The Early Birder

Early mornings in the Goyt Valley have been stunning this year. So many weekends have started in full sunshine, no cloud cover and no rain. ...

Just a few weeks after adding the Woodchat Shrike to my UK life list, I managed to add another lifer last weekend, in the form of a Marsh Wa...

Well, these beauties have been back here for the last couple of months, and in fact they are now feeding their fledged young (look out for s...

Last week, I made an after work dash to go and see a rare visitor to these shores, and an even rarer visitor to Cheshire. A stunning male Wo...

It's that time of year, when I get a bit twitchy and excited about what might be turning up nearby. Each year my search for migrants get...

Cattle Egrets used to a real rarity in this country. They're probably still the rarest of the Egrets, but like the Little and Great Whit...

A goal of mine was reached in October last year, and that was to attract a Nuthatch to my garden feeder. I've had feeders for an awfully...

A cold and very grey morning at Sheringham saw me checking the rocks at high tide for the winter visiting Purple Sandpipers. Two had been re...

There was a Great White Egret at Redesmere a few winters ago, but it was a bit hit and miss whether you'd see it or not, and it would qu...

Just a few weeks back when I carried out one of my monthly water bird counts for the BTO I made the comment that hopefully something good wi...