Sam's

PHOTOPOETRY

Nothing special today but a nice variety of species, some of which posed for the camera: Tawny Owl, Peregrine, Little Stint, Knot, Golden...

Well, it was about time! And not surprisingly, number 400 turned out to be an old bogey bird, one that I simply had to connect with at...

You can understand my surprise when, stepping foot onto the marsh to scan for waders at around midday - with the sun beating down, I...

I knew something was amiss when the whole flock of 1000+ Dunlin took flight and began swirling around the mudflats for no apparent...

Having done the rounds in search of finding rare waders (and having failed miserably!), my spirits were lifted on the way home when I...

The annual early migration of Black-tailed Godwits always lifts the heart, and this evening at the local patch was no exception. The...

A week near Narbonne and frequent visits to a familiar expanse of reedbeds in the typically gorgeous light of early morning and late...

A 2.5 hr drive via various diversions and on roads packed with caravans and tractors proved to be well worth it in the end. The Iberian...

A three-hour drive, some energy-sapping mountain biking, soggy knees and a three-hour wait surrounded by vicious Scottish midges was well...

A full day on Holy Island started slowly but warmed up from mid-morning onwards as I began to find evidence of an invasion of...