Cream Tea Birding

Following another evening beaver walk on Sunday 15th June, I was walking back to my car and heard what sounded like a Night Heron calling at...

Since the excitement of the Night Heron last month, I thought I would do a quick update on the other exciting news and the joys of being a l...

It has been a while since we visited Scilly in the Spring, so we spent a very enjoyable week 3rd - 10th May 2025 with a great week of weathe...

An exciting and very unexpected Night Heron tonight whilst leading an evening beaver walk.  After finding a bird at nearby   Bicton  Botanic...

A nice surprise yesterday after the overnight rain on my local patch! a lovely pink flushed 2CY Little Gull. Also of note for the patch were...

A great morning during the calm and drizzly conditions with the highlights being a group of 4 beautiful Bar-tailed Godwits (including 3 summ...

A surprise last night whilst leading a beaver walk was this lovely Pied Flycatcher along the River Otter. Always a treat to see one on the p...

 More migrants dropping in on the patch in recent days. The highlights being, 5 Pale-bellied Brent Geese with 2 Dark-bellied Brents on the 1...

I am enjoying a good run of Ospreys at the patch this year with 2 birds so far. This bird flew down the Otter Valley and then headed west ov...

A nice surprise this morning on the patch was this drake Green-winged Teal and presumably the same bird from last May HERE and HERE  that h...