I'm lucky, living where I do on Morecambe Bay. We have one of the largest populations of estuary birds in Europe, and being so close to the Forest of Bowland, we also see a lot of other birds (if we look).
This morning I was watching Curlews on the beach. A few days ago, it was Lapwings and a Heron in one of the fields next to the beach.
Last summer I was watching a cricket match in the village, and scuttling around on the boundary right next to where I was sitting was a small bird that I couldn't identify. When I looked it up later on, it turned out to be a Ringed Plover. Hardly rare, but you don't see them every day (or, at least, I don't!)
There seemed to be a lot more Goldfinches last year. And Jays. And lots of Long-tailed Tits just before Christmas. All very pleasing.