Wanstead Birder

Well this is almost unprecedented. Not since 2017 have I managed 50 blog posts by the end of March. And yet here we are. Antipathy is somewh...

The wind has been a nagging constant, quite biting at times. It has felt distinctly wintery and not at all like spring. Quite sensibly Wheat...

Today would have been my Wheatear day had I been alert enough to actually give Tony my choices at the appointed time. Instead it ended up be...

As I am sure that the whole world knows a Spectacled Eider somehow pitched up in Holland back in January. It was big news, a record of extre...

I think I mentioned recently that I blew my chances in the annual Wanstead Wheatear Sweepstake by failing to turn up to choose my dates at t...

My schedule is finally beginning to free up, I've not yet had a full weekend at home this year. For six weekends I have not been here at...

The trip list topped out at 98, try as we might we could not get to 100. For a whole week that seems somehow sub-standard especially as I am...