Lucky for some

Firstly, thanks to everyone who said nice things about the news I shared yesterday: I very much appreciate your generosity and all-round niceness! After all that excitement I was keen to get back to normal invertebrate service today, but what … Continued

Confident

I went to Farmoor today, where the birding was pretty poor, to be honest, but I had a highly enjoyable time anyway. Had I not ducked out yesterday because of the forecast rain, I might have seen an Arctic Skua … Continued

Willowy

This morning’s internal debate went something like this: Draycote Water? Ferruginous Duck and Black-necked Grebe; huge area, so not necessarily good for photos, but lots of easy walking; car park; coffee; nearly an hour away, and quite often frustrating… Grafton … Continued