My alpine plant activities took me to Blackpool for a national show. I'm normally tied up all day officiating etc but I had an hour or t...

Monday continued the theme of good birds showing off with a brief afternoon visit to Priorslee lake. The 1st winter Glaucous Gull was as cl...

This was one of those days when the birds just seemed to perform at will and a brief stop at Venus Pool was rewarded by pretty amazing views...

Finally got to Bircher Common (only a Shrike's flight from Shropshire!) All the Whixall demons were exorcised and a Great Grey Shrike b...

I've never managed yet to get to Gigrin farm, much preferring the challenge and completely unexpected nature of finding Red Kites whilst...

Opportunities for bird photography have been limited of late - either I've been busy or the birds have been doing disappearing acts! Tod...

The opportunity of a weekend down in Devon plus B&B with friends was too good to miss - it was my birthday too! The long staying Penduli...