In an previous post I mentioned how Siskins had started visiting the feeders in my garden much earlier than usual this winter and that the f...

I had planned an early morning ringing session in the top willows but I just couldn't motivate myself when the alarm went off, despite t...

Back to back sessions at Billinge yesterday evening and again this morning produced the goods with a combined total of 106 birds ringed and ...

I finished off the month the way I started it with an evening ringing session at Billinge. I set up the usual 2 nets in what were near perfe...

I went back to the Billinge site this evening with a view to catching some more Swallows at the roost and to see if any House Martins were r...

I have been very busy in one way or another over the last week or so and haven't had the time to post on the blog before now. Today wasn...

A couple of evenings ago I decided to see if I could catch some Linnets at the site near Billinge. There are plenty of juvenile Linnets abou...

The Swallow roost at Scotman's Flash continues to be the focus of our attention. John G went yesterday evening and caught 56 Swallows an...