birding never sleeps

Saturday 8 February.   With the rain pounding on our roof at 07:00 it was tempting not to get up at all - even going down to the river seeme...

Sunday 2 February.  A day in West Sussex with John King.  We started at Greatham B ridge (Marsh Harrier but no shrike) and moved on to Petw...

Sunday 26 January .  Megan and I walked from Widewater around Brooklands and back, mostly in the rain. Unsurprisingly little was seen.   On ...

The Swallow was flying around Newick Sewage Works between 08:30-09:00 when John King and I called in on our way to Ashdown Forest.  Also a G...

18 January.  Most of the day in East Sussex with John King.  We started at Newhaven Tidemills at 08:00, visited Splash Point, West Rise Mash...

Megan and I walked from South Hill Barn down to Cuckmere Haven enjoying the classic view of the Seven Sisters, Birling Gap and Belle Tout Li...

11 January .  I cycled down to Shoreham Fort, keen to see the Glaucous Gull that John Cooper had found earlier in the week, but after an hou...