should never be seen, goes the old adage, indicating that the two colours may clash or indicate Christmas. In the natural world nothin...

 Before getting on to the headline act, there have been a few migrants around the locale this past week. To start,  a nice male Redst...

Its easy to get disillusioned with a local patch when you see reports going    on all around you of spring migrants teaming through. From ou...

 Before the post, apologies for no further mentions of the loss of the Queen. At 96 it shouldn't be such a shock, but it was to a l...

 Another week with no real birding. Still cant get motivated but I am out and about most days seeing whats around locally. Moths ha...

 Since the excitement of the Red throated Pipit things have taken the predicted down turn. This is mainly due to the relentless cold an...

 First bird this morning as I looked out of the kitchen window was the Brambling that had decided not to cross the North Sea just yet. ...