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181 – Common Scoter 182 – Purple Sandpiper Well, it’s been a long, long time since I photographed more than one new bird in a single birding session, but that’s precisely what happened today. Helen and I are staying in … Continue reading →

Today was my 300th birding excursion. Looking back over my records,  I noted that it’s almost 6 years since I started bird photography in earnest, which equates to approximately one outing per week. Currently, my total of wild birds photographed … Continue reading →

Today I made a return visit to Alkborough Flats in Lincolnshire. I first visited here about a year ago and have meant to come back ever since. The reserve is only about one and a half kilometers away from Blacktoft … Continue reading →

It was Old Moor that I visited today, on a scorching hot day. The temperature was up about 28°C and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. It was only about four weeks ago that we had heavy snow – … Continue reading →

Frampton Marsh, near Boston in Lincolnshire, is easily one of the best RSPB reserves I’ve ever visited, and definitely belongs in my ‘top-triumvirate’ favourite reserves along with Titchwell Marsh and Minsmere. Frampton is about 80 miles away from home for … Continue reading →

It was back to Blacktoft today, for the first time since January 7th. It was a beautiful and sunny, Spring day – easily the nicest weather of the year so far! After all the rotten weather we’ve been having over … Continue reading →

Today I made a much-anticipated return visit to the RSPB’s reserve at Middleton Lakes, near Tamworth in Warwickshire. It was a balmy July afternoon when Helen and I paid our first visit there last year. Conditions were somewhat different today … Continue reading →

It’s been over two years since my last visit to Attenborough Nature Reserve near Nottingham. It was a freezing-cold Wintery day today, with snow still lying on the ground following the ‘Beast from the East’ freezing spell Britain has been … Continue reading →

My secong birding trip in as many days took me back to Old Moor for the first time in about five months. It was good to be back at what I consider to be my ‘home’ reserve. It was a … Continue reading →

179 – Green Winged Teal Helen and I made a short visit to North Cave Wetlands today – our first visit there for about eighteen months. It was a sunny (but windy) February day, so we went wrapped-up warmly against … Continue reading →