Dipper and Eastern Wag pose perfectly
After a failed attempt at Black Grouse nearby, I decided to try my luck with Dipper. Four were seen easily at Langholm but I still did my...
Return of a familiar rarity to local shores
A Long-billed Dowitcher anywhere is likely to draw something of a crowd but especially in Cumbria where they are extremely rare. I had...
Leighton Reedlings and Sizergh Hawfinches
An early start enabled me to connect with one of my favourite species at Sizergh (Hawfinches) and as anticipated, four of these...
Not so rosy Starling but perfect peckers
The presence of an adult Rosy anywhere is always going to arouse interest and given that nobody had posted a photo of the bird, I thought...
Stunning Stejneger's Stonechat
Whitburn has produced many a good bird over the years and it was no surprise that another rarity and potential lifer for me had been...
Cornish calamity
What was so frustrating was that this had the potential to be the trip of a lifetime but was actually one that was spoilt by rubbish sea...
Waders and Whinchat
The 13th, 14th and 15th August proved to be something of a purple patch, relatively speaking - and in terms of my garden list. From the...
Brilliant Bustard!
Species no. 404 was a doddle. Okay, so it involved another long drive but the bird had been present for a month (remarkably) and in the...
Local Owls out in force & no. 112 for the House List
The summer months are usual a quiet affair round here but Barn Owls and Tawny Owls have had a bumper year it seems and have been out in...
All Red on the Uists - and all 4 Skuas
Well, I missed the main Skua passage by a week and it rained 80% on the time I was there but despite all this, I managed to get some...
