Earlier this month, in a blog post titled 'fatties', I mentioned catching some Goldfinches at Crawford that had significant fat depo...

It was a fantastic autumn for Goldcrests at Billinge and large numbers were ringed even before the big influx of continental birds that came...

I was back at Billinge just after sunrise this morning and the forecast was bob on, a light east to south easterly breeze and full high cl...

Coots are really underrated birds. They move far more than people think because these movements are almost exclusively at night. I ringed GC...