Axe Birding

Our plastic friend remains, but I have to say, looked a lot less plastic today! She was a bit of a loner really, feeding in the middle of t...

Only had an hour out this morning, before spending the rest of the day in Exeter. I spent that hour at Blackhole Marsh, where the Wood Sand ...

Yes, althought the rain has been falling virtually all morning - or maybe BECAUSE the rain has been falling all morning - the birding has be...

I popped down Seaton Marshes late morning... yes I didn't go out until late morning, I had a VERY busy and tiring weekend! On the Borrow...

Beer Head this morning was very unbirdable! It was wet, windy and very dull and gloomy - I don't actually know why I bothered going up ...

Blackhole Marsh at high tide today (although a very low one) gave a juvenile Little Ringed Plover , eight Ringed Plovers , 17 Dunlin , five ...

I'm back from a VERY enjoyable ringing course at Chew Valley Lake. What a fantastic site they have up there, lots of private lake side ...

I really am about to go, but thought I should just mention the two Crossbills that flew east over my back garden earlier this morning. Alwa...

Tomorrow morning I will be leaving the patch for a few days, so you won't find any updates on this blog until Monday at the earliest. Be...

I was hoping a morning tour of the local patch would show lots of waders as it is full moon time...but no! A Whimbrel and a few Common Sand...

Thursday night gave me an over-due first for the garden, with my sixth species of Hawkmoth here... Privet Hawkmoth - the largest resident m...

Everything has seemed to have eased back a couple of gears in the bird and moth world over the past few days here. Blackhole Marsh is lookin...

All I had time for today was an evening sweep of the Estuary. As I love Gulls it was well worth it.... for the non Gull-lover it would have ...