Eurasian Dotterel…

Following an already successful morning down the road at Leasowe Lighthouse with the putative 'Iberian' Wagtail, which if accepted by the higher powers would be the 2nd for Britain. It was a quick dash across the boarder to North Wales in an attempt to connect with a lingering flock of Eurasian Dotterel on the Great …

Liverpool: Iceland Gull

A series of shots from Sefton Park, Liverpool of a 2nd winter Iceland Gull that has become a regular sight around the parks main lake. Not my first Iceland Gull of the year, most of my visits to Warrington since late January have proved successful, in connecting with the towns returning Iceland Gull.

Ivory Gull…

Turn back the clocks to the 23rd of January and in the town of Stranraer at the southern point of Loch Ryan, Dumfries and Galloway, an adult Ivory Gull was found exhausted in a garden. The monotypic species is the only member of the genus Pagophila that originates from in the high Arctic where it …

Red-neck birding!

Following trips to Spain and Brazil (posts to come) earlier in the year, the British Year List was somewhat neglected and behind compared others in which I am having a year listing competition with. The latest additions to the 2019 list consist of a worthwhile trip up to Warrington, Cheshire for Iceland Gull and Bohemian …

Anglesey: Reaching milestones!

After a few days in hospital, I was glad to be back out on my feet and in the field. Currently a Common Loon has taken up residency at West Kirby, whilst a recent WeBS produced a handful of Purple Sandpiper at New Brighton. Elsewhere, Britain and Ireland's 9th Royal Tern showed it's self at …

Great Northern Diver…

Back on home turf today, so it'd rude not to drop by the marine lake at West Kirby for the Great Northern Diver on site. A description species to the waters of the Wirral peninsula, one mostly encountered off North Wirral in Liverpool Bay, though every so often inland records do occour in West Kirby …

Little bird, big deal!!!

We've all had it, going through the records and finding species we could have if we started off a year or so before we got in the game. For me growing up in the north west, that ranged from the likes of Caspian Tern, Blue-winged Teal, Lesser Yellowlegs, Western Sandpiper, Ross's Gull, White-tailed Lapwing and …

Pied Wheatear: Or is it?

A quiet evening in was disturbed when images emerged on twitter of a 1st winter male Pied Wheatear on the seawall of Meols, Cheshire! A first for the county and the first BBRC Wheatear sp. to occur on the Wirral peninsula following multiple Desert Wheatear in Lancashire and North Wales. Given it was a county …

Home sweet home…

Following my talk at Bangor Bird Club 'Cornell - The American Dream', I did plan to head straight back up to Carlisle for Uni. However, as the trains where offline I had to re-book for the evening which meant I had a day to kill, and where else better than my old patch - RSPB …

Bogey-bird no more!

Having nailed pretty much the last of my long lasting bogey-birds over the last year and a half, over the moon to pin down the last one, Gull-billed Tern. A species which I've dipped 4 times in the last 5 years, which most frustratingly has included the last several records for my home county, Cheshire. …