Settled weather continued throughout December meaning there were few surprises amongst the bird life. Most interest came from ducks and gulls, with a notable exception being the female pheasant (…

November is usually a settled month here. Migration season is generally all-but over, and birds are settled in to their overwintering areas. This can change if we get any severe weather, but this…

October is a month when the majority of the action takes place in the air. It is peak time for passerine migration, so many birds, in particular thrushes and finches, pass over as they leave their…

September is a busy month for migration and can bring unusual visitors. We certainly saw evidence of migration here, but it was just the expected September birds rather than anything unusual. The…

August has often proved to be the best birding month of the year here, and this August was certainly the best month of the year so far. We saw all of the expected passage migrants, and had a few…

The breeding season winds up through July, and the site now abounds with juvenile birds. As the month goes on the chance of more unusual visitors start to increase as bird migration gets underway…

June here is all about breeding. This means very little bird movement of any distance takes place, so the sightings here are confined to birds that breed on-site or within a few miles of here. The…

The start of May here sees the tail-end of spring migration, but breeding gradually takes over and by the end of the month almost all activities here are breeding-related.

April is often the best birding month of the year here. Although we usually say goodbye to the last of our winter visitors, most of the birds which breed locally return. We also get stop-offs and…

The charm of the chiffchaff lies in its subtlety. It is what it is. Undemonstrative, unpretentious and unassuming, an all encompassing understatement.