A week spent in Bulgaria, near the Black sea coast and Romanian border. My three birding targets were Paddyfield Warbler, Pied Wheatear, and Yelkouan Shearwater. I saw the Warbler, and the Wheatear…

Just back from 6 days in Ontario, the region west of Toronto, with daughter Ellie. Was probably a birding trip that wouldn’t really work if you regularly twitch American wildfowl and winter s…

Grey Partridge, in a covey of 9 birds, quite unusual locally. Get on fine, as the song goes. By the House Martin’s no less! Now I doubt many birders have good things to say when it comes to B…

Two weeks in Costa Rica exploring a wide range of habitats, right at the end of the rainy season. In addition to the many Costa Rican specialities, all of which would be new to me, I had the added …

Watched quite a good number of waders coming into Keyhaven at high tide this morning. Initially the lagoon, and adjacent Fishtail lagoon were pretty quiet with just 2 Little Stints, and it was only…

Two days at Portland Bill were quite difficult going. Not much in the way of migrants, aside from Wheatear, Blackcap, Chiff-chaffs, and a steady stream of Swallows passing thru. Moth trap told a si…

A while since I have visited Portland Bill, so after my overnight moth trap I took a walk to the Bird Observatory via a nice footpath thru horse paddocks, and then explored Tout quarry. The previou…

Feathered Brindle was the highlight of a moth trap at Portland on the night of 19th September, 2025. A moth restricted to the South coast, Portland in particular dominating the sightings of this sp…

An enjoyable morning around Pennington Marshes, with plenty of migration taking place over the marshes, Hundreds of Swallows, and Sand Martins along with a few House Martins and a couple of Swifts …

An enjoyable week flying into Thessaloniki, spending 3 days round Lake Kerkini, then 3 days in the Pirin National Park in Bulgaria. Accomodation worked well with vey rural / edge of village AirBnB&…

Petty Whin, New Forest Global birding big day, May 10th. I decided to repeat my 100 in a day route, with a couple of improvements to the route and maybe go for 110! Started on a positive with Stone…

I was looking forward to reviewing a Zeiss product I purchased a few months ago. But instead, I found myself on Birdforum reading more right wing hate. Birdforum, a site sponsored by Zeiss, and hea…

My previous attempts to see 100 bird species in a day have involved starting at Keyhaven/Pennington marshes, then if the 100 target looks likely, heading to New Forest and farmland to get over the …

I previously dabbled with Merlin bird song recognition on my phone, but it was a bit of a jumble of cables when out in the field (or just using the phone’s microphone which does surprisingly …

Batscanner stereo detector It’s been a good many years since I sold my pettersson d230 FD/heterodyne bat detector in favour of detectors capable of recording time expansion, and usb microphon…

Adder basking in Sunshine, deep within a bramble bush Been a quiet start to the year, with very few wildlife sightings, and even fewer days out! However, the spring sunshine prompted me to go to ou…

The water supplier is currently working to solve the problem.

Two very enjoyable weeks birding in the Western Cape area of South Africa. A couple of days in the Cape Town area, followed by Hermanus / Stanford. Then I moved up to Paarl/Karoo region, before fin…