My last full week on holiday before going back to work, and an attempt to get a bit of variety in. A trip back to my home town of North Wals...

24th August 2009 As Black Terns are on the move (large numbers at Grafham and Rutland), I decided against a trip to the coast in the hope of...

20-08-09 A leisurely stroll around the NWT reserve, initially in the rain. We managed to find a lone Swallowtail caterpillar , but the wind...

03-08-09 Present and visible for a 5th day (2 originally, 3 this spell), I had somehow managed to be busy for the first four, and was desper...

01-08-09 A tale of what might have been (but ultimately wasn't). Following the recent influx of waders, a trip to Buckenham was in order...

28-07-09 A stroll across the city and around the misnamed Mousehold Woods for butterflies. Birds were scarce, as is always the case here (b...

27-07-09 Yesterday afternoon, the American Golden Plover at Breydon started being reported as a Pacific GP. By now used to this sort of to-i...

w/c 20th July 2009 . Don't mention cuckoos. I was attending a wedding reception Friday night, and did consider whether to go to Salthou...

Shortly I depart for the Latitude Festival, and after that I am in the unfamiliar position of having August off! However, as birding goes, ...

5th July 2009 In stickily hot conditions, me & Adam walked down to Carey's Meadow to look for orchids and butterflies. I managed to ...

28-06-09 Me & Cath went to Cley , partly to enable her to see her first Spoonbill, and partly to try and catch some good returning wader...

20th June 2009 I know, everyone liked the Swallowtail picture, but it's just not a bird is it? I don't really talk about beer that m...

12th June 2009 An after work jaunt down to Carey's Meadow to look for orchids. .

9th-15th May 2009 A great week for birding at the coast (Kentish Plover, Collared Pratincole, Citrine Wagtail etc etc) but not such a great ...

4th May 2009 I managed to catch up with Garden Warbler following a recent mini-influx, one singing in the hedge between gardens and the lit...