Steppe Grey Shrike , Grainthorpe Haven, Lincs, November 2008.

Today, the second half of October saved itself from being brandished one of the worst for British birding/twitching in a long time. With suc...

This juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper , photographed at Eyebrook Reservoir, is the first I've seen in the Britain and Ireland for 3 years(!)....

On 1st October, a Veery was found on Foula. "Shit the bed", I thought and, following a couple of conversations with my ever-charmi...

In late September, South Ronaldsay came up trumps with this stunning adult-type Sandhill Crane (here photographed on 23rd September): What ...

A couple of portraits of the juvenile Baird's Sandpiper which graced Davidstow Airfield, Cornwall during early September (images taken ...

Late on 28th, news broke of an apparent juvenile American Black Tern ( surinamensis ) at the slightly unexpected setting of Farmoor Reserv...

And so it was time for what has become an essential in my birding calender - the annual end-of-August pilgrimage to the west coast of Irelan...

A photo of what was a new British bird for me (after missing at least two in recent times), it was remarkably elusive in the couple of hours...

Having spent an unhealthy amount of time on computers (and the internet) of late, it appears that some of our very own British birders have ...