BIRDMAD

It was to be my last day out in January. My year list wasn't at 100 yet. What was I to do? I'd seen from Tricia's blog that she...

A beautiful day was forecast and I decided to make the most of it. I went first to Hayling Island where, at 0900, the sea in the harbour wa...

15 January 2010 The bittern finally showed well at Barnes for me. I saw nothing from the Dulverton hide where it had been seen recently so ...

First thing today I went to Staines reservoir to see the black-necked grebe and female scaup. It was still freezing but managed to see both ...

At the start of the listing year the brown shrike is back after an absence of two weeks. As it's fairly local, I decided to go straight ...

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...