Sam's

PHOTOPOETRY

The large flock of Barnacle Geese that I saw at Rockcliffe Marsh a few weeks back had migrated to Anthorn and with them the Bar-headed...

With nothing rare or scarce within 75 miles of home (not for the first time), I headed off round the peninsula. Golden Plover were...

I managed to find the handsome drake Ring-necked Duck today at Milton Loch, near Dumfries, and had great views through the telescope, but...

Having left home around 6am I was disappointed not to be rewarded with lekking Black Grouse on my way north and wished I had driven...

The Cardurnock Dotterel only showed briefly this morning (no photos this time) and I found myself drawn instead to a rarity on the far...

A full day out in Northumberland wasn't quite as spectacular as I had hoped but I got decent views of the Red-necked Grebe at Linton NR,...

I noted on Birdguides that an oddity had been spotted last weekend with Golden Plover a few miles up the road, and having seen large...

Down south seeing relatives, I couldn't resist driving a little further down the M5 to have a wander round Slimbridge. I hadn't expected...

A few days on the Northumbrian coast enabled me to catch up with both Todd's Canada Goose and Richardson's Cackling Goose, the latter...

Ex-hurricane gales lured me to the Solway after work on 17th and my timing couldn't have been better: within minutes no less than 5...