Axe Birding

I've had lots of laptop work to do lately, so have had the net up it the front garden quite a bit over the past week. It's been real...

I put my name forward to be a 'guide in a hide' this afternoon for the EDDC. They arranged that each hide had an 'on hand exper...

Had a text from Bun soon after midday, to inform me of an Iceland Gull on the Estuary. So naturally, I went straight to it!! What a cracki...

This morning, I wanted to give the marshes and other Ibis-friendly sites a good look over. Lower Bruckland Ponds, the Estuary, Bridge Marsh...

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...

Today I have inadvertently taken three quite good 'Mystery bird photos'... Name those birds... Well I suppose they are actually qui...

Yesterday Gav refound that pale female Wigeon from Jan 1st . It was on Bridge Marsh - and I can't believe it has been here all this tim...

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...

Still no white-winged Gulls in this part of Devon!! I had several looks along the Estuary today, where five Barwits were the highlight, and ...

Had a bit of time to put a net up in the garden this morning. I caught one bird, which was yet another Blackcap ! This one was a quite dif...

...for birding or blogging! But I have just seen this on the net. Click on this link and scroll half way down to the Robin in Cumbria... ht...

I can only apologies for how quiet this blog has been of late. I have had such little time for birding, and even less time for blogging! An...

I'm sure many of you are wondering why the Axe Estuary has been so quiet lately? No news of any decent gulls, or anything else for that...

An hour at Branscombe this morning revealed virtually nothing on the sea. A few Razorbills and Guillemots were as good as it got for thing...

Just a few snippets of interest to mention from the past few days on patch. On Wednesday a check of the Estuary mid afternoon revealed three...

I thought I better put the birding world at ease... Has Steve Waite suddenly become part Cornish * ? Has his listing streak got the better o...

I will apologise now for the lack of photos in this post. Too busy rushing about to take photos - except for one which may prove rather impo...

After the female Blackcap pictured in my last blog post, although I've seen the odd one in the garden, I have caught no more - I presume...

I've put a second net up in the front garden, only a small 10 footer, but it's strategically placed! It has produced the goods too, ...