Axe Birding

I spent an early lunch break photographing the returning Swallows at work, when a line of large birds in the distance way to the north of me...

I enjoyed a couple of hours walking around Axe Cliff this morning, somewhere I haven't been much at all so far this spring.  The overcas...

Wader passage has been really poor so far this spring.  I know we haven't got to the peak period yet, but by this date I would have expe...

Great to see my third Osprey of the spring this morning.  As usual the gulls first alerted me to its presence, just before 09:40 over the lo...

I went from feeling poorly at the end of last-last week, straight into a busy week of work, however have managed to fit a little birding in ...

So my blog title might be a bit over the top, but I have spent the last three days inside with a really nasty sick bug.  Not a good time of ...

The moment I stepped outside this morning, before the sun had even risen, I knew today was going to be a good day.  Clear skies with a cold ...

Well it looks like spring has moved up a notch in the South West over the last day or so, with multiple scarce and rare birds making landfal...

Pleased to be in the right place at the right time when the gulls in town went stir crazy early this afternoon.  I stepped outside to see an...

I had a feeling today's pre-dawn rain shower would do something, and it clearly did as I enjoyed a positively exhilarating few minutes o...

I feel like they were a week or two overdue, but good to finally see Sand Martins today, with at least six over Bridge Marsh this morning. ...

Delighted to see my first Wheatears of 2025 today, with three (two males and a female) at the very north end of Sheep's Marsh this after...

I have missed another two Wheatears over the last few days, however early this afternoon I finally managed to connect with my first proper s...