Axe Birding

Well I was quite content with my couple of hours of birding in my Patchwork Challenge patch this morning...   I'd seen good numbers of w...

Well I wasn't expecting that! Spent a lovely evening at Black Hole Marsh last night. And it started really well as a Wood Sandpiper was ...

As the title suggests it has been a good few days!   We have been blessed with good wading bird numbers over the last week or so on the Axe,...

Following the absolutely epic day of seawatching in Cornwall in early August, I knew I had to return to normal birding expectations as soon ...

It's certainly not that I haven't wanted to go for a seawatch in Cornwall, but on at least one day in each of the last eight plus ye...

Absolutely thrilled to cash in on a real rarity on the Axe patch in recent years, some skua passage! This spring was a complete non-starter ...

Am pleased to say the three Avocet chicks are doing well.  The parents are still proving absolute heros and now the chicks are considerably ...

We have been hiding a little secret!  Well two fairly sizeable black and white ones to be more accurate... And then there were four!  Hatche...

Yesterday was forecasted to be the last day of sun, so I was keen to finally get out and do some proper dragonflying!  I can't tell you ...

Bird-wise, June hasn't been as quiet as it often can be.  Three year-ticks in the first half of the sixth month certainly isn't to b...