After many years of enjoying seeing birds wherever and whenever, I have become afflicted by a growing concern about lists. Previously it did...

  May, like any month, had its misses. I was hoping to see the escaped White Stork flying over the back garden (probably visible twice dur...

A sprinkling of goodies from the Northern Isles to Northumberland yesterday had me itching to get to the coast so I set my alarm and was up ...

As I was passing I peered over the wall at Alnwickhill today to see my first colour-ringed gull at the site since the probable Norwegian Co...

Had the pleasure of Richard B's company for the first time in many years on Monday. He was up in Edinburgh and stayed over, so we had ar...

This second calendar year Herring Gull caught my eye today at Alnwickhill. Not often I see one of these with such a well-patterned and stri...

Maybe this is too much information, but I got this tick through the bathroom window - a Lesser Whitethroat in song first thing this morning...

Well, that's what it looked like to me. Distinctly darker and duller grey than typical local argenteus Herring Gull , this bird looked ...

Here is a hybrid Carrion x Hooded Crow photographed in Liberton recently. It is probably one of the two individuals seen over the last coup...

A very quick visit to Alnwickhill Water Treatment Works this evening unexpectedly produced a Herring Gull with yellow(ish) legs. Clearly no...