March is always an interesting month here as it sees the start of the spring migration period. Short distance migrants can start to appear in early March, with the first birds from sub-Saharan…

February is usually a calm-before-the-storm, the last quiet month of winter before migration season kicks off in March. Although we didn’t have any rare birds, our regular winter visitors often…

January is typically a quiet month here with few surprises, though our regular winter birds still put on a good show for most of the month.

In the middle of winter birds don’t tend to move any great distance, which means we don’t often get any unusual birds here. The exception to this can be during a very cold spell, when birds may…

November, like most months of winter, is usually a settled time for birds unless there is a period of severe weather. This year the month was fairly mild throughout, so we saw little movement…

Nationally, October is probably the month of the year when more rare birds are seen than any other. This is largely due to vagrant birds turning up around the coast though, and a small inland site…

September here is a month of change. It is prime time for arrival of winter visitors, but also sees the last of our summer visitors depart. This means that the birdlife here at the end of the…

August is invariably a good month for birds here. A good selection of warblers is guaranteed, and flycatchers usually appear towards the end of the month. With migration going on throughout august…

July is usually a good month here as passerine migration gets underway, and the wide range of trees and bushes on site provide ideal habitat for birds to stop off to feed up. Warblers are…

June is probably the most predictable birding month of the year here. Our breeding birds are generally easy to see, we get sporadic visits from other birds which breed within a few miles of here,…