One annoying aspect of birding is when you hear an extremely brief distant call - and then silence prevails. What was that?! Chances are you’ll never know. ...

Autumn brings birders hope of a visit from a rarity or scarce visitor on its southerly migration. I go out hopefully, looking in likely spots around our ...

This month brings notable weather changes as the first day of Autumn approaches on the 22nd of September. At this time of year I’m always looking forward to ...

Robin (Erithacus rubecula) Take a good look at the photo here, folks. Guess what it is? Haven’t a clue? Well neither have four in ten people, ...

As The Queen’s platinum jubilee celebrations hit top gear a rather special visitor was giving its own aerial salute to joyful onlookers. The object of ...

Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) Some summer birds that get me rather excited are those I’m fortunate enough to find when they make a brief ...

An early murky morning walk provided a nice surprise when through the grey I saw a large white bird on distant grassland. At first I thought it could be a ...

Goosander (Mergus merganser) After a 900-plus mile drive north from Helsinki and through Lapland we arrived on the Norway border. Soon I was in a place I ...

Slightly smaller than the Crow, the adult Rook (Corvus frugilegus) has a pointed grey bill with pale skin extending to the eye, ‘baggy trousers,’ peaked crown ...

Kingfisher (Green list) Red, red and amber, green, amber, red. Traffic lights! Oh no, not again. We are inundated with them around Cranleigh. What is going ...

Biggest surprise of the year: Wigeon (Anas penelope). Nice change from the Pigeon! Here’s a pair. I never saw mine – just heard them flying over calling at ...

Redwing (Turdus iliacus) The 25th of December seemed to be all around as the snow fell onto the twinkling lights and carols belted out from loudspeakers. ...