Another Bird Blog

I set off in the dark and drove towards Lancaster. The temperature hovered around zero under a clear starry sky that hinted at a sunny day. ...

Birding? What’s that? I’d done virtually none during Fearsome February when all we had was rain, more rain and constant strong winds.  ...

There was a heavy frost this morning with the temperature at minus 4C when I cleared the car windows but then struggled to open the frozen...

This is most unusual. We’ve had two days of frost with minus 2° on the temperature display at 0600 this morning. Not cold by some standa...

This morning saw a heavy and highly visible migration of northern thrushes through our Oakenclough ringing site.  Andy, Bryan and I met at...

The forecast for Tuesday morning was about as good as it gets just lately - a gentle breeze from the north with a fair amount of cloud tha...

An exchange of texts sealed the decision. The nagging south easterly wind and hint of more drizzle meant no ringing the following morning....

We don’t ring too many Fieldfares but on Friday came news of a Fieldfare that Andy and I ringed up at Oakenclough, Lancashire on the morni...