Goosander (Mergus merganser) After a 900-plus mile drive north from Helsinki and through Lapland we arrived on the Norway border. Soon I was in a place I ...

Slightly smaller than the Crow, the adult Rook (Corvus frugilegus) has a pointed grey bill with pale skin extending to the eye, ‘baggy trousers,’ peaked crown ...

Kingfisher (Green list) Red, red and amber, green, amber, red. Traffic lights! Oh no, not again. We are inundated with them around Cranleigh. What is going ...

Biggest surprise of the year: Wigeon (Anas penelope). Nice change from the Pigeon! Here’s a pair. I never saw mine – just heard them flying over calling at ...

Redwing (Turdus iliacus) The 25th of December seemed to be all around as the snow fell onto the twinkling lights and carols belted out from loudspeakers. ...

Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) As the crowd in the centre of Cranleigh gathered around the war memorial on Remembrance Sunday a stray note suddenly broke ...

Jay searching for food (Garrulus glandarius) I saw this outrageously dressed fella the other day and by the amount of food he was transporting away you’d ...

Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) As the leaves fall and the changing season’s reds, oranges and gold emerge around us I am keeping my eyes peeled for ...

Ring-necked Duck - USA I’ve met folk around Cranleigh who – even before lockdown – rarely ventured beyond its boundaries. A lot of our commuters to the ...

White Stork, (Ciconia ciconia). Impressive glider: Look what conservationists are bringing back The day was hotting up and as I gazed down from my vantage ...

The Osprey searching high above the landscape looking for fish A magnificent bird attracting more media coverage than most others put together was back in ...

‘Fancy meeting you here!’ Rustic Bunting and Little Bunting - in the same Surrey bush, Photo by David Carlsson Have you ever been somewhere hundreds or ...