Not Quite Scilly

I reckon I'd be on pretty safe ground if I suggested that skuas are at the top of most south-coast seawatchers' wanted list. Es...

Yesterday I suffered the tiresome side-effects of my second coronavirus jab. I felt increasingly rough all evening, and spent a sleep-depriv...

It was beautiful first thing. A cloudless sky, the lightest breeze and at least three or four degrees above zero. A few birds were up a...

It's not often that I go out birding and genuinely expect nothing, but that was certainly the case this morning. With rain over nor...

I was always pretty bad at twitching. I certainly never had the patience for it. A few times I can remember having to queue for a bird,...

I didn't miss a single night in April, making it my first full month of nocmig. I've already blogged a couple of highlights, li...

Throughout the spring I've been checking the weather forecast quite carefully, not just for work but also its possible influence on...