It's approaching that time of year where the days are so short that it rarely seems to get properly light and, to boot, the temperature ...

First-winter male Caspian Stonechat at Warna's Cove, St. Agnes - the fifth for Britain Dan and I had been keen to do something thi...

First-winter American Purple Gallinule, Monsanto, Lisbon, 10th November A somewhat uneventful Friday was gradually slipping by without ...

Grey Phalarope, Salthouse Little Eye, 8th November 2013 I've not actually seen many showy Grey Phalaropes, so a couple of hours spe...

Hermit Thrush, Porthgwarra, 30th October 2013 Two hours after dawn and we were all going through the motions, slowly accepting tha...

First-winter Cape May Warbler, Baltasound (Unst), 24th October 2013 One hour on Unst yesterday, perfect timing with the...

First-winter Semipalmated Plover along Hayling seafront, 20th October Not really a bird to poke a 400mm lens at, the closest we had it ...

...not with a bird from the States, but a lost Oystercatcher of the Central Asian subspecies longipes . I was pretty impressed with how...

The bird - perhaps a first-winter female(?) - showed superbly well in the magic junipers at the top of Poco d'Agua at times today, thoug...

Not enough time to say anything more right now, so here's my own ropey record shots. Much better stuff at Gwent Birding and Tarsiger . ...