The Early Birder

I carried out my WeBS count recently at Redesmere lake and it was good to see the first returning pair of Goldeneye of the winter. It's ...

Snipes Pool is more often than not 'quiet' whenever I stop to have a look at it when I am in Norfolk. Barring the usual Little Egret...

 A visit to Yorkshire where a very obliging Hoopoe had been for a good week was too good an opportunity to turn down. It had been frequentin...

 On one of my many Spring lockdown walks (when we could actually drive to somewhere for a walk) I found a pair of Kestrels. I stayed watchin...

 As I've not been out for a couple of weeks with the camera, I thought I would take a look back at some pictures taken during lockdown. ...

 I was already out with the camera at the weekend when I saw that a juvenile European Shag had shown up inland at a lake in Cheshire, only h...

When you're feeling a bit down I've always found it a big help to go to a place where you feel happy. I'm lucky to have that pla...

 Birds are on the move again. Heading back to wherever they winter and feeding up on the way. I came across quite a number of birds at Picke...