Sam's

PHOTOPOETRY

A quick ‘whizz around the block’ produced more than I anticipated in terms of photo opportunities, but nothing especially unusual. It was...

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...

After the flurry of ‘mega’ activity of the east coast (I missed most of them!), things went rather quiet in early October; at least,...

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...

My understanding is that the species is starting to find a foothold in this county, but I was still surprised and delighted in equal...

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...

Local birding has been especially hard of late, with the weather being more spring-like than summery. Most days have seen temperature...

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...

I checked Birdguides to confirm the continued presence of a mega on the east coast, and without further ado, I set off towards...

The end of May finished with an exceptional bird, a national scarcity but one that is even rarer in Cumbria, and better still, it has...