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23.10.2025
Met up with Marc Read this morning at dawn to give East Head and Snowhill Marsh area a bash. Turned out to be our most successful day of th...
21.10.2025
I've heard back from Magnus Robb on the first-winter (presumed male) Rustic Bunting I had on 12th October on Cape Kaliakra. I saw the bird w...
20.10.2025
After the late night return flight on Thursday it was straight into work on Friday in London and then I've spent the weekend catching up wit...
19.10.2025
I had the moth trap on most nights and there was quite an interesting selection of late autumn insects. There were also quite a few butterfl...
17.10.2025
As standard I started the day off at Cape Kaliakra- the Pallas's Warbler was in the same place as yesterday but otherwise there are just les...
16.10.2025
The northeast wind resumed yesterday and migration was turned off like a tap. You would hardly believe that Cape Kaliakra is the same place ...
15.10.2025
What a fantastic day. As usual I started off at Cape Kaliakra before light and made my way to the tip before walking back, checking out the ...
13.10.2025
Today at Cape Kaliakra was totally epic but turned out a bit frustrating. I witnessed one of the biggest falls I've ever seen (or never seen...
12.10.2025
A cold front moved in overnight and the day dawned overcast with rain with a northwest wind. I quickly did the moths as I was eager to get t...
11.10.2025
My flight was delayed yesterday so I had to overnight in Varna but it may have been fortuitous as on the drive to Kamen Bryag this morning t...
09.10.2025
The last couple of days have been work days but I managed to get a garden birding session in this morning which was interesting, migrant lis...
07.10.2025
It was a clear and calm morning with a light northwest breeze with a late morning high tide so I headed over to East Side for just after daw...
06.10.2025
It's been a stormy weekend with Storm Amy (Ex-Humberto) moving to the north and bringing a strong westerly airflow. I tried a bit of seawatc...
04.10.2025
I knew it would be dangerous doing a family/work trip in late September but I couldn't get out of it and I still can't as my brother Steve i...
03.10.2025
After two days of catching up with work I was free to do a day in the field today. I teamed up with Marc and we headed to East Head HERE and...
30.09.2025
Back from Malta and despite keeping my eyes and ears open it was more or less birdless- just a few Sardinian Warblers, Italian (Maltese) Spa...
25.09.2025
Sadly I've got to take a break from autumn migration for a four day work trip to Malta. I got a last garden session in this morning before l...
22.09.2025
My niece Fran visited this weekend so yesterday I only managed to do some garden birding which worked out well HERE with the highlights bei...
20.09.2025
Despite a backlog of admin I needed to do, I got my priorities right and abandoned my post in the matrix and headed out into the field for a...
19.09.2025
Andrew found a juv/first-winter Grey Phalarope at Honer Reservoir today which was handy as it was my birthday so after we finished brunch at...
18.09.2025
I got in an evening session at Church Norton, mainly looking for storm blown birds but fortunately stumbled across the Wryneck that has been...
17.09.2025
Been back a few days and mainly been catching up with work but managed to get out locally birding a couple of times. There's been a major in...
16.09.2025
Got our first accommadation on our Bulgaria plot with the caravan now being moved into position. Thanks Dimiter and Giorgi! Will do a makeov...
14.09.2025
Following this week's visit to the Bulgaria project, the site lep list is now on 409 species HERE . A few photo highlights below: Moth of t...
13.09.2025
It's been a busy couple of weeks. while Kojak and I were out in Bulgaria, Vincent was leading the 2025 Azores Pelagic and we also published ...
11.09.2025
Sadly it's out last day today. We did a morning session around the village HERE , new trip ticks included Rook, Honey Buzzard and Black Kit...
After doing the moths and a bit of birding around the village HERE we headed over to Durankulak to meet up with Pavel. After helping Pavel...
09.09.2025
We spent the whole day at Kamen Bryag today. Ebird list HERE with highlights including Corncrake, Wryneck, Caspian Tern and Osprey and Les...
08.09.2025
Yesterday we started off doing the moths and then headed to Cape Kaliakra HERE where we met up with Dimiter and his group. On the way to K...
As usual we started off at the plot doing the moths and then after that we went on an Eagle Owl hunt. Dimiter and his group went to Balchik ...
06.09.2025
Kojak and I are back in Bulgaria dealing with dodgy car hire companies and enjoying Eastern flyway migration. We started the day off at Cape...
03.09.2025
An Atlantic storm went through yesterday and seems to have whipped up things a bit round here. At Selsey Bill this morning there was a Long-...
Another day stuck in the family-industrial-military complex today but luckily there was a bit more action in the moth trap this morning with...
Despite having a lot of work to do, I needed to get a proper local birding session in, as it's been far too long- so I decided that being i...
02.09.2025
Doesn't get much better than these two in the same trap. Also 2 Scarce-bordered Straws, 7 Rush Veneer, 3 Rusty-dots, Olive-tree Pearl, Dark...
28.08.2025
We spent the last four days on the Isle of Wight on the last of our family trips this summer holiday. It's not actually far from here- only ...
25.08.2025
We are in the midst of another moth migration wave (it really has been an exceptional year) and last night was pretty fantastic with the fir...
Mike Bailey and Derek Lee have very kindly completed all the dissections from Little Oak Lodge for June and July. The results are very inter...
Finally managed to get in a birding session yesterday evening, Ebird list HERE . Highlights included 3 Green Sandpiper on Mill Pond Marsh, ...
Finally catching up after being away. The last week has been pretty busy, more so as it's school holidays. After getting back home last Wedn...