With a two week holiday in Norfolk we tried to plan where we would go in those two weeks. Should we go to Titchwell or not ? See why...

This adaptation of Shakespeare’s phrase from ‘As you like it’ sums up the conditions in the Outer Hebrides this May. It was 7.30 in the morning as Keith and I sat in the queue of vehicles waiting to board the Caledonian Macbrayne ferry from Oban to Barra.

It’s amazing how many times you hear this when you are a bird watcher.

Those of you old enough to recognise the advert from which the title comes will realise that the Nottingham RSPB weekend this year was to Somerset, centred on Weston-Super-Mare. A record number of members climbed aboard the coach and, with Jim in the driving seat, headed south west.

The results of the Big Garden Bird Watch are out!

A Long-tailed Tit! Perfect.  Not only good to look at but a true fighter.

Showing the variety of species at Strumpshaw

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Carl writes about his start in birdwatching

This was the fervent hope of 40 members