The Heirs of Gilbert

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 ...

Given how poor my 2025 village bird list is then October helped a little with four new species for the year. Best ‘new’ bird was a Great W...

September at last saw a couple of new birds for the year. The first of these was Common Sandpiper, with a bird by Big Bend on the river on t...

August produced the first indications of Autumn with a Green Sandpiper on the river on the 10th. Other waders on the move included Lapwings,...

July proved to be a singularly uninspiring month for birds with the ‘highlight’ being at least two apparently territorial Yellow Wagtails in...