Rotherhithe & Beyond

A beautiful day, if not a little quiet on the birding front. Although Black-headed Gulls are now back in town, after the usual few weeks of ...

I might be wrong (that German Long-toed Stint would be appreciated over here), but until the start of return wader passage in late July, we...

You wait an eternity, having previously toyed with the idea of a perhaps a glacial treat in Iceland supplemented by a scoter. And then, just...

I'm currently trying to sort out some stuff for an article in one of the birding journals, and this is involving a bit of musing around ...

Oystercatcher Pheasant Northern Lapwing What with all the rain today, the warm glow of yesterday evening seems a long time ago. I...

Old school mega We've not been short of quality birds so far this year in Britain and Ireland, what with a drake Stejneger's Scot...

This Great Northern Diver bizarrely decided to haul itself out of the water each night and sleep on the beach at Praia da Vitoria. It was r...