28th August 2013 I managed to to get to Northrepps for a quick look at the possible Italian Sparrow that was noticed a couple of weeks ...

24th/25th August 2013 Whilst staying at the in-laws we put the moth trap out (until a torrential shower!). We caught large numbers of Wil...

24th August 2013 As the East Coast Truckers were assembling along the ring road on Sunday, I went down to Whitlingham on Saturday morni...

21st August 2013 Having been too busy to go Clouded Yellow hunting earlier in the month I was particularly keen to get to Thorpe Marsh wh...

Mid August 2013 I'm now back from the Lake District - if you are interested you can see some of the wildlife highlights over at Birds...

7th August 2013 I braved the summer crowds for an afternoon walk at Whitlingham. This year has seen something of an influx of Clouded Yel...

4th August 2013 Time for our annual visit to Warham Camp, where despite the blustery conditions thousands of Chalkhill Blues were on the ...

Late July 2013 With my wedding fast approaching (along with a house move and new job) updates may be sporadic over the summer, for whic...

21st July 2013 I tend to avoid Whitlingham at weekends when it gets hot, but there was no avoiding it today as I had the WeBS count to ...

Earlier this week I got to examine a trap of moths caught in a garden in Barton Turf. Most of them were straightforward (and included a Ghos...

7th July 2013 Last year we made three attempts to see this particular plant. The first two occasions we failed to find the only place i...

30th June 2013 A rather typical mid-summer visit to Whitlingham, hot, lots of people and not that many birds. In fact the most interest...

29th June 2013 I have rather neglected the Thorpe side of my patch this spring, so I decided to have a walk down to Thorpe Marsh today....

27th June 2013 A day off, nominally to go to the Norfolk show, saw Cathy & I instead head off to Hickling. We were mainly looking for...

22nd June 2013 An overcast mid-summers day did not is not usually a great day for a Whitlingham visit, but it was WeBS weekend and Sund...