Another Bird Blog

Weeks had slipped by since our last visit to Oakenclough . The last one was 14th August 2020 when we still caught Tree Pipits and Willow War...

With a dry sunny morning but a 20mph stiff northerly there was no chance of a ringing session at our exposed ringing sites.  I set off for t...

Wednesday morning - “The Met Office has issued an 18-hour warning for strong winds in Somerset as Storm Ellen batters Britain and the West C...

We returned to Oakenclough today. I arrived at 0620, Andy at 0625 for the appointed 0630. That’s just one of the many disciplines of becom...

Seven Tree Pipits caught this morning during the ringing session at Oakenclough. Seven in one morning is something of a record number for b...

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 ...

I missed out on Monday’s ringing when Andy caught another 32 birds up at Oakenclough - 9 more Willow Warblers, more Blackcaps, yet another G...