I hadn't expected to do any ringing today but I had planned to go to the baited site at Crawford in the afternoon to top up the feeders....

The 3rd and 4th may have been a bit windy but I managed to find enough shelter in some of the net rides on the east side of the site at Bil...

With the showery conditions of the last few days moving away there was an opportunity to get out to Billinge this morning. The session was b...

The drop in Siskin numbers that I commented on at the end of my last post was short lived and the number visiting the feeders in the garden ...

I haven't had any more Yellow-browed Warblers or dodgy Redpolls but it has been a very productive week. I have managed to get out on 5 m...

The number of Waxwings continues to decline each day. The birds have been piling on weight and the weather has been generally favourable for...

Waxwing numbers have continued to decline as more birds have reached the desired weight for migration. This seems to be around 75g judging b...

On Wednesday (17th) there were still at least 200 Waxwings but I didn't manage to get more accurate count before I had to head off to w...