Sunday morning and I was up early to meet up with RichardP. We had decided to try and photograph some Brambling and Siskin at a local South Derbyshire country park. We were not disappointed and in glorious sunshine, there was plenty of activity. We had around half a dozen Brambling, including several moulting males. Only […]

Saturday 13th February, we decided to head off to Hornsea Mere to try and get some pictures of a long staying drake Long-tailed Duck. Hornsea Mere is a large natural lake, covering around 580 acres, with around 300 acres of open water and after searching for four hours, we simply couldn’t find the “Old Squaw”.

Saturday 30th January 2016 and Glyn, Richard and I made a visit to Cleethorpes Country Park in Lincolnshire, to see 2 species of grebe that are scarce winter visitors. To see them both on one small lake was exceptional, especially as they were very confiding individuals. A Red-necked Grebe and two Slavonian Grebe performed very well

Glyn, Richard and myself visited Hartlepool, Teeside on 16th January 2016, to photograph the Juvenile Glaucous Gull that had been frequenting the Marina at Jackson’s Landing. The bird had been showing very well and so it was a good opportunity to see one of these “High Arctic” Gulls at close quarters. One of the first

Whilst watching the juvenile Glaucous Gull on Saturday 16th January at Jackson’s Landing, Hartlepool, I couldn’t resist the opportunity of photographing an array of young Herring Gulls, in various ages of plumage. From 1st winter through to adults and also, most probably, of the two sub-species that we get in Britain during the winter. The

Well, at long last I was able to get the camera out and take some pictures. Saturday 16th January, Glyn, Richard and myself spent the day in Cleveland, around Hartlepool and Saltholme, favourite areas of ours. Side-tracking slightly, “Birders” are always trying to find ways and means of abbreviating birds names, so here’s a few

For some reason my “Birding Year 2016” has got off to a slow start. Little Photography so far this year, primarily due to the really poor weather, with endless rain and grey skies. The last two weekends have been dreadful and despite taking out my cameras, so far they have never been removed from the

My last day of twitching rare birds for 2015 was spent in North Norfolk, on 29th December, when Glyn and I went to see the juvenile Pallid Harrier that has been frequenting fields around Abbey Farm at Flitcham. The bird showed well but distantly in the early morning sunshine. It disappeared several times across distant fields