Well I am still here, for the time being at least, and my study Starlings seem too be doing particularly well. My RAS season started on 21st...

Another 2 disappointing visits to the site at Billinge but at least the garden is producing better than expected results. Billinge 12th Se...

It has taken a while, and much longer than I would have liked, but I have finally got round to posting on the blog again. I am not one for m...

The first juvenile Starling caught for ringing this morning was the 100th of this season and it was quickly followed by another 24. Produ...

Apologies for the lack of posts recently but I have been busy with one thing or another and there has not been a great deal of interest to r...

It has been very quiet at Billinge over the last week and 4 visits (22nd, 24th, 25th & 28th) only resulted in a combined total of 7 bird...

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 ...