Bits of Birdwatching Stuff

Black-tailed godwits Today has been one of those days that vividly illustrate why so few of us go birdwatching by public transport. I decide...

I hadn't intended staying at home listening to the cricket. I was still feeling guilty about having spent the fresh, sunny day after the...

Sketch map: Worsley Woods Worsley Woods is a band of woodland between Roe Green and Worsley that follows the sweep of Kempnough Brook and Wo...

Sketch map: Byrom Hall Wood and surrounds Byrom Wood is another of the small patches of woodland scattered round Greater Manchester, bridgin...

Juvenile grey wagtail It had been a wild and woolly night, the precursor of Storm Saucy Mrs Trusspot, and it occurred to me that a visit to ...

Juvenile kestrel I've been laying covetous eyes on the hudsonian godwit at Burton Mere on the Dee Estuary but I've scoped the logist...

Egyptian goose Rather to my surprise I got my visit to Pennington Flash though it wasn't straightforward. The 25 arrived on time but we ...