Boing boing! I’m all of a bounce despite the awful winter weather we’ve been having. Freezing fields, driving rain, biting winds and local floods - not ...

Main picture: Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) The story so far…last month I reported my progress in trying to see 120 bird species in and around ...

Around 105 bird species may be typically seen in and around Cranleigh during a full year if you try hard enough. And that gave me an idea. What if I could ...

Looking twice reveals a surprise presence - by @Crane_Spotter We are all excited if we receive an unexpected package at Christmas - and most of us get the ...

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 ...