Late Night, Late Start, Useful Gen

Sampling the heady nightlife of Knott End on Thursday evening meant an early start for ringing was unlikely this morning, and in fact I arr...

Chilly Ringing

A Jack Frost morning saw me return to Rawcliffe Moss after yesterday spotting a good number of Reed Buntings feeding on wheat spillage near...

In Them Thar Hills

Andy and I made an early start to a ringing session in the uplands near Oakenclogh - 0730 to be precise. There’d been a good number of fin...

Bacon Butties

Don’t worry, you didn’t press the wrong button. This is "" but with one more culinary reference. Regular readers will know that me...

More King Harrys

We just seem to carry on catching finches in Will’s garden. Today we passed 75 new Goldfinch for the year, with during that period a handful...

Siskins, Sun and Sarnies

That was the order of appearance this morning when we returned to Will’s for a ringing session. The roads were a little dicey this morning w...

Fly Or Drive

Freezing fog and overnight ice stopped me joining the other lads at Rossall where they were going for another Turnstone catch this morning -...