Axe Birding

It's been great to see birds behaving as they should be again today, and where they should be. Wading birds and wildfowl on the river, ...

South easterly winds coupled with rain is exactly what you want to see in the forecast when September comes around. Perfect conditions for ...

Just a couple of snippets of interest from the past few days to tell in today's blog post Friday morning last week saw a slight surpris...

Well I didn't have to wait that long at all!  I ended yesterday's blog post listing some of the easier species I am yet to see thi...

Blimey have we had some rain in the last 48 hours!  And that's lead to some pretty serious flooding in the river valley this afternoon....

I had an early alarm set for this morning, the forecast was promising wind, rain and cloud so I just had to try a sea watch. Up unti...

....but does two? I was very happy to see (and hear) two Swallows with ten Sand Martins over Lower Bruckland Ponds this afternoon.  Th...

The moment of jam came just before 1pm, when I was driving down to the Estuary for a check of the gulls.   Just as I was approaching the ...

And I'll try and keep it as brief as possible... Early morning visits to Black Hole Marsh on Tuesday and Wednesday failed to reveal the ...

It looked very good for sea watching today - well that was until I got down to the sea front at 06:15... A murky sea Although in the photo i...

Or to flip it... Every silver lining has a great big black cloud in it! Yesterday was an excellent day for wader passage, I thoroughly enjoy...

I've been away for a couple of nights - I had a few bird surveys to do near Plymouth (though just over the Cornish border). This morning...

Very cold out and about this morning, with lots of ice about. There was even some on the Estuary... Not an every day sight! I've had a c...

Still no white-wingers, but a bit of cold weather movement has fired me up a little... This afternoon on patch, a nice flock of 12 Gadwall w...

Today has been a day of a bit of everything! Gardening, visits to the local tip, shopping (well Argos anyway!), county recorder work, watch...