The Barley Birder

Saturday 14th February This weekend has been fairly hectic for me. It started with a low tide wader count on a part of Portsmouth Harbour S...

It was very much a weekend of two halves last weekend, on Saturday the weather was wet and windy, whereas as Sunday was mainly overcast and ...

The wind over the last couple of days has been getting steadily stronger, and the blustery conditions have made it much more difficult to f...

After the success of last weekend, this morning Rob and I headed back to Manor Farm Country Park for some more ringing. Our plan was to tr...

It has been a bit of a milestone for me this week in that I celebrated my 50th birthday, as a result much of my time has been spent on so...

It was an absolutely glorious start to the day this morning, and well worth the pre-dawn start.  We had arrived on site at 6:30 with the ai...

For the second time this weekend I was up at 5 am, this morning though it was for bird ringing rather than twitching. The plan was to visi...

There is no better sound than that of the sound of spring, and the start of the dawn chorus. Blackbirds, song thrushes and robins are usua...

Another lull in the weather combined with a day off, and yep you've guessed it back to Manor Farm for a spot of bird ringing. But not on...

A combination of a busy social calendar and short days has meant I have had little time for birding and blogging activities, and to be hone...