Peregrine, & Red-breasted Beauty amidst the Barnies
A drive around the local hotspots produced very little on 7th but I was interested to find a ringed Little Egret feeding in a field with...
Marsh Mayhem
A 4-hour stint at the local marshes paid off today. I couldn't find the Todd's this time, but consolation came in the guise of a nice...
Local Birds Pose for the Camera
A quick ‘whizz around the block’ produced more than I anticipated in terms of photo opportunities, but nothing especially unusual. It was...
Yank wader eventually nailed
After a good deal of searching and various false starts and mini-dips, I got a message from Nick to say that he’d re-found the elusive...
Local Late-October Raptor Fest
After the flurry of ‘mega’ activity of the east coast (I missed most of them!), things went rather quiet in early October; at least,...
Photo ID of a Needle in a Haystack
By the end of what had been a total of about 24 hours looking for this mega on Flint Marshes (3 attempts), I resorted to snapping the...
Local Birding in August
My understanding is that the species is starting to find a foothold in this county, but I was still surprised and delighted in equal...
Borneo: the good, the bad and the ugly!
The subtitle here applies to many things: the trip itself, the birds (or lack of them!) and the mammals. I’ll explain… First, I only saw...
Mid-summer moments of magic
Local birding has been especially hard of late, with the weather being more spring-like than summery. Most days have seen temperature...
A Local Rosy amongst the Thorns
It’s not often that a national scarcity makes its way over here, and with the news of a local bird, I couldn’t resist nipping over to...
