I had an unexpected first for the garden earlier in the week when I spotted a juvenile Moorhen feeding under one of the bird feeders. It has...

Last Friday,  23/10/2020, I was really pleased to find the German ringed Black-headed Gull (IA141745) had returned to Orrell Water Park. Thi...

A few days ago (26/10/19) I went to feed the Black-headed Gulls at Orrell Water Park to check for ringed birds and one of the first to...

No lotions, potions or squeezing required in this case as the returning Black-heads, as you will have realised, are Black-headed Gulls. I st...

A real dump of snow greeted me first thing this morning and it continued to snow for a good few hours. Some snow had been forecast but I had...

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 good covering of snow first thing this morning so I decided to go out and enjoy it by giving the dogs an early walk. I took my u...

Apologies for the lack of posts in recent weeks but there has been a lot going on on the domestic and family front to say the least. Added t...