Sam's

PHOTOPOETRY

Birding can be a little dull round here sometimes, but I pretty much swept up the local spring specialities in just a couple of weekends,...

After hiring a bike for a day (and underestimating how much time it would take to get anywhere!), I hired a car in the last four days and...

I had a disappointing and frustrating time of it on 15th March. Having tried and failed to get anywhere near the Red-breasted Goose ...

The 9th proved to be a good day. It began with some nice Whooper Swans nearby, but a better find was an adult White-fronted Goose just a...

With nothing else to do, I returned to the local patch to see if I could better my shots of the Willow Tit. It was immediately obvious...

The 1st and 2nd March were spent focussing on a search for Willow Tit. I set up my feeder as usual and waited patiently, but I have to...

Early to Mid-February produced nothing startling on the local marshes, but it's not often I fluke a leucistic Barnacle and Brent Goose in...

A tricky few days at work prompted me to dash east for a Northumberland overnighter. We set off soon after breakfast on the 2nd to track...

A nice flock of Barnacle and Pink-footed Geese just up the road early morning had nothing rare amongst it, sadly, but a Leucistic...

The new year started well. After quite a bit of toing and froing, I eventually managed to pin down the elusive Red-breasted Goose and...