Saturday March 22nd 2025 an inauspicious date, but arguably the best day for quality birds on the patch in recent times?  Just after 07-30 a...

Gear I use a parabolic reflector with the supplied microphone ( https://www.parabolicmicrophone.co.uk/ ) to collect sounds on to a Tascam ...

Introduction Autumn could be described as the period between the first returning passage migrant after the summer and the departure of the l...

Introduction Spring 2022 (for the purpose of this summary, March, April, and May) saw 109 bird species recorded locally with March (77), Ap...

Introduction 2021 ended with our record highest number of bird species we have ever recorded on the Patch:143. December saw 76 for the month...

Introduction Autumn - which, for the purposes of most of this brief report, is simply from the start of September to the end of November - ...