This morning I went to the excellent Hills & Holes NNR, Barnack, primarily because it harbours several species of orchid that I have nev...

Although I can't claim to have put back-breaking effort in to local birding over the past week or so, I have been doing quite a bit of w...

Until this year, White-winged Scoter was one of those highly-anticipated birds to make an appearance on British & Irish shores, but had ...

Well, it looks like spring is well and truly over now - even the Sanderlings appear to have dried up inland. So, on my return to Lincolnshir...

Bit rushed for time right now so a brief summary of yesterday (6th), which finally produced the first real mega of the spring; it's been...

Terek Sandpiper is one of those birds which, although it occurs annually in the UK, I had previously never seen. Several birds in the past h...

Splendid summer-plumaged Least Sandpiper at Old Moor yesterday evening (26th); originally identified as a Temminck's but, as can be seen...

An early start this morning (22nd) saw me leave Sheffield at around 03:30 with Filey being the destination (via York to pick up Staines ). C...

Went for this very showy drake Lesser Scaup this afternoon on the small dam lake at Cuckney, Notts. Conditions were quite difficult for pho...

It's been a while since my last update, probably due to a lack of birding to be honest. Anyway, I was dragged out of the doldrums by a c...