The Heirs of Gilbert

Having breakfast on Sunday, I heard a bit of a commotion and then a fine Red Kite drifted low over the garden being half-heartedly mobbed by...

April 2026 was another in a series of unpredictable spring months. Despite the dry and generally sunny conditions, cold winds meant migratio...

Standing water is at a premium in the parish so I always check out the odd place which occasionally holds on to surface or floodwater. One o...

Bird of the month was undoubtedly the first village record of Raven. They have been steadily recolonising the Yorkshire Dales and are seen r...

Full of hope as ever for the new year… Our (small) garden proved surprisingly attractive for birds in the cold weather mid-month. Our son ha...

The end of another year – where does the time go! It has to be said this was not a vintage year for birds in the parish. I only recorded 95 ...