Cock of the Rock

I am reading 'Adventures Among Birds' by W. H. Hudson. First published in 1913 it celebrates its centenary this year. It is remarka...

There have been up to five wintering Short-eared Owls Asio flammeus on a disused pit top in Gedling, Notts over the past couple of weeks a...

Warming to my subject I'll continue.  I grant that there needs to be more than just two species of gull. What of the rare gulls not ment...

When I was very, very young I went through a dodgy period of 'stamp collecting.' It was a worrying time as I became more and more e...

Looked out of the kitchen window this morning to see a single Fieldfare feeding on bits of apple on the snow-covered lawn and five birds in ...

Every birder lists. Any birder that tells you he/she doesn't keep any list at all is being economical with the truth. I know all manner ...

Yesterday we drove over to Beeley Moor in Derbyshire to twitch a long-staying and quite confiding Great Grey Shrike. There had been a light ...