I’d not been to Frampton much this Winter owing to the continuous grey and murky weather we’ve been having and in fact my last trip a month or so ago was so uneventful as to be depressing. Yesterday promised something … Continue reading Frampton at last

I’m lucky enough to be working deep in the heart of Northants Kite country,  on farmland that hosts around 20 pairs of Kites. We regularly have 10 + kites in the treetops around us. I’ve usually got my camera set … Continue reading Kite Tastic….

A few pictures and videos from a few weeks on site at Gib this autumn. Massive thanks to Kev Wilson for the invitation.  Nice view out from the volunteers caravan at Sykes Farm! Wheatear Whinchat Stonechat Redstart Spotted Flycatcher Brambling … Continue reading Gib Point, early autumn bits.

I saw on Twitter that Dave R had seen a couple of Whinchat at Marston so off I went for a look today, not been for a while so the visit was long overdue. I had over an hour looking … Continue reading Marston 2 visits in one day!

Once again have been lucky enough to get to Thailand for our annual holiday. This time for 3 nights in Bangkok followed by 8 in Hua Hin which is a 3-hour drive south of the Thai capital. I am always keen … Continue reading Thailand calling!

Apologies at the start of the blog it will be a lengthy one overladen with images, but hopefully not too much! Some months back I booked myself onto my first ever visit (2 full day tour) to the Farnes with … Continue reading Farne Islands Mid June

Had a free day on Sunday 14th May with my wife going out all day shopping – decided not to join her on this occasion! I needed to take the motorhome out for a run and so thought why not … Continue reading Lincs Coast 14/5/17

Back home, and I checked out the local birding.                                     Tues. The road to Marston from Barkston was closed again and so I diverted through Hough, a little owl was sitting in a tree beside the road giving great views. Marston was … Continue reading Marston,Ancaster

Loving my temporary local patch near Warkworth, Northumbs. Was really pleased to photograph a grasshopper warbler.   Continue reading Gropper

Saturday 29th April 2017. The superb Frampton reserve continues to improve, year on year and can now rival some of the top reserves in the country. Ben Ward and myself decided to have a proper go at a daylist, we … Continue reading Ton Up at RSPB Frampton Marsh

You might see a Nightingale at Whisby NR at the moment hence the post title … Mightingales! My work today was at Lincoln County Hospital and had a start time that allowed me to have an hour or so birding … Continue reading Mightingales!

I didn’t venture far from home this Sunday as had to nip out somewhere with the good lady in the morning and friends from Surrey were calling into see us on the way back from the weekend visiting friends in … Continue reading House Sparrow again!

I try at least once a year to get to ‘Seabird City’ otherwise known as RSPB Bempton Cliffs. I stayed overnight locally in my motorhome for an early start at this wonderful bird watching location. Arriving at about 8.15am I was … Continue reading Bempton Cliffs

Waterwell lane, Ancaster. Yesterday afternoon I had a drive along and noted some good birds. Most significant was a flock of corn buntings containing approximately 35 birds. This was an impressive count for the area, a few pairs breed but … Continue reading Farmland birds joy

Had the chance to once again spend some time staying with my cousin John and his wife Belinda in Los Nietos, Mar Menor, Murcia, Spain the other week. So obviously, my camera gear and bins went along too. I also … Continue reading Murcia again!

Weds. 19th April 2017.  As always, a great day out at this premier site.  I was determined not to call into the visitor centre to check on sightings, instead trying to find as much as I could myself. Starting off at the … Continue reading A day at Frampton Marsh

Marston. 11 April.  I doubt that it will be as good as last year for wagtails as there isn’t a sheep field to pull them in. The first yellow wagtail was seen on the 9th and today I was surprised to find … Continue reading The wags are back

This beauty graced the scrape yesterday. Mostly asleep. Colour-ringed at Dunkirk, Cambs. Awaiting full history data, but so far have learned it spent the previous day at Rutland water. I think it’s a female and was ringed in 2009. No … Continue reading Marston avocet

April 3rd 2017 I’d been hammering Marston for the previous few days, hard work.  One or two swallows, house martins and a pair of wheatears were about the best of it. So today I headed over to Freiston shore for a … Continue reading A lovely daaaaaaaaaaaaay

As the Redpolls, Siskins and Bramblings that have been visiting my garden over the winter begin to disperse I got to snap a few photos of  a nice male Brambling today. I think over the winter we have had 4 … Continue reading Brambling

Tues 28th March 2017 The bluethroat at Willow Tree Fen has to be the most well watched bluethroat in Britain ,I’m surprised it hasn’t got its own tv channel by now. It continues to attract visitors from all over, car park … Continue reading Bluethroat getting more blue..

Had an amazing encounter with a Barn Owl this evening, we sat in the car whilst it hunted the overgrown banks of a stream either side of us , it pounced on something in the grass and eventually flew  away … Continue reading Barn Owl & Long Eared Owl!

The day off work (which included a few jobs) on holiday would mean a possible few hours being able to go out and about, so my jobs done then it was the plan to go off to Willow Tree Fen … Continue reading Few Hours around Southern Lincs

The Willow Tree Fen bluethroat is now a bit more elusive than it was, but is still attracting visitors. The red, white and blue throat feathers look to be moulting out. Hopefully it will stay a while and will look very … Continue reading Moulting bluethroat

Brilliant birds, the crow family, so clever and great to observe. The rooks and jackdaws in our garden have learned how to extract the peanuts from the feeders, it’s hilarious watching them cling on. One of the rooks has a crossed-over beak, similar to … Continue reading Rook appreciation society

I have been tracking the beautiful leucistic buzzard near Hungerton for weeks now. It knows when I’m watching it and flies off when I approach, even at three or four hundred yards. It’s a case of hiding and waiting for it … Continue reading White Buzzard

Our garden is regularly getting 8 possibly more Lesser Redpoll over the last few weeks numbers built up a little over this time period from the odd one or two seen around new year. I think there are more birds … Continue reading Lesser Redpolls & a possible Mealy or 2 too?

I went out to look again at the white (leucistic) buzzard near Hungerton yesterday afternoon. The area was alive with raptors, many red kites and at least 20 buzzards with around 10 on a single bare field, worming. Seven were … Continue reading Strange raptor.please take a look…

Mon 6th Mar 2017 After thrashing my local patch for a few weeks and feeling better following a bout of man flu, it was high time I made a visit to the Wash. It was a decent morning, weather-wise and … Continue reading Full dayer at Freiston shore