A Sabine’s Gull was discovered at Carr Vale in Derbyshire early morning of the 13th July. It soon flew off with the local Black-headed Gulls and disappointingly, I assumed that was the end of that. Sabine’s Gull would be a new bird for my Derbyshire List. At 5pm Glyn called me to say that the […]

A Great White Egret was found by a close friend at Willington Gravel Pits on Saturday 9th July 2016 and a White-winged Black Tern had been present at Rother Valley Country Park near Sheffield, for a couple of days. So, that was Sunday (10th July) morning sorted. Year List moves on to 202 A few

Having missed a couple of Great Knot in Alaska by a few days, it was a little disconcerting when I heard of one turning up at Titchwell in North Norfolk. Little did I know at the time that it would stick around, giving me a chance of seeing it on my arrival back in UK.

SEWARD – Is a small city located on the south coast of Alaska, on the Kenai Peninsula. It is the ninth most lucrative fisheries port in the United States, the main industry, followed by tourism. Seward is unusual among most Alaskan communities in that it has road access in the Seward Highway from Seward to

NOME – (pronounced Noum) – June 9th – 12th 2016 – Well there’s no place like Nome, as the saying goes! Located on the edge of the Bering Sea, on the South West side of the Seward Peninsula, the only way to enter is by air or sea. With a population of around 3,500, Nome

Date: 8th June – 23rd June arriving back in UK on 24th June 2016 – When Glyn & Richard spoke to me about the possibilities of visiting Alaska back in October 2015, the plan soon became a reality. I must admit I never expected that I would visit, what is commonly known as, “The Land

This morning (5th June2016) a belated trip up into the Peak District in the hope of one or two speciality woodland summer visitors. I had left it very late this year for Pied Flycatcher, Wood Warbler, Tree Pipit and Redstart. Usually the best time is in early May, just after the birds have arrived back