There's one bird guaranteed to quicken the pulse and that's a Goshawk . Here's some rather distant pics from today of a rather s...

 The Venus Pool Green-winged Teal is an unpredictable bird, either skulking out of view or just occasionally showing quite well! Today it wa...

A smart Ruff , first decent wader of the year! Shame it was rooted wandering the middle 'Stump island'. Just one pic will do methink...

 Lady luck shone down on me once more with the Cetti's Warbler calling and showing once more at Whixall Floods! Lucky to get these virt...

With the Cetti's sorted once more, what would be the chances of the Water Pipit appearing? Amazingly it did but I struggled to get dece...

 A Merlin flashing across the path at Whixall Moss today gave me no chance of an image but it was a different story for an obliging Short-ea...

 Another try for the Kumliens Gull proved to be yet another dip with the only decent gulls amongst another huge roost: at least 3 adult Medi...