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 ...

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...

A relatively cool start with crisp clear skies gave this morning much more of a autumnal feel for a change. I didn't expect to catch muc...

Just a quick post as I need to get some sleep ahead of another early start tomorrow. Another good session at Billinge produced 59 new birds ...

Today has been a thoroughly nice day. It started with a very brief ringing session in the garden that produced 8 new and 4 retrap Siskins bu...

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 ...

The Waxwing is still here and reports to 'Rare Bird Alert' show how low their numbers are this winter with only 50 reported in the U...