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Unfortunately since I got back from Scilly I've been stuck working but I did manage to do a couple of hours vis-migging in the garden today HERE . It was actually pretty good with the first significant Woodpigeon movement of the year, plus good numbers of Stock Doves moving and a single Redpoll, Siskin, Reed Bunting, 6
Our new paper, 20 years of Corvo Birding, 2005-2024, with myself, David Monticelli, Vincent Legrand, Pierre-andre Crochet and Paul Dufour is published in the latest issue of Dutch Birding.
I'm a bit behind with uploading published papers from this year so have added our note to Research Gate on the Paddyfield Pipit, a first for Oman that was published in the last issue of Dutch Birding. Full text can be read or downloaded HERE Paddyfield Pipit on Masirah Island,Oman, in November 2025 Next up is our note
Vagrants and scarce migrants are bombarding the east coast with Black-faced Bunting, Isabelline Wheatear, Red-flanked Bluetail and loads more at Spurn yesterday and other vagrants elsewhere along the North sea coastline. Meanwhile round here it's a long way from the action. There have been tens of thousands of Redwings
An exciting result from the latest batch of dissections by Mike Bailey with a Samphire Straw, Aethes bilbaensis, confirmed by Peter Hall and confirmed as a first for Sussex by Colin Pratt. Very pleased indeed. I was feeling a bit left out because the other two main moth trappers on the Peninsula had both hit the jackpo
Sadly today (14th) was my last day on Scilly. This autumn has been a great nostalgic autumn following a visit to Devon and Cornwall in September and this visit to Scilly. It's been great to reminisce. I decided to go rarity hunting onn my last day after a week of social birding and twitching so I set off to the north o
After a morning's birding yesterday with the Selsey crew around St Mary's HERE (highlights included terrible views of both Wryneck and Jack Snipe) I headed off to St.Martin's in the afternoon to meet up with Jaffa. We spent the afternoon birding around Middle Town HERE and then today we explored more of the island HERE
Unfortunately today was a bit of a wash out in the morning and a blow out by the afternoon. However we perservered and did 3.5 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the afternoon around St. Marys with 56 species logged HERE . Sadly no real highlights but a few migrants including Sedge Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Wheatea
I started the day off at Sullivan's Cafe (the greasy spoons portakabin in the Scillonian car park) which I couldn't believe was still there. The Scillonian crossing was pretty lively HERE with highlights including 2 Puffin, 1 Grey Phalarope, 26 European Storm Petrel, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 6 Manx Shearwater, 1000+ Razorbi
I set off this morning at 530am and first stop was Davidstow Airfield where I caught up with Ian, Andrew, Paul and Robb, this week's crew. They had located the Buff-breasted Sandpiper that fortunately was still present. A few other bits there included a Ruff, 4 Ringed Plover, 8 Golden Plover, 4 Lapwing and a Yellow-leg
The journey to Scilly starts early tomorrow so I spent today getting all the work done and getting ready. I managed to get in a bit of a garden birding HERE with highlights being the autumn's first Redwing, a flock of 40 Golden Plover over the fields, a Red Kite over, 4 Chiffchaff, a Blackcap, a Goldcrest, 3 Song Thrus
The Green Party recently declared Zionism racism—a move that has deeply offended pro-Israel supporters and split the party. It's a striking reversal from when I was a member. I once campaigned for Beddington Farmlands and even stood as a Green councillor. Back then, I landed in trouble at a tribunal for allegedly writi
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