The forecast didn't look too promising for this weekend and I felt like autumn was slipping away without a final finale. However, on Thu...

Several strokes of luck led to a full-fat patch tick today  -   Pallas's leaf warbler Firstly  - I decided to take today off work today ...

 After a walk up to north end of the patch and back on Friday after work, I did a bit of an evening seawatch , until it was nearly dusk.  It...

It's that time of year again - birding is quiet and the macro lens comes out instead of the 400mm. I've managed to find three new ho...

 Red Kite has been my most anticipated patch tick for about four years and today I finally nailed one.  I was looking west from the dunes th...

Well, I didn't expect to finish my WeBS count this morning by adding FOUR Temminck's Stints to it - but that's what happened! Jo...

We arrived back from a week away in Cornwall (and a brief visit to the Somerset Levels) yesterday evening, twitching the long-staying belted...