Sarah had taken her Mum up to Minehead to visit Di for a few days and she was due back mid afternoon on Friday. I had been minding the house and the dogs and catching up with painting a few of my field sketches. At 11.40am a message came through the Hampshire Rarities WhatsApp Group […]
After seeing the Squacco Heron and then dropping off four large framed images for a new restaurant at Durdle Door I decided to try for the Puffins at Dancing Ledge. I parked in Langton Matravers […]
On Friday 24th May, towards the end of a photography 121 at Calshot, news came through of a Squacco Heron found by Mark Francis at Posbrook Floods near Titchfield Haven. This would be only the […]
While out with Sarah in Romsey news came through of a pair of Black-winged Stilts at Pulborough Brooks RSPB reserve 50 miles away in West Sussex […]
Spotted Flycatcher can be a tricky bird to catch up with and so I thought I would make the effort now that a good number of the birds would have arrived from Africa. They are […]
With six White-winged Black Terns and a Bonaparte’s Gull reported at Abberton Reservoir (both are ticks for Aly) we decided to head down to Essex. I can’t remember ever visiting Abberton before and I certainly didn’t recognise the reserve […]
I was due to stay with my sister Aly for a few days birding in early May. A male American Wigeon had turned up on Sunday 28th April and as this was very close to Aly’s house I planned to visit, there was also a Red-crested Pochard at this location […]
