Another Bird Blog

I missed a few visits in May due to a  holiday in Greece  but prior to that, early April had been my last visit to Oakenclough when we caugh...

It's like I was in hibernation mode. Weeks of doing very little because of the awful weather but rather enjoying the lie ins, the restf...

I made it to Pilling on Friday morning and met up with Will for a spot of ringing. Another quiet session saw a catch of just 9 birds - 6 Li...

“Six-fifteen?” We agreed. It seemed like a good idea at the time until the alarm buzzed at five-fifteen when I went through the well-practic...

Monday at Pilling proved fairly unproductive with yet another catch that barely reached double figures. There was a lack of warblers but a n...

The last ten days proved very frustrating. Since returning from Greece in the early hours of 18 May, I’ve not been able to get out ringing ...

The temperature readout showed -1°C and warned of “possible icy roads”. It was 0530 as the wipers scraped across the icy windscreen. I pres...