I'm a strong believer that Yellow-legged Gulls are one of the most misidentified species to occur in Britain and Ireland away from thei...

The only real success I seem to be having in local birding currently is on the tips and pits east of Peterborough, scouring the large gulls ...

The juvenile Caspian Gull was still at Dogsthorpe Tip this afternoon, although was quite flighty and soon drifted off over the tip and out o...

Returned to Dogsthorpe Tip today with John Saunders in an attempt to relocate yesterday's juvenile Caspian Gull and hopefully show him ...

Fresh juvenile Caspian Gulls are a pretty rare sight in Britain - most 1cy birds appear a little later on when they have undertaken quite a ...

... is incredibly hot, sweaty and hard work. It appears that by the second half of July, alot of birds (for example Upcher's and Olive-t...

Had my first Caspian Gull of the summer today; a lovely (near-)adult that appeared for a few minutes on the 'ridge' at Dogsthorpe Ti...

I had five juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls in the Peterborough area today (four at Dogsthorpe, one at Tanholt), making it the most common age...

I had an hour spare this afternoon, so headed to my favourite of all birding locations - Dogsthorpe Tip. A fair selection of gulls were pres...

I hear quail most years, either locally or somewhere in the UK when on my travels. Until yesterday evening, I had never seen one in this cou...