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...

I only managed a 06:30 start at in the top willows at Billinge but I don't think I missed much as a result, at least I hope not. I set t...

4th July This was a dual purpose evening visit to do a bit of ringing and work on clearing some of the summer's growth from one of the ...

It was back to early starts at Billinge yesterday following a break that had been enforced by wet and windy weather. The first Tree Pipit wa...

Four similar sessions at Billinge on consecutive mornings produced smaller catches than of late. The number of Willow Warblers moving throug...

A somewhat belated post but hopefully still of interest. The new month started much as last month ended with a session at Billinge producing...

Well I didn't have long to wait to find out which way Siskin numbers were going to go as I caught 41 in the garden today, so the simple ...

The only slightly redeeming feature of the current run of mild and miserable weather is that my heating bills are much lower than usual as a...

It has been quite a while since I have done any ringing at the farmland site at Crawford, near Upholland but an afternoon visit a few days a...

The weather has been favourable for ringing over the past few days and the fine conditions with light winds at either end of the day have he...

It has been a week since my last post and I have to say that my efforts over that period have been far more productive and interesting than ...