BIRDMAD

As I write this, Tuesday evening, it has been raining nonstop all day! I'm so glad I decided to go out yesterday! I made what will proba...

Sunday was not a bad day after 11 o'clock so David Campbell and I visited Epsom Common. It was quiet, not to say almost dead from a bird...

David Campbell and I went to Staines Moor again to see the brown shrike (after failing miserably to see the Black- throated diver on Pape...

Went to Rainham last week and saw the serin briefly in poor light at the end of the day. Decided to go back today (Fri 27 Nov) to try and ge...

As the penduline tits had gone from Dungeness, David Campbell and I decided to go to Abberton Reservoir for the spotted sandpiper, an Americ...

Arrived at Dungeness hoping to get a better view of the dusky warbler but no luck. In recompense, managed reasonable views of the two rare e...

David Campbell and I have been getting around recently. We decided to go for the glossy ibis at Oare Marshes. We arrived early (well, about ...

I've just been on a pelagic trip to see birds that don't normally come to land except for breeding. The true masters of the waves, w...

We had heard there were Wood sandpipers at Oare Marshes and Lynne wanted to go and see her parents at Blean so we set off late morning. Davi...

Went to London Wetlands today to see the juvenile purple heron. It was rather elusive at first but it finally came out into the open. A life...