BIRDMAD

I finally saw these elusive birds today for the first time in my life. David Campbell had told me roughly where they were. I wandered round ...

Took Lynne, my wife, to see her parents in Kent. We both went to Oare where the tide was low and the water level in the East Flood was high....

Went to the South Coast today with David Campbell. Our target birds were the great grey shrike in the New Forest, the purple sandpipers at ...

On Saturday 28 February, went to look for the roosting tawny owls. It's amazing that such birds would live in the centre of London. Afte...

My week in France in February 2009 was not intended to be anything birdy, but the Alps came up trumps with a few lifers. As soon as we arriv...

Yesterday, I went to Canons Farm and Banstead Woods with David Campbell. He was hoping to see marsh tit and brambling. I was just hoping to ...

On 4 January I decided to do a Kent round trip to start me off for this year. First stop was Folkestone to see the waxwings. I left in the d...

The next week my wife, Lynne, and I went to Shetland for five days. Shetland is something of a Mecca for birdwatchers and Lynne has also wan...

2008 was a hectic year especially in the last few months. I'd never kept a year list before but David Campbell made me (well, all right ...

WAXWINGS The end of the year was exciting. Waxwings are common winter visitors from Russia and Scandinavia every five or six years when ther...