LAST YEAR TEXT: Reviewing a year's worth of photos can be a daunting but rewarding task. This year was made less daunting because there were fewer pickings than usual, owing to the fact that I can count the number of days out with my camera on two hands. The sparsity of photo outings however was made up for by the richness of experiences, both familiar (returning to Svalbard for the first time since 2019) and brand new (visiting the gannet breeding colony at Bempton in Yorksh
