Another Bird Blog

Things have been quite quiet so I took a sabbatical from blogging but kept up with news and views, good and bad, whether birds or life in ge...

Thursday - what a strange morning. We met at 0600 up at Oakenclough - Andy, Bryan and me - a sunny morning in mid-June when we might expect...

A nest box with camera is a great way of monitoring birds so as not to disturb the family unnecessarily until the time comes to ring the you...

Last week was Sand Martins, this week it’s their blue and white cousins House Martins. While it’s relatively easy to catch Sand Martins that...

Sand Martins arrived late from North Africa this year. Cold northerlies and cool temperatures throughout April and May saw few at the Cocker...

The last ten days proved very frustrating. Since returning from Greece in the early hours of 18 May, I’ve not been able to get out ringing ...

Apologies to regular readers who perhaps realised I had gone AWOL without leaving a forwarding address. I promise to get back to you all ver...