Yesterday I met John at first light at Seaton Point to see if any migrants had been grounding in the overnight rain. The wind was a light S...

 On Friday morning  I was back out for a couple of hours seawatching but what a difference a day makes. After yesterdays masses of birds, to...

 Of Autumn that is. We used to begin our county Winter Atlas surveys after 13th November so I always think of that date as the end of ...

 As dusk fell on Tuesday night news was released that a nice first winter male Pied Wheatear had been found at Whitley B...

 While the southern half of the country is awash with rare subtropical migrant moths things are more sedate up in the far north east of...

 All seems to have gone into a bit of an anti-climax after all of the excitement of last week. Last Thursday seems to have vanished on ...

 How badly does missing out on seeing a rare bird affect you? Some 'casual' ( ehherm) birders recently on social media have lamented...

  For a change a post about a moth. And what a moth it is too. This is the Merveille du Jour Griposia aprilina, with two ...

Popped down to Boulmer yesterday morning for a few hours, but before that I must have a comment.  If any readers followed the threads on Twi...

 Hi, apologies for the dearth of blog posts over the last few weeks. I began one about 2 weeks ago and never got it finished due to one thin...