Birding this last weekend was a somewhat mixed bag. An unseasonal Bluethroat had been performing very well at a local Nature Reserve near Spalding in Lincolnshire for the past week and despite the many Waxwings around this winter, I had not really caught up with any. A brief view of a single bird in Norfolk was […]
A Red-breasted Goose was being seen with regularity amongst several thousand Pink-footed Geese at Pilling Moss, Pilling in Lancashire. So, Saturday 11th February, Glynn, Richard and myself decided to go and see it. On arrival, the difficulty was trying to find the large flock of Pink-feet in a vast area we were unfamiliar with. We set the
A much favoured county of mine, especially as my late father’s family was born there and I spent a great deal of my childhood at the family home in Wainfleet. So, Saturday 4th February was spent around the Donna Nook area, after a brief visit to Rufford Park in Nottinghamshire, for Hawfinch. We were not
I spent this morning, Sunday 29th Jan, at my local patch at Staunton Harold Reservoir. Another gloomy morning with heavy mist making visibility impossible across the reservoir. I was determined to try and find a Tree Creeper, so I decided to spend half an hour in the little copse by the car park. A fruitless
Saturday 28th January, Barrie & I decided to spend the day birding at various locations along the North Norfolk coast. This was my first trip to Norfolk of 2017, so I knew I would be in for a few year ticks. We decided to start the morning at Holkham, as a small flock of 29
USA Birders call the White-billed Diver, Yellow-billed Loon, what a great name for a great bird and what a pleasant surprise when one was discovered on the 21st January 2017 on the River Witham, near Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire. Unbelievably this was the second time a juvenile has been found on the same river within a few
In recent days there has been a huge influx of Glaucous & Iceland Gulls, so called “White-winged Gulls”, from the high arctic regions. Swept in on the last northerly weather front, they have appeared right across the country, as well as the outer islands and coastal sites, many have been recorded down our east coast. So,
On Saturday 7th January 2017, I spent a day with Red Squirrels in the North Yorkshire Dales near Hawes, not quite what I had in mind to kick start 2017. Wildlife photographer Simon Philpotts, from Wild Dales Photography, organised the workshop and I was very impressed with the way the day was managed. Despite some
