Bunting, Goshawk in a solid month for seeing raptors and Black-necked Grebe other highlights. The visit of a male Sparrowhawk to the roof visible from my room headlined another good month of enjoying birds from home. 

It was a brilliant month of mammals mostly thanks to deers and hares with lots of Brown Hares seen and especially the mesmerizing Muntjac experience seeing so many in Norfolk. It was good to see bees on unseasonably warm days this month, and spiders from home well. It was an exciting floral month with daffodils, snowdrops and crocuses and others emerging bringing that promise of spring, and there were some nice fungi moments too. A slight variation on my usual post bringing together an amount of my favourite pictures taken that month corresponding to the number of the month in that I’m posting twenty of my favourites from February, my next post has ten of my favourite landscape photos from the month.