The Heirs of Gilbert

The highlights in September included two cracking additions to the parish moth list. Unfortunately, neither were in my moth trap… The firs...

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...