Two days comparatively dry (if cold!) weather allowed a couple of one-mile radius circuits of my patch, resulting in a 'Footit' tota...

Well: no Aurora last night, but if we DO get a display, these are the cause!

Our garden is full of these delightful Winter visitors! Not rare, of course - but still most welcome!

Very enjoyable (if tiring!) evening: great to meet up with Prof Lucie Green again...

Despite the forecast of horizontal ice-cold drizzle, I thought I ought to get out and 'footit': I elected to leave the camera at hom...

Buzzards have been a little thin on the ground around the Heath this Winter, so Linda & I were amazed to see two sitting on a road-side ...

Hmmmmm.... A trip to Exeter Street was a little frustrating: a couple of locals pointed out the 'Waxwings' in a cotoneaster tree - ...

Genuine wild swans (For non-birders: Whoopers & Bewicks from Iceland & Russia respectively!) near Ludham. Notice that they are truly...

A brief lacuna in this winter's dreadful weather suggested a long walk around the patch. First stop was Strumpshaw, where I bumped into...

Linda & I took the traditional New Year's Day stroll around the patch this morning, but were forced back to the pavillion by the win...

Well, my final total for the year was 152 - not bad, considering Ben Lewis only scored 8 more! I didn't register, so this is purely unof...