Returned from a week-long trip to the Azores with Rich Bonser at the weekend. It was my first trip to this wonderful islands - hopefully the...

After reading with interest about local birder Richard Astle's flock of 80 redpolls at Bainton Pits, in the south of the Deepings Area, ...

More birding over the past couple of days. On 23rd, I went to Dogsthorpe Tip for a few hours. Amongst the many thousands of gulls present, ...

Nice couple of days birding around the local area. Yesterday (21st) was really good; a spectacular hoar frost combined with very calm condit...

Back in the Peterborough area for Christmas now, which allows me to get out and do some local birding for a change. At the time of writing (...

Been a while since I've updated this, so here's a quick blast through the rest of the autumn in pictures: Black-eared Wheatear, St. ...

Another September flies by, and here are some of the highlights... 1st-winter female Northern Parula, Tiree Argyll; 28th September A morning...

Just back from an Irish trip with Richard Bonser and Marc Read, which was a general success. To cut a long story short, the seawatching was ...

More gulls I'm afraid. 11+ Yellow-legged Gulls on Dogsthorpe Tip today (5+ ads, 2 3rd-s, 2nd-s, 3 juvs). Nothing at Tanholt. 3rd-summer...