The Barley Birder

It has been a very mixed bag this season at the Haven which has not been helped by the very changeable weather. Fortunately Barry is retired...

After what has seemed like an absolute age I finally got my act together and arranged to do a bit of bird ringing over the last few days....

There is an inevitable re-occurring theme with this blog, other than the obvious general birding and ringing one that is, and that is my fas...

I have now found six common nightingale territories in the vicinity of my Botley Wood study area, so I decided that much of the bank holid...

I had a spare couple of hours last night (28th April) and so headed down to Botley Wood with Mark Cutts in the hope of catching my first ...

So here we are at the end of my third full year writing this blog, I hope you have enjoyed its content and would like to thank all those who...

After a couple of days wandering around Botley Wood looking for common nightingales, the aim today was to try and catch some. The plan was ...

With the weather set fair this weekend I was hoping to get in some spring ringing, but unfortunately that didn't happen. Instead I spen...