Merlin & Brent Goose
Early to Mid-February produced nothing startling on the local marshes, but it's not often I fluke a leucistic Barnacle and Brent Goose in...


Mega Pipit but Scoter no show
A tricky few days at work prompted me to dash east for a Northumberland overnighter. We set off soon after breakfast on the 2nd to track...


Duck Spectacular!
A nice flock of Barnacle and Pink-footed Geese just up the road early morning had nothing rare amongst it, sadly, but a Leucistic...


Happy New Year (2025)! Best RBG, Harrier and bonus Twite
The new year started well. After quite a bit of toing and froing, I eventually managed to pin down the elusive Red-breasted Goose and...


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...

