Today was always going to be too nice to do anything other than get out and make the most of it. I have never known a more eagerly awaited s...

The baited site at Longshaw was the venue for this morning's ringing session. The forecast was for a pleasant spring day with little or ...

I took the day off work as I had to take the dog to the vets before he chewed one of his legs off. He had developed a skin complaint on on...

I went to the ringing site at Longshaw this morning as I thought there could be a bit of finch passage and there should be a few Chiffchaffs...

I met up with John G at 7:00am this morning and we walked up to the ringing site at Longshaw. We had 3 nets up by first light and waited for...

I went to Longshaw with John G this morning hoping for another good catch of Bramblings and Chaffinches. I had been keeping the site well fe...

I am working this Sunday so I took today off instead and also because the weather was looking quite good for ringing. John G is also worki...

I have been putting plenty of seed down at the feeding stations at Longshaw and Haigh during the week and made some additional feeders to en...

I went ringing at the baited sites at Haigh and Longshaw over the weekend. Haigh produced 41 new birds and 24 retraps. Chaffinch numbers h...

My heart sank when mist and fog were forecast for this morning and sank further still when I got up at 05:50 to find the forecast was correc...

The forecast for Saturday was for wall to wall sunshine after a frosty start and very light winds so I decided to give Longshaw a try. I had...