(Pictured Above: A House Martin feeding its young) I was sawing off a few more branches to donate to this year’s Cranleigh bonfire when I looked up and saw ...

Siberian Accentor With winter approaching, many bird species have been escaping the bitter north and relocating in recent weeks. That’s usual. However ...

European Bee-eaters Birders are listless again when the bells sound out at midnight on a New Year’s Eve. Many have kept a list of every bird they have ...

Water Rail, close up Liquid sewage effluent in ‘our’ river, plus the lack of fish, have been in the local news lately. It has been good to see villagers ...

Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) male Shall I or shan’t I? For years I’ve been debating about whether it is time to give the one and only rhododendron in the ...

Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) male A bird has been giving me ‘a bit of gyp’ over recent months. The Crossbill. Or to give its full name, Common ...

Eurasian Blackcap, female (Sylvia atricapilla) The last few weeks have, as usual, been one of the most exciting times in the birding calendar. Summer ...

Woodcock on a search for food This month, weather permitting, provides probably the last chance of the season to witness one of the magical moments in UK ...

Red Kite (Milvus milvus) One of our lookouts is the first to see them: ‘Hey, there’s three mysterious figures in the distance – and they are coming our ...

Hobby (Falco subbuteo) It’s ‘eyes to the skies’ time a bit more frequently than usual this month. That’s because as some of our summer visitors begin to ...