Life, and by that I mean work and a bad back, largely paused birding in the latter half of the month. Whilst my tartan birding notebook records 10 dates, the second half of the month felt like a calm, sometimes birdless seawatch. Two dates relate to non-birding trips; the first a late-morning, 2.5hr walk with […]
Category: January 2022
9th January 2022: A watery romance?
I have fond memories of water pipit. Whether it’s tracking them down at Stoke Water Meadows, near Guildford, to add them to my Surrey list; or trying to and then succeeding finding a passage bird at Tices Meadow on the edge of Farnham. Each time I see one, I am taken back. So I thoroughly […]
5th January 2022: Dawn photography at Grove
The early bird catches the worm. Or when bird finding, the early riser finds the birds. It’s not always the case by any means. But on some mornings the weather, scenery and atmosphere are more than enough to compensate for the rude awakening by an alarm. This morning was one of those occasions, and I […]
2nd January 2022: To twitch or not to twitch?
I am not a fan of twitching these days, which means it’s not often I am faced with the question of whether to ‘go for’ a bird. That said, there are certain situations I will. Today was one of those days. The main reason was to catch-up with a birding mate, Rik. I hadn’t seen […]
1st January 2022: Self-found tick!
New year, new blog, and a new self-found tick! An enjoyable way to start 2022. I’ve been waiting to ‘bump’ into a cattle egret for a while. As I scanned the 8 little egrets on a small pool on Plumpudding Stables, Reculver, the 9th bird was a cattle egret. I’ve not seen one in the […]
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