Literate herring, this way.

 Post-script. On Sunday, 4th December Morris Rendall got photos of the Lesser Scaup which showed the wing pattern which I had thought I ...

A phone call from home just at the moment when I could have a late lunch break: Waxwing A bit late to table if you ask me!

Strangely enough I'd only seen one Arctic Redpoll for sure before and that was many years ago at Redcar. The text came through after I...

Thursday and a second Black-throated Thrush within striking range. I made a dash for it between work sessions, and dipped. That'll be th...

Glaucous and GB-b Gulls A sharp northerly, bit more than a breeze and a seawatch was required, both Papay and NRon have had some good...

I really don't like twitching but a Siberian Accentor 35 minutes from home was hard to resist. Monday was phone change over day, the day...

I have been patrolling the garden the last few days, checking the feeders and the trees every few hours, get a real feeling for birds arrivi...

I didn't expect too much after last weekend but birding is full of surprises. I'd confirmed Collared Dove on Wednesday, a bird I...

A very nice morning at Howaback and finally got Mealy Redpoll on the year list, fortunately these were nice easy ones, big, and pale, pale r...