Sam's

PHOTOPOETRY

There were no Waxwings at Penrith but some gorgeous Redwings made up for this. Further east, an adult Ring-necked Duck at Ellerton gave...

New site for me - Longtown sewage works! And my first Firecrest for Cumbria. Took a while, though. And didn't really play ball for long....

An adult Mediterranean Gull and a Purple Sandpiper showed well at St Mary's Island (but there was no sign of the Caspian Gull). Indeed,...

The sub-adult Ring-necked showed well this time at Pine Lake, Lancashire. (I'd missed it on a previous occasion.) The light was good,...

After a failed attempt at Black Grouse nearby, I decided to try my luck with Dipper. Four were seen easily at Langholm but I still did my...

A Long-billed Dowitcher anywhere is likely to draw something of a crowd but especially in Cumbria where they are extremely rare. I had...

An early start enabled me to connect with one of my favourite species at Sizergh (Hawfinches) and as anticipated, four of these...

The presence of an adult Rosy anywhere is always going to arouse interest and given that nobody had posted a photo of the bird, I thought...

Whitburn has produced many a good bird over the years and it was no surprise that another rarity and potential lifer for me had been...

What was so frustrating was that this had the potential to be the trip of a lifetime but was actually one that was spoilt by rubbish sea...