

SUPER SNIPES @ RSPB OLD MOOR
On Saturday I visited Old Moor which is a nature reserve managed by the RSPB in the DearneValley near Barnsley. As well as Old Moor the...


MAGICAL PUFFINS @ FABULOUS FARNE ISLANDS
On Saturday I visited the Farne Islands which are located just a couple of miles off the coast of Northumberland at the village of...


TINY LITTLE RINGED PLOVER CHICKS THE STAR @ TOPHILL LOW NATURE RESERVE
On Saturday I headed east and visited Tophill Low Nature Reserve. Tophill Low is situated off the A164, a couple of miles east of the...


A COLONY OF AVOCETS @ RSPB LEIGHTON MOSS
On Saturday I paid a visit to RSPB Leighton Moss which is a superb nature reserve located at Silverdale in Lancashire on the edge of...


A COMMITTEE OF TERNS @ WASHINGTON WWT
On Saturday I made the trip up the A19 to visit the Wildfowl & Wetland Trust site at Washington a short distance west of Sunderland. WWT...


A FLIGHT OF SWALLOWS @ SPURN POINT
On Tuesday I visited the superb Spurn Point National Nature Reserve which is located off the tip of the coast of East Yorkshire. Spurn is...


WONDROUS WHEATEAR @ RSPB ST AIDANS
I recently visited RSPB St Aidans which is located south east of Leeds and only a couple of miles west of another RSPB reserve, Fairburn...


PUFFINS GALORE @ RSPB BEMPTON CLIFFS
On Friday I visited RSPB Bempton Cliffs which is located a few miles north of Bridlington on the east coast of Yorkshire. The reserve is...


A SWATTING OF FLYCATCHERS @ STRID WOODS
I recently visited Strid Woods which is located just north of Bolton Abbey on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales. To reach Strid Woods you...


Hoopoe makes rare visit to Collingham
I had been to see the rare Rosy Coloured Starling when it stopped off near Collingham earlier in the year and didn't expect there to be...