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On Thursday of last week Helen and I travelled up to Northumberland for a long weekend. We love visiting the Farne Islands on the boat trips and walking along the beaches photographing the castles. I normally blog on the day … Continue reading →

It’s been nearly a fortnight since I was last able to get out birding. However, I was able to fit in a quick visit to North Cave today on what was also about the first dry, sunny day we’ve had in a … Continue reading →

173 – Lesser Whitethroat Another day, another new bird…this time a beautiful Lesser Whitethroat. I went to a brand new location today – Gibraltar Point NNR near Skegness in Lincolnshire. It was a bright day when I arrived at the … Continue reading →

On the day of the EU Referendum I decided to escape to Blacktoft Sands to take my mind of the issues involved; frankly I’ll be glad not to hear about it any more once it’s all over and done with! … Continue reading →

Wow – what a day! Helen and I went to Bempton Cliffs today and we got some great pics between us. We’d begun the day by looking at the weather forecast for several of our favourite reserves. As Bempton was … Continue reading →

I went to Old Moor today for the first time in over two and a half weeks, and a full week since my last birding trip anywhere else. I was actually in two minds about going to Old Moor – … Continue reading →

I went up to the Loch of Kinnordy for an hour this afternoon. It was a sunny day and there were lots of birds singing in the trees on the reserve. I first went into Gullery Hide where I watched … Continue reading →

I had two short birding experiences, on a very hot and sunny day today – Bridge of Dun near Montrose Basin in the morning and up my favourite Scottish Glen – Glen Doll this afternoon. I had gone specifically to … Continue reading →

172 – Tree Pipit Well, following on from my last post, it was Fowlsheugh that I visited next during my current Scottish holiday. It was a glorious sunny day when I left Forfar to drive the forty or so miles … Continue reading →

I’m up in Scotland at the moment, visiting my mum in Forfar. When I’m up here I always try to fit in some Birding at the local RSPB reserves. It was a lovely afternoon today so I decided to visit … Continue reading →