I dug out the tent last week of June and took myself off to Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales, ostensibly to visit a YWT reserve that has been on my 'to visit' list for some time  - ...

There was much excitement amongst local birders when 2 Black Winged Stilts, a rare breeding bird in the UK, turned up at Yorkshire Wildlife Tr...

May, the month that always seems to see the greatest profusion of plant growth in the UK with seemingly new and different flowers sprouting nearly every day. Its difficult to keep up sometimes to be honest but I never tire of spotting the familiar...

May - always a good month for unusual birds passing through and whilst the coast usually turns up most of the interesting stuff, it was within the confines of the York recording area that produced a couple of new birds for me.  I...

The return of Hobbies, surely one of our most eye catching and entertaining falcons, is always eagerly anticipated by birdwatchers in the UK. Wintering in Africa they arrive up here in Yorkshire late April / early May and oft...

Well the Spring is well underway at last and despite not being on top form I seem to have done a half decent job of getting around my local sites. As is sadly becoming the norm at this time of the year, there's lots of chat amongst birders I s...