Waterbird Wednesday week 9 - Dunlin
The Dunlin (Calidris alpina) is a very familiar wader to most people. It breeds in small numbers in the north west of the UK, with a...
Waterbird Wednesday week 8 - Little Egret
The Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) is now a relatively common species across the UK, despite first successfully breeding here as...
Lindisfarne: days 3, 4&5
After watching the Pink-footed Geese going into their roost at Budle Bay on Tuesday night (more information here) I was very excited to...
Waterbird Wednesday week 7 - Pink-footed Goose
The Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) is a winter visitor to the UK which breeds in Iceland, Svalbard and Greenland. They are a...
Lindisfarne: days 1&2
This half term, my family are staying 6 nights in a small cottage on the Northumberland coast. One of several small stone buildings, it...
A night in Nottingham
On Saturday, I left Northumberland with my family to visit my grandpa in Nottingham. The journey went quickly without many bird spots -...
Waterbird Wednesday week 6 - Common Sandpiper
The Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) is mainly a summer visitor to the UK, with a breeding population of around 15'000 pairs. Less...
Working in the woods
Beside my house, there is a small patch of woodland with a small stream running through it. It follows the stream for about 400m, and is...
Waterbird Wednesday week 5 - Common Gull
The Common Gull (Larus canus) is, despite it's name, not the most common gull in the UK. They are, however, commonly seen in the winter,...
#BigGardenBirdwatch 2018
This weekend is the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, a nationwide event where hundreds of thousands of people (half a million in 2017!) count...
