Not Quite Scilly

The vast majority of birders do, I'm sure, have gaps in their week which have to be filled with real life. I am no different. For exampl...

When I first started birding the Seaton area in the mid-noughties Black Hole Marsh didn't exist, and it was quite possible to go to Coly...

Before I trundled off to work this morning I had a quick walk along Cogden beach and added three species to my patch list: Grey Plover , Red...

I think it is now safe to say that I have definitely adopted a new patch. Three people bear responsibility for this: Ian McLean, Steve Waite...

Today I want to talk about Eye-browed Thrush . Now I don't have an encyclopaedic knowledge of rarity stats, and I don't subscribe to...

Although my birding 'career' spans well over three decades (over four if you include junior dabblings) it certainly doesn't add ...

Had a slow walk around the new patch at lunchtime. In fact I went beyond the patch, and encroached on West Bexington turf. I was drawn there...