Although birding in autumn brings expectation in terms of seeing scarce and rare birds as they migrate it is also a time to enjoy watching large flocks of commoner species as they gather in migratory flocks or as their numbers build up as they arrive on their wintering grounds. When I am in UK one [...]
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Birding at Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve | British Birding
November 9th, 2020 
Nick One of the most pleasant aspects of this time of the year is the palette of colours provided by the foliage of trees and with some good weather over the last few days I decided that a good place to appreciate these colours was at Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve in Kent where I hoped that these [...]
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Herring Gull, First Winter, with Colour Leg-Ring | British Birding
November 8th, 2020 Nick On 16th October 2020 I enjoyed a nice birding day at Minsmere and Southwold with David Scott. Although the day had not turned up any rarities we saw a wide variety of nice birds including big groups of Redwings feeding on berries, Coal Tits on the feeders, a Mediterranean Gull on the scrape, a male [...]
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Birding Walk in the Darent Valley | British Birding
November 4th, 2020 Nick It is not always necessary to travel far to see good birds. There is often the temptation to travel to bird hotspots or to chase after rarities to satisfy the urge to enjoy seeing a variety of scarce and interesting birds. However, today I was reminded that by spending time watching birds close to home [...]
Great Grey Shrike | British Birding
November 2nd, 2020 Nick Chasing around after rare birds is a style of biring that can either be a rewarding addiction, if you connect with the species you are looking for, or a disappointment if you end up in some supermarket car park only to be told that you should have been there half an hour ago. I don’t [...]
Birding Walk in the Churchyard | British Birding
October 28th, 2020 Nick On a day of showers with sunny spells I took a short walk across the fields to the local church at Sutton-at-Hone which has a nice variety of trees and overgrown patches that make it a mini wildlife haven. I arrived in the mid-morning, during a sunny spell and a high level of bird activity [...]
Pied Avocet with Colour Rings | British Birding
October 25th, 2020 Nick On a quite grey and gloomy day on 3rd October 2020 I made a visit to RSPB Rainham Marsh which is just inside the boundary of London. Rather than enter the reserve immediately I walked along the River Thames where there were an intriguing group of gulls and waders which tricked me into thinking there [...]
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