There had been a large influx of Wood Sandpipers mainly on the east coast including a count of 110 (!!!) at Cley Marshes in Norfolk. The nearest individuals to me were single birds at Langford Lakes in Wiltshire, Pulborough Brooks in West Sussex and Titchfield Haven in Hampshire […]
I headed to Romsey to look for the first returning Osprey of the autumn which had spent the last few days at Fishlake Meadows en-route to its wintering grounds in West Africa. In the past […]
While waiting for an Osprey to appear I spent an hour or so sketching a Great White Egret which had landed directly out from the main viewing screen. There was hardly a second when the […]
Martin, Mark, Dad and I were due to go out birding and as there wasn’t anything obvious to go for and the weather forecast was excellent we decided we would head to Acres Down to try for Honey Buzzard […]
On Friday afternoon Nicola and Adam came down to spend the weekend with us. On Friday evening we cooked a Vegan Curry and spent some time catching up with episodes of The Mighty Boosh. On […]
On Tuesday 18th June an Icterine Warbler was found in the trees around the church in Colemore. News came through the WhatsApp group at 9:21am. I couldn’t go immediately but was finally able to leave […]
On the 2nd June a Whooper Swan was seen downstream from the bridge on the Avon Causeway. On this stretch of the Avon the river provides the border between Hampshire and Dorset. The sighting was reported on the Whatsapp group and caused a ripple of excitement as there have been only seven previous records in the county this century […]
