The Heirs of Gilbert

Quite a lot of my August was taken up with jury service, a rather grim experience, so getting outside into nature was a welcome relief. Fo...

Pick of the sightings in July was my first Hobby this year, I saw it (unsuccessfully) chasing Sand Martins just downstream of Morton Bridge....

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...