Earlier this month, in a blog post titled 'fatties', I mentioned catching some Goldfinches at Crawford that had significant fat depo...

I went up to Billinge first thing but there wasn't much doing so I packed up early and went to Crawford to top up the feeders. As I had ...

I had a bit of a lie in today because the forecast was for heavily overcast conditions and little or no breeze that would last throughout mo...

I hadn't expected to do any ringing today but I had planned to go to the baited site at Crawford in the afternoon to top up the feeders....

The weather has been pretty poor for mist-netting recently and the forecast looks even worse for next week so I decided to make the most of ...

Fog delayed the start of the session and strong sunshine brought it to a close but in the two and a half hours the tall hedgerow provided sh...

I obviously I haven't posted anything on the blog for a couple of months and that has been due to a number of factors, not least two mor...

I don't know what is happening with thrushes and Redwings in particular but there seems to more nocturnal movement than is usual at this...

Another recovery report for a Redwing landed in my inbox yesterday and gives further support to my view that most of the birds that migrate ...

I have not posted anything about my ringing activities recently but I have been quite busy despite the period of unsettled weather. The gard...