Another Bird Blog

Saturday 2 September with the full team out at Pilling, Will, Andy and Yours Truly. Better still, and after another breezy week, the wind ha...

We took advantage of Friday's clear but frosty morning with a six-thirty start to the ringing session. Will arrived on site at Pilling f...

Even the most enthusiastic birder needs an occasional rest day after too many bleary eyed starts so I took a few days off. Wednesday looked ...

We knew it couldn’t last. Our two week heatwave of global warming just couldn't make the grade and turned out to be the familiar autumn ...

“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...

There goes that old chorus again, the one that ringers use when numbers are low but there are a few goodies to shout about.  Until today the...

November 26th was the day of the BTO notification that our bird ringing would cease with “immediate effect.” The now almost annual outbreak ...

Friday evening became another of those “Yes” or “No” occasions when every weather forecast was different to the next. Saturday morning migh...