September is a month when autumn migration is normally in full swing and even if one species doesn't deliver another usually does. Howev...

The recent cold weather didn't result in any significant increase in birds visiting my garden and perhaps that is because we didn't ...

There was a brief lull in the unsettled weather this morning so I headed up to Billinge to make the most of the calmer conditions. I set 3 n...

Back to back sessions at Billinge yesterday evening and again this morning produced the goods with a combined total of 106 birds ringed and ...

This post is an assortment of things that I have photographed over the last week along with a short summary of recent ringing activities. ...

The forecast for this morning looked quite promising with a band of showers predicted to move through in the early hours and followed by a r...

The 17th produced the best catch of Goldcrests of the autumn so far with 34 being caught in the first couple of hours. There were a few call...

Being up at 5 am has become the norm for me in recent weeks, so much so that I now wake up before the first alarm goes off. The 10th was no ...

I was back at Billinge this morning after being away for a few days helping out at the Spurn Migration Festival . The weather was ideal for...