I’ve had a very busy 24 hours! Last night I went on the SBSG nightjar walk at Wharncliffe Heath. It was a beautiful evening and should have been perfect for spotting the nightjars, but sadly the assembled group had to make do with an eventual brief...

On Friday, after work, I had a walk up to a site near High Bradfield to see if I could find a grasshopper warbler that had been reported there on the SBSG site. Sadly no signs of it, but I did get a pair of stonechats, several curlews including a...

I had a trip to Potteric today, and finally picked up one the black-necked grebes, which was proudly showing off one of its youngsters. A great bird I’ve never seen in summer plumage. Elsewhere there were two little egrets on Loversall Pool… …plus...

Sorry it’s taken me so long to post this, I just wanted to post these online a bit to check my ID… I had a bit of a yomp round the patch on Sunday, and extended the usual walk through Beacon Wood. The recent downpours had left the paths very muddy,...

This weekend we’ve been up to Northumberland. A fantastic time was had and for once I’ll let the pictures do the talking. (unfortunately the best view we got!)