From mid August to the end of September 2011 I spent six weeks staying with my family in southeast England. Whilst many British people head to Thailand for some warmth it was nice for me to get out of the humidity and heat for a while and experience some cool weather; in fact apart from [...]

Back in Thailand I have been going over my notes from my 5 week visit to England. It wasn’t really a birding trip, just a visit home, although I did go out birding a fair bit. In total I saw 129 species. The best of which I suppose were Red-backed Shrike, Great Egret and Glossy [...]

There seems to have been a mini invasion of Glossy Ibises into Britain over the last week with around half a dozen birds present. Last Thursday I caught up with one at Stodmarsh in Kent, the first time I have seen this species in Britain. However, I have seen plenty of them in India and [...]

Back in the UK it is always nice to catch up with some birds that I haven’t seen for ages due to being in exile in Thailand. Having been back for a few weeks and already met up with most of the commoner birds I decided to head to the shingle headland of Dungeness on a [...]

Beginning a new year list always gives me fresh enthusiasm for birdwatching – I guess I shouldn’t be such a listing freak, but I am! Today I headed down to Greenhithe on the River Thames and walked along to Swanscombe Marsh, or what is left of it. This is a good site for Water Pipit [...]

Yesterday afternoon I found an hour to visit Dartford Marshes. I headed straight for the riverfront and as the tide was out, large numbers of gulls were present on the mud. Unfortunately, very shortly after my arrival a large ship passed along the river and its bow wave scared off most of the large gulls. [...]