Another Bird Blog

One of these days I will get around to a blog post about Sue & I and our 14 days in sunny Skiathos, our second home.  How we survived th...

The week has been warm but breezy and showery with few chances for meaningful birding so there isn’t a lot of bird news. A couple of visits ...

We swop and change our ringing sessions according to available bodies, the weather, and the theory that too many or too few days at the same...

Late May/early June can be boom or bust for bird ringers and birders alike. In early 2021 unpredictability became the norm when unseasonal c...

The mornings are dark and alarm calls getting later. The buzzer woke me at 0530, enough time for the essentials before a timed to perfectio...

There was patchy rain around at early doors. When at 0630 the three of us arrived from our respective but different journeys, Andy said he ...

Three mornings in the same week must be some sort of record for Oakenclough. The forecast of zero wind and a dry morning dictated a start ...