Bits of Birdwatching Stuff

Moorhen, Amberswood It was another of those days when the weather runs through all four seasons in an hour, sometimes twice. The worst of th...

Linnet, Hoylake It was scheduled to be a bright and blustery day so I headed out to the Wirral to see what might be blown in. Herring gulls,...

Mandarin duck It was one of those mornings where I have three options for a day out planned but really couldn't be bothered, a combinati...

Leighton Moss  The day had started with my noticing that one of the spadgers on the feeding station was a fledgling — I'd taken it for o...

Long-tailed tit A combination of train strikes, downpours, a lunchtime panic which turned out to be a false alarm, and just plain tiredness ...

Broad Ees Dole: herons, goodanders, gadwall and teal It threatened to be a good day for weather despite the occasional heavy shower in the m...