I still feel knackered after Birdfair - I woke up aching this morning - some sort of of delayed reaction to the toil of standing up all week...

  Duart Castle from the Oban-Craignure ferry Just back from a weekend on Mull with Chris C and Ash H . Had great success on our charter...

Spent a few hours at Rainham on Tuesday morning. It was sunny, warm and the tip was plagued with heat haze. That said, the gulls showed pr...

It was as long ago as February that I visited California with Rich Bonser and Lee Gregory, but I've finally managed to get the trip repo...

Adult Mediterranean Gull drifting over Langtoft Fen I think I say it just about every time I blog about them, but adult Med Gulls are g...

I've been told by a number of people that getting in to orchids can be a dangerous game. As Mr Lowen said to me once, "you think l...

It's been a breathless couple of weeks, and I haven't yet had chance to share a few photos from Collared Hill on 28th June. Large B...

Bridled Tern with a backdrop of auks - an Inner Farne special This summer is starting to get a little crazy. The Pacific Swift was grea...

Yours truly with the needletail, videograb with thanks to Dan Pointon "There we were on the hard shoulder of the M6, a couple of ...

Very brief post from Stornoway airport. What an incredible bird. More pics and context coming soon.