Another Bird Blog

There was no post-Ophelia rush of Redwings on Wednesday with just a single one caught out of the less than 40 birds on the move. Andy and...

The alarm clock buzzed at 0520. I was due to meet Andy and Bryan at 0630 for another ringing session near Oakenclough. The weather foreca...

There was a touch of frost this morning for my first birding of 2017. I waited until the sun began to rise and then set off through Hamble...

Thank goodness. The late evening fog of Friday had gone by 0600 on Saturday so I set off to meet Andy at Oakenclough for my first ringing ...

This morning was spent looking for migrant birds but some of those I found were not the normal species associated with late April.  Th...

The Pilling morning air looked cold and grey. It was, and for a while I had to wear a pair of lightweight gloves reserved for such Springt...

The Spring Equinox arrived on 20th March bringing with it days and nights of almost exactly the same length. For ringers it entails timely...

At last this morning the rain and wind eased enough to attempt a spot of birding, and although there was still a stiff, cold breeze there ...

Today is cloudy, rainy and breezy and I’m indoors.  Yesterday there was time for a trip up to the feeding station armed with a bucket ...