Another Bird Blog

Mention and discussion of the UK and Europe declining bird populations has been a feature of this blog since it began some 10 years ago.  ...

Back in 2016 I reviewed the WILDGuides Britain's Birds: An Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland, at the time a ne...

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

An extract from North Ronaldsay, Orkney Blog - 16th October 2019.  “A fantastic day with birds everywhere, massive flocks of Thrushes ...

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...

Saturday 12 0ctober. I gave my ringing pliers a squirt of WD40. What with the trip to Greece and then the bad weather, they’d been depri...

If the weather was kind to us in Skiathos, it has been very unfriendly since we arrived home. Going from wall-to-wall sunshine and 30 deg...