Soil Hill After a quiet previous week, this week there were a few more notable birds. The highlight of the week was on the 19th when a dista...

Soil Hill Its staggering just how cold it has been this week, given that it's the last week of April. At least two frosts and a constant...

Soil Hill Once again Soil Hill was very steady with no significant arrivals during the week. Overall numbers of Whitethroats and Willow Warb...

With the dissertation coming together I decided to spend my afternoon at Orgreave in the hope of patch-ticking the Greenshank that had been...

Last time on the dayshift for a week now. Once more it began in fog, so I took a power nap. I was awoken to the radio, the message of which...

After our frankly disappointing trip to Old Moor we decided to call in at Potteric Carr. Since we have only ever been to this site once bef...

So today I decided to go on the Sheffield University Birdwatching Society (SUBS) trip to Rother Valley Country Park on the far side of Shef...

Today was another bright and sunny, and hot, day so I decided to make my way to RSPB Arne as it had high recommendation, and my parents wer...