The breeding season is well and truly over for most birds in this part of the world but for at least one species it is not over yet. I was ...

A few days ago (26/10/19) I went to feed the Black-headed Gulls at Orrell Water Park to check for ringed birds and one of the first to...

I have not had time for blogging over the past few months but I have not totally given up on the idea of reviving it, yet. I hope to post so...

I have been up to the ringing site at Billinge twelve times since 6th April but the catches have been quite small, hence the lack of blog po...

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

I went up to Billinge first thing but there wasn't much doing so I packed up early and went to Crawford to top up the feeders. As I had ...

I had a bit of a lie in today because the forecast was for heavily overcast conditions and little or no breeze that would last throughout mo...