A four-day trip south to Maidenhead was enjoyable, relaxing and bird-filled. The numbers of both Red Kites and Ring-necked Parakeets seem to...

A walk around Virginia Water and lunch at Savill Gardens gave Linda, M-I-L Mary and I lots more views of Kites, Parakeets and Buzzards. No ...

Being in the area and fancying a pre-prandial stroll, I drove the short distance to Bray, where a Ring-necked Duck has been present for a f...

With much gratitude to Jimi and Marsha (who allegedly first released a pair into the wilds of west London!) Linda, Mum-in-Law and I waited p...

The Moon and the giant star Aldebaran came close together in the east just after sunset... At 6.50ish the Moon occulted Aldebaran, re-emergi...

As I mentioned, I was keen to try for a photo of the elusive Sibe Chiffy, so I arrived at the Fen nice and early: Ben mentioned that the riv...

Having read Ben's blog, I now realise that Brian and I both heard and glimpsed the Siberian Chiffchaff in the tangled scrub by the sluic...

Last chance for Brian T and I to get out together before Christmas so (despite the high winds and constant threat of rain) we took a walk a...

Quite a bright Aurora tonight! Drove to Hemblington Church on top of the Heath for dark horizons: the photos were taken on a monopod at 26,5...