28th December 2010 Firstly I would like to thank everyone who took part in the Lesser White-fronted Goose poll. The poll attracted 22 votes ...

A big thank you to everyone who reads and/or contributes to my blog! I'd probably do it anyway, but it is nice to think that somebody ou...

22nd December 2010 . Adam had the day off work so we agreed to get the train to Cantley and have a look at the Lesser White-front. I may on ...

21st December 2010 With the Wensum frozen over (for the first time since 1987 according to the EDP), I didn't hold out much hope for a p...

18th December 2010 . With more snow overnight I contented myself with a walk around the Golden Triangle, finding three Waxwings , a Fieldfar...

11th December 2010 I sniffed and sneezed my way around Whitlingham on Saturday, still trying to see two more species to get me up to my year...

4th December 2010 With snow still on the ground I had initially planned to stay in the city over the weekend, but a Hume's Warbler at We...

Apologies if you have been diverted here looking for the Yorkshire page of the Lonely Planet guide. 27th November 2010 Having spent the week...

21st November 2010 After a trip to Cley Spy and lunch at the Three Swallows (Highly recommended. Has anyone tried the Wild Boar, Turkey, Ha...

20th November 2010 Waking up to a drearie and foggy day I decided to spend a bit of time in the cemetery rather than go further afield. In ...

14th November 2010 A drizzly walk around Whitlingham on Sunday. For the first time in many weekend visits there was no boating, and as a re...

Trawling through some old posts I noticed an interesting comment from this month about the small hybrid goose that periodically turns up at ...

13th November 2010 Ever since I first went birding as a seven year old I have had a mental list of birds ("in my head" rather than...

7th November 2010 Birding during the week is now down to about 15 minutes of light in the morning, enough to confirm that Waxwings are every...

29th October 2010 Following a night at Norwich Beer Festival the morning was a write-off, and it was agreed that we would go out only if wal...