Return to Tooting

Today I returned to Tooting Common, hoping to get another view of the Ferruginous Duck that has been spending the … More

Reflections

On my recent trip to the London wetland Centre I was struck by the wonderful reflections in the water

Once Bittern, twice…….

First trip of the year to the London wetland Centre in search of wintering Bittern. Although the Eurasian Bittern is … More

A New Year begins

First walk of the year around the Tarn. I was greeted by a very friendly Robin, one of a number … More

Grey day in Gravesend comes good

Yesterday was a grey dull day. Keith and I had planned to meet up in Gravesend for our regular walk … More

Birdlog: Saturday 30th March (2)

Sometimes you are in the right place at the right time to see something that is unusual and which you … More

Birdlog: Blackcaps are back!

Continuing my look back over the 5 years of the blog. This was certainly a highlight for our garden (posted … More

The Blue Tit landing on……

Was videoing the feeder at Bough Beech and managed to extract this set of stills of a Blue Tit landing … More

Pieds and Starts Llandod.

Originally posted on Radnor Bird Blog:
Nice to see the Redstarts and Pied flycatchers raising broods…… 4  lots of each in the…

Deciphering Diets

Originally posted on Roads End Naturalist:
…during reproduction, arguably the most important weeks of a bird’s life, 96% of North American terrestrial…